Learn how to create a new Hotmail account for free and fast, either from your computer or mobile phone.
Hotmail, that appeared before Gmail, was one of the first services to offer free email. Unfortunately, Microsoft decided to replace it with Outlook in 2013.
Despite this, it is still possible to get an email address @ hotmail.com, the same domain that millions of users had when they created their first account.
Therefore, if you are trying to create hotmail for the first time, follow this simple guide that will take less than a minute to complete.
How to create a Hotmail account
1. Go to the Microsoft website.
make CLICK HERE to go to the Microsoft registration page.
2. Enter your email name
Enter the name of your new email address, that can contain letters, numbers and hyphens.
Later, in the drop-down list, select domain hotmail.com and click Next.
Your new email address will have this form: [email protected]
If the email name entered already exists, you will need to enter a different name.
3. create a password
Enter a strong password that you must remember to log into your new Hotmail account.
Passwords must have Minimum 8 characters and contain at least two of the following elements: capital letters, lowercase, numbers and symbols.
If you want to see what you are typing, check the box “Show password”. And if you want Microsoft to send you advertising, you can also check the box “I want information, tips and offers about Microsoft products and services”.
When it's over, Click Next.
4. Write you name and last name
Provide your first and last name to Microsoft, to be displayed when you send an email to someone else. Then click next to continue.
5. Provide your personal information
Select your country or region, as well as your date of birth. This information will help other people know when your birthday is. When it's over, Click Next.
6. Create your email account
Write the characters (captcha) What do you see in the image to tell Microsoft that you are a real person and not a bot.
If the image is not clear, you can click the New button to see another image or click Sound to play an audio that you will need to transcribe later.
Finally, click next and you are done creating your Hotmail account without a phone number.
7. Accept the terms of service.
Microsoft will show you a message about the use of technologies and how it processes your data.
Here you must click on “Continue to site” to access your email inbox. You can also set your preferences if you want.
8. Start using your Hotmail email from Outlook
Now that you have created your account, now you can start sending and receiving emails from the browser, from Windows application 10 Mail, from the software included with Office Professional Plus, or from the applications to Android Y iOS (iPhone, iPad y Apple Watch).
Remember that the free service offers you 15 GB of email storage and 5 GB of OneDrive storage.
What's more, With your Microsoft account that you just created you will be able to access not only your Hotmail email in Spanish, but also to your calendar, contacts, Microsoft To Do Tasks, OneDrive, Office apps and more.
Frequent questions
No, Hotmail email service is no longer available. Microsoft's new mail service is now used: Outlook. However, you can still use and create the @ hotmail.com addresses.
No, although both services are from Microsoft, Hotmail was replaced by Outlook in 2013. However, you can use @ hotmail.com and @ outlook.com domains from Outlook mail service.
Yes, when you create a Hotmail or Outlook account, you are also creating a Microsoft account. With this account you can access all Microsoft services: Mail, Office, OneDrive, Skype, Xbox, etc.
To log in to Hotmail just go to outlook.live.com/owa, click on “Log in” and enter your email and password that you created at registration.
No. Gmail is the Google mail service whose accounts have the domain @ gmail.com. Microsoft accounts have the domains @ outlook.com, @ outlook.es and @ hotmail.com.
Microsoft email accounts can have different domains. For example: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected].
For the companies, Microsoft has a paid business email service called Exchange. And if you buy Office 365 Business Premium, you can get a custom email domain address.
