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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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If I'm seeing this right, the reason the reponse was 1. simplistic 2. irrelevant and 3. like so many other tech 'help' responses, is that it was from a Microsoft bot, and not a human
I am having same problem. Desktop outlook/hotmail, windows 10. I click on icon in far right upper corner - sometimes list appears with sign out at bottom but when clicked to sign out I am scrolled right back into my open email account again. OR, I click on the icon and no list comes up as if the icon button doesn't work. This appears to be a microsoft issue.
Same thing happens to me. Not attached to a uni or anything. Outlook just won't let me log out. Considering using another email.
I have read your entire thread and I agree with you whole heartedly. I have been having the same problem recently. I haven't found a fix either. This has just been happening within the past couple of months. Major security flaw! I am looking at switching to another email provider and maybe everyone else should, too!
I was going insane trying to figure out how to log out of my work email from the link on my college's website. I don't understand why they made it so difficult, but this worked. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I can now actually view my college emails from my college's site.