How Do I Recover My Outlook Account?

⚛️ Outlook.com, Hotmail, and Microsoft account compromise and loss happens. Here's how to recover your account -- depending on what happened to it.

⚛️ Articles referenced in this video:
How Do I Change My Hotmail or Outlook.com Password If I Forgot It? https://askleo.com/2355
Microsoft Account Recovery Page https://account.live.com/acsr
How Do I Get Into My Hotmail/Outlook.com Account If I Don’t Have the Recovery Phone or Email Anymore? https://askleo.com/16095
Someone’s Sending from My Email Address! How Do I Stop Them? https://askleo.com/1887
Someone’s Sending Email that Looks Like it’s from Me to My Contacts, What Can I Do? https://askleo.com/7759
Someone's stolen my email account and is scamming my contacts for money, what do I do? https://askleo.com/4303
How Do I Change My Hotmail or Outlook.com Password? https://askleo.com/10645
How Do I Choose a Good Password? https://askleo.com/5440
Is Changing My Password Enough? https://askleo.com/15053
How Do I Close My Hotmail or Outlook.com Account? https://askleo.com/12379
How Do I Contact Outlook.com Customer Service? https://askleo.com/10789
Are Free Email Services Worth It? Https://askleo.com/2217
What For-Pay Email Providers Do You Recommend? https://askleo.com/2824
Internet Safety: 7 Steps to Staying Safe Online https://askleo.com/2374

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Chapters
0:00 Recover My Outlook Account
0:30 The Microsoft account
1:15 Microsoft, Outlook.com, and travel
2:40 I can’t log in!
4:30 Other signs of a hack
5:00 The overseas trip scam
5:50 Changing your password
7:10 Closing your account
8:00 Contacting Microsoft
8:40 Free email services

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