Maybe you have an account email with Microsoft, that you used years ago and that you no longer want or need. You decide to delete it, but you do not take into account that you may have certain services linked to it and that could affect your daily life. However, there is a two-month time period to reverse the decision.
Be careful when deleting a Microsoft account
The case of a Microsoft account is not unique, since something similar could happen to you with other platforms. However, this is an account in which you can have many services linked. That can lead to problems, more so than if you delete another account on the Internet that is of less importance.
Subscriptions and associated accounts
The first thing you should keep in mind is that you could have many subscriptions and associated accounts to the Microsoft account. Deleting this last account does not mean that all the others are deleted. Therefore, if your intention is to eliminate all of them, you will have to go one by one and thus prevent them from continuing to exist.
You should also see that you could have accounts linked to Microsoft and you could lose access, not be able to receive codes or anything. Be careful with this, since the problem could be significant when you are left without access.
You lose other associated Microsoft services
Something similar can happen with other Microsoft services that you have associates. For example, we talk about Outlook, OneDrive, Microsoft 365, etc. All of this will be linked to your Microsoft account. If you delete this account, you will lose access to other company services that you may have associated with it.
You will still be able to sign in to Windows, but you may lose useful functions and features that require a Microsoft account. Therefore, think about it if you decide to delete your account.
Avoid losing contacts
You can also lose your contacts. To prevent this from happening, it is essential that you notify your contacts that you are going to delete the account. Whether it’s a personal or professional account, you could run into trouble if you lose those contacts that you may not have anywhere else.
You can always make a copy of those contacts, add them from another account, send your new address, etc. The objective is to avoid losing them and always keep them so that, in the future, you can contact them.
Save important files
Mainly, we refer to documents and files that you may have in OneDrive. When you delete the account, all of that will disappear. It is important that you make a backup and save everything that you consider important or that you do not want to lose, before deciding to delete the account.
This can also include important emails you have, with attachments. You must store all this correctly and avoid losing it.
In short, if you are going to decide to delete your Microsoft account, it is important that you take into account everything we have explained. The same if it is a different account, since you could have similar problems. Just as you can transfer files from one Drive account to another, you can do it in the case of Microsoft.
