>Despite that, despite still having access to the email the account is on, I cannot recover the Microsoft account. Despite Microsoft notifying me that the accou

>Despite that, despite still having access to the email the account is on, I cannot recover the Microsoft account. Despite Microsoft notifying me that the account is still, years later to this day, being abused, cannot use any form of recovery. I cannot access the account with help from support or even after visiting a brick-and-mortar store. This happened to me. I was briefly a contractor at MSFT and was able to escalate the issue -- after a few years, these accounts get automatically deleted. It's likely that your account is completely wiped and no longer exists.