Manage Microsoft Account Aliases: Enable or Disable Easily

This article explains how to enable or disable an alias to sign in to your Microsoft account.

A Microsoft account is what you use to access many Microsoft devices and services, including signing into Skype, Outlook.com, OneDrive, and more. After you create an account, you can change your account name, reset your password, manage devices in your account, change your primary alias, and more.

Users can create account aliases with their Microsoft accounts. Multiple aliases can be created, and you can select any for sending and receiving email. Your aliases share a single password.

Your primary alias is the email address shown when you sign in on your Microsoft devices (such as a Windows PC, Xbox, or Windows Phone). You can change your primary alias at any time.

If you no longer need an alias, you can disable it so it can’t be used to sign into your Microsoft devices.

Enabling or disabling aliases for your Microsoft account can be useful for a few reasons. First, it allows you to have multiple email addresses associated with your account, which can help separate personal and professional emails or create specific email addresses for different purposes.

Additionally, if you no longer need an alias, disabling it can help keep your account secure by ensuring it can’t be used to sign into any of your Microsoft devices or services.

Enable or disable an alias in Microsoft account

As mentioned, users can create multiple aliases to use with their Microsoft account. Any of their aliases can be used for sending and receiving emails.

Enabling an alias allows it to be used to sign into a Microsoft account. Disabling it prevents it.

Here’s how to do that.

First, sign in to your Microsoft account page. Under Manage how you sign in to Microsoft, you will see your account aliases listed, including your primary alias.

Under Sign-in preferences, click the “Change sign-in preferences” link.

Next, check the box next to an alias on the “Sign-in preferences” page to enable it. To disable it, uncheck the box.

Click the Save button to apply your changes, then exit.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

• Enabling or disabling aliases in your Microsoft account allows you to manage multiple email addresses associated with your account
• It helps separate personal and professional emails or create specific email addresses for different purposes
• Disabling an alias can help maintain the security of your Microsoft account by preventing it from being used to sign in to any Microsoft devices or services