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Some Xbox Live nonsense stops me from closing a Microsoft Account despite having zero MS Points and the paid subscription expiring years ago. I suspect most sp
by frou_dh 13y ago
Some Xbox Live nonsense stops me from closing a Microsoft Account despite having zero MS Points and the paid subscription expiring years ago.
I suspect most sprawling multi-product account systems are a complete mess behind the scenes.
- harrytuttle 13y agoSame problem here with a couple of separate accounts. It's easy to work around if you know how. Log in to your account and then hit this link: http://mail.live.com/mail/CloseAccountConfirmation.aspx http://mail.live.com/mail/CloseAccountConfirmation.aspx That took me 8 fucking hours on the phone to Microsoft support to get out of them. Asshats.
- jmuguy 13y agoI wish they would just let you remove the Xbox account from your Live.com account but nope! I might just close it anyway, like I'm ever going to use Outlook.com
- frou_dh 13y agoThanks, but that seems to be just deactivating the email part. I want to close the entire MS account and it still won't let me.
- harrytuttle 13y agoIt will close the whole account down after 30 days. If you log in during that time it will reactivate it.
- kmfrk 13y agoI remember when people decided to leave Xbox Live after the Xbox One/PS4 press events, and how much everyone agonized over figuring out how the hell to actually undo their subscriptions. Live subscriptions must be huge income sources for Microsoft the same way subscriptions are for AOL whose customers probably forget about the subscription and won't bother with the hassle of unsubscribing.