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I don't know about anyone else, but in my never very humble opinion not being able to sign out of Outlook is a huge problem and a major flaw. The way it stands now, any browser on any machine where I open my Outlook will be able to go back in to my email without logging in, whether I'm there or not. And none of the things any support person has tried solves the issue. I've already been thru all of it, removing cookies, history, changing settings, different browsers, changing certificates, etc. and still it is impossible to sign out of Outlook in a browser.
I know I'm no expert, but nobody should have to jump thru all those hoops just to force my browsers to let me sign out of Outlook. And everybody tells me Microsoft made it this way by design?? WHAT?
FIX THIS! I'm no expert, but I'm no ordinary dummy user, either. I'm a developer so I can try things without messing up my machine. But nothing I've tried so far has made any difference. When the browser opens, and I go to Outlook, it automatically logs in and lets whomever is sitting at the computer have full access to my email.
Do you not see this as a major design flaw, Bill?
FIX THIS!
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When I change theme in outlook the last week it was find but soon as signin today that when I start having problem. Don't know if it is a technical prblem something else. I can see my emails but when I click on them it the says it loading and goes white why.
Hi Linda,
I am winding down my outlook email as it can be so frustrating & i have set up alternative gmail account.
It should not have come to that however!
uh ya usually I could always click on my name and it used to give you the option to sign out BUT THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT QUIT DOING IT until I agreed to click the switch to Beta button ..... rigged and i do not like the BETA FORMAT AT ALL!
I too could NOT sign out of my outlook mail! I tried and tried and tried! Then I clicked on the switch to Beta and so that is the only way they will let you sign out is if you switch to Beta yes looks like THEY'RE FORCING us to switch to the format we MAY NOT LIKE OR WANT in order to log out. I do not like this beta format but it is the only way i can log out. I also cannot log out of Twitter right now and i dont know why. First I could not log in then I switched changed my pass word but now I cannot do anything on it but read and I CANNOT log out so Idk if any of it is tied together but I'm NOT happy bout ANY of it!!!
Stupid reply, if it was as easy as select 'sign out' we wouldn't ask the question. There is no option for 'signt out' when you select 'settings'.