How to remove primary email address from WP7?

[bronco1552]

Hello, I am trying to remove the primary email address I used (hotmail) when I setup the phone. I just used that address to transfer the contacts to my phone from a Blackberry. Now, I want to remove it so I can change it to the Windows Live ID that is tied to my gamertag on Xbox Live. Any suggestions? Thanks!

 

[NickA]

I thought I read somewhere that once you setup that initial account, you can't delete it. You can do a factory reset, then sign in first with your Live ID. Then add your hotmail account to get your contacts.

 

[action_efn_jackson]

Have you tryed going to settings/email accounts and holding down on the hotmail acct. Try it. It will either give you sync or sync/delete.

 

[dkflipse]

Have you tryed going to settings/email accounts and holding down on the hotmail acct. Try it. It will either give you sync or sync/delete.

When I did this I only see Synch and no delete. The issue is that my account will not synch - so I am trying to reinstall my hotmail account.

 

[pseudoware]

I needed to do this. All my searching pointed to having to do a hard reset in order to change the Windows Live email address.

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[jimski]

I needed to do this. All my searching pointed to having to do a hard reset in order to change the Windows Live email address.

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That is correct. You need to do a hard reset to change or reinstall your primary account.



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[pseudoware]

It's possible to do this by modifying a registry key (or provisioning file) and avoid a hard reset:

Change a primary account user name - xda-developers

Of course, your device needs to be dev unlocked.