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When you are using the MSN email account service, you must know that there are three types of the name are related to your account.
- MSN email account complete address.
- Your user name.
- Your profile name.
The complete email address and user name is something that can’t be changed if you needed; you can only change the profile name which displays to your recipients when you send an email to them.
The email address will remain the same and your user name is unique as your identity on MSN email service. This can’t be changed or altered, yet you have the privilege to change your Profile Name. This is helpful as you can have various identities using different profile names.
MSN users were always wondering to change the profile name, yet we have this quick step by step guide for you. This will help you to change or update your profile name. All, you need is to follow the steps carefully.
Steps to change your MSN email account profile name
- Start with signing into your MSN email account using the correct combination or email address and password.
- The moment you logged into your Hotmail account, then click on your username from the top right corner of the page.
- Here you need to select Edit profile using the dropdown menu.
- Now, from the next screen, you need to click on the Edit button given next to your current display name; this is what your recipients see when you send any mail to them.
- Here, from the final page, you need to enter your first name and last name, as wish to display and click on the Save button.
- After that, sign out from your account and then sign in back.
- You can see that your profile name has been changed; now go for a test mail.
- It will display the updated or changed email.
This is just to remind you that you can only change the profile name; no alteration can be made to the user name and registered email address.
Note: Here you need to understand that it’s an easy process and doesn’t require much of tech knowledge. All you need to do is simply follow the steps carefully. You can change or update the profile name as many times as you want. Even if needed; you can update it as per your need or the event. For further details, you can dial the MSN customer support toll-free number.