Upgrade your Hotmail account to the new Outlook.com

August 1, 2012 Blogs, Microsoft 4 comments

Yesterday Microsoft has launched the Preview version of the new Outlook.com, which will replace the ‘old’ Hotmail.com over time. If you don’t want to create a new hotmail.com e-mail address, it’s also possible to ‘migrate’ your old Hotmail (or Live.com) to the ‘new’ Metro style Outlook.com Just follow the steps below.

  • Step 2 Select Upgrade to Outlook.com from the Options
    02en - Upgrade to outlook
  • Step 3 Select Upgrade to Outlook to start the upgrade process (this will only take a few seconds)
    03en - Upgrade to outlook

You’re done….the next time you logon you will see the new Outlook.com interface…

04en - Upgrade to outlook

Note : If you would like to switch to the ‘old’ Hotmail interface. Just replace step 2 with the following:

04aen - Upgrade to outlook

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  • Mhd-swed

    i made the upgrade but i want to cancel and return my old hotmail account

    • Mhd-swed

      pls help how to cancel the upgrade

      • http://helmersblog.nl/ Helmer

        You are seeing the ‘new’ Metro Styled interface and want to switch back to the ‘old’ Hotmail look? Just follow the added step (at the end of the post) to go back to the Hotmail looks…