Windows 8: Remove email account

This practical tip shows you how you can easily remove your email account in the Windows 8 Mail app.

How to remove your email account on Windows 8

Follow the steps below to remove an email account from the Windows 8 Mail app. In this way, you will no longer receive information about when a new email was received with this email account, for example.

1. Start the Windows 8 Mail app.
2. Move the mouse into the upper right corner of the screen and then pull it down until you reach the "Settings" item. Click on it.
3. Then select the email account you want to remove.
4. Scroll to the end and click on the gray button "Remove account". You can see what this looks like from the screenshot.

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