Outlook.com – How to Delete All Hotmail Contacts at Once

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The reason is that some spam emails are sent automatically to my contacts, and I don't use this address any more.

So, if there isn't a way to remove all contacts, is there a way at least to stop these emails?

Best Answer

Use Microsoft Outlook to delete contacts in a few minutes without clicking through every contact.

Steps:

  1. Add Hotmail account to Outlook.
  2. If Microsoft Social Connector is not installed you will be prompted. After install finished. Restart Outlook and finish adding Hotmail acct.
  3. Go to contacts. Look for Contact folder related to Hotmail. All your contacts are here.
  4. Select all contacts (Ctrl-A)
  5. Delete
  6. Send/Receive
  7. Feel free to delete Hotmail acct and uninstall social connector