How To Change Personal Options In Hotmail

If you think that changing personal options in Hotmail is difficult, think again. This article serves as a mini guide on how to change personal options in hotmail. Just go through the following guidelines -

Guidelines on How to Change Personal Options in Hotmail

The guidelines on how to change personal options in hotmail are easier to follow than you think. The guidelines are –

  1. First of all “sign in” your Hotmail account by typing your username and password on the site www.hotmail.com to access your mailbox.
  2. On the upper right hand corner of the screen you will find an “Options” button. Click it and then click on the first link named “Personal”.
  3. If you wish to change your profile, click on “My Profile”, the first link under “Personal Options” and if you wish to change the password of your Hotmail account then click “Password”. In the former case, you shall be required to reenter your password in order to change/update your profile. Click “Save” once you are done. In case of the latter, click “Change” to change your password. You shall have to first re-enter your password and then enter and re-enter the new password.
  4. Another personal option that you can change is changing your secret question. For this select the “Secret Question” option on the “Personal Option” page and then select “Change”. Type your password on the screen requesting you to your password in order to proceed towards changing secret question. Click “Save” once you are done.
  5. For changing “Language” or “Weather”, select the relevant option on the “Personal Options” Page. For the former, you need to choose the language and for the latter, change the zip code of to find the weather for your area.
  6. You can also change the time before Hotmail signs you out automatically using the “Session Expiration” option.