outlook disfunction

Jean-Charles Bagnis 1 Reputation point
2020-08-24T12:03:08.727+00:00

my email account was created under "Exchange" instead of" Imap/SMTP" on this pc , and is not functionning . how to delete it and reinstall it please?

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Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
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  1. Jade Liang-MSFT 9,976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-08-25T05:50:00.717+00:00

    What’s the mailbox you are using (outlook, Gmail or others)?

    How did you create your account before? By auto-discover or manually settings?

    how to delete it and reinstall it please?

    To delete the email account you have already configured and re-add it from the very beginning, please follow the steps below:

    1. Create a new profile(Add>type you profile name)
    2. Add your IMAP account(Manual setup or additional types>POP or IMAP)
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    3. IMAP account setting(type your username, mail server, password>More Settings>set your server encryption and port>Next), if you are using outlook.com mailbox, you can refer to below settings ,if not, for more IMAP account settings information, please read this article:POP and IMAP email settings for Outlook .
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    4. Restart your Outlook client and choose the new profile to log in

    Hope above information is helpful to you.


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