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Hotmail Tutorial Table of Contents The new Hotmail Hotmail.com Create a Hotmail account Hotmail sign in Reading Your Emails Read your emails Show images and content Downloading attachments Deleting email messages Compose & Send Emails Hotmail email Reply to emails Forward emails Compose a new message Formatting your emails Send attachments File attachment size limits Add pictures to your emails Create a Hotmail signature Sending your email Standard Hotmail Folders The standard folders Hotmail Inbox Hotmail Junk folder Hotmail Drafts folder Hotmail Sent folder Hotmail Deleted folder Custom Hotmail Folders Create a new folder Rename a folder Empty a folder Delete a folder Hotmail Contacts Hotmail Contacts Add a sender as contact Create a new contact Edit contacts' information Delete a contact Configure Hotmail Settings Customize Hotmail Options Hotmail account Change the name displayed with your email address Change your password Retrieve or reset your WL Hotmail password Forward your emails to another email account Skip "Hotmail Today" Hotmail.com in English Hotmail.com en Español Keyboard Shortcuts Delete your Hotmail account Other Products & Services Hotmail Messenger Hotmail Messenger Download Hotmail Plus Hotmail Live Hotmail Kids POP & Mail Server Settings Hotmail POP3 settings Hotmail IMAP Settings Incoming Mail Server Setup Hotmail on your iPhone or iPod touch Hotmail Outlook settings You've reached the daily limit Outlook Connector Hotmail Gmail Hotmail Yahoo!
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Windows Live HotmailDelete a folder in Windows Live Hotmail

Windows Live Hotmail lets you delete any email folder you created, whether it is empty or not. Hotmail's five standard folders are the only exceptions: these folders are essential to the service, and cannot be renamed or deleted.

Before you consider deleting one of your Hotmail folders, keep in mind that you can empty a folder without deleting the folder itself, and also rename a folder (in other words keep its content, and only change its name.)

Deleting a Hotmail Folder

Deleting a Hotmail folderIf you have decided to do without one of your Hotmail folders, right-click on the folder, and choose Delete folder from the context menu. Note that you do not need to be in a folder to be able to delete it.

If the Delete folder menu item is not visible, you probably right-clicked on a folder that Hotmail does not allow you to delete (like one of the top five folders.)

Hotmail delete folder confirmation

Hotmail's "Deleted" folderBefore proceeding, Windows Live Hotmail will ask you for confirmation that you in fact do want to delete the folder. If you confirm, all emails are moved to the Deleted folder. The folder itself is permanently gone, but the emails it contained can still be restored from the Deleted folder.

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