How to increase hotmail from 2MB to 250MB
March 16th, 2005 at 09:48am
Updated 3: Check this update : Upgrade your hotmail account to 2GB! http://www.arjunprabhu.com/blog/archives/2006/01/03/get-2-gb-hotmail/
Update 2: The method given below still works! :) enjoy.
Update 1: Some folks have reported that this method no longer works. But do give it a try. Please report if you were successful by entering your comments below!
Well, if you are still using hotmail, and your mailbox size is still 2MB and you want to make it bigger, then you have come to the right place!. Actually, seeing the logs, i found that many people came to my site search for this info. So, here it is!. I have personally done this on both my hotmail accounts (so that more spam mails can be stored ;) ) a couple of months back, and it works perfectly fine. But as mentioned below, its recommended to back up your mails before you try this procedure. Try at your own risk! :)
Source: Net, Mailing lists etc..
Advice: Although this method doesn’t involve any loss of emails or contacts, its recommended to back them up before you do this process. You could setup your hotmail account in Outlook Express or any other email client.
Steps:
- Login ur hotmail account and go to options.
- Go to “Personal”
- Click “My Profile”
- Change Country to “United States”
- Wait for browser to load United States settings.
- Change the state to any American States. For example “Florida” and zip code “33332″
- Click “update”
- Click “Continue”
- Go to “Language” and make sure its “English”
- Paste this link in the same browser.
http://by17fd.bay17.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/Accountclose - Wait until the Screen says you’re Hotmail is Closed and ready to be deleted.
- Click “Close Account”.
- Go back to login page and re-login to ur hotmail account..!!
- Your account size will now increase to 25 MB, which a month later becomes 250 mb.
Good Luck..!!
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Cheers mate!
It worked perfectly.
Comment by kaisersoze — March 17, 2005 #
just wanted to say that I was perusing here and I found this blog, browsed a bit and noticed that you seem to be from Mangalore. Too cool! Two good friends of mine are from that area.
Comment by channamasala — March 17, 2005 #
Or just get someone to give you a Gmail invite. :)
Comment by MadMan — March 17, 2005 #
kaisersoze : Cool!.
channamasala : Nice to know that! Now you know one more person from mangalore :)
MadMan : Very true!
Comment by Arjun — March 17, 2005 #
Hi,
It’s pretty cool!!
This site got the solution i have looking for a time……..
Expecting to find GB here.
best wishes
Comment by Abdikani — March 30, 2005 #
A billion thanks for the hotmail’s mailbox size problem, u rox!!! Thanks again, wish u all the best!
Comment by Lesley — April 19, 2005 #
ohhh God!!! Thankz man….I really looking forward to upgrade my hotmail…again thankz man!!
Comment by Mohan — April 27, 2005 #
hiee ppl…… thnkz a bunch arjun 4 helpin us all in incresin our mailbox size………
keeep up de gud job….. yea
Comment by nithya — May 2, 2005 #
sucks!!!
Comment by kill bill — May 18, 2005 #
hey guys this hotmail upgrade works fine 4 others y not me? I can’t seem to leave the account information page after making the new changes like changing the country it keeps on coming to the same page over and over how can i go on
Comment by Smit — May 25, 2005 #
hey guys
I cant increase the hotmail mail box to 250mb, plz help me out
thanks
Comment by spencer — May 26, 2005 #
i dont think its possible to increase hotmail account anymore by this way…
But this is just what i think
Comment by carco — June 11, 2005 #
i managed to increase it to 25MB using this method. well, better than 2MB. waiting for a month later if it increases to 250MB.
Comment by gobbler — June 20, 2005 #
Wondorfull Work
Comment by ahmad fahel — June 29, 2005 #
many thanks, worked well
Comment by dodjem — July 7, 2005 #
Thanks , It still works !
Comment by Ajay Karat — July 27, 2005 #
Hey thnxxxxx a lot mate i just did it and my previous emails didn’t delete. THNXXXX a lot
Comment by Agon — July 30, 2005 #
Do you really need to close the account? My friend didnt need to close the account. It still changed to 25MB.
Comment by ty — August 6, 2005 #
It really works …..Thanks…
Comment by Peter — August 7, 2005 #
wacked, it still works, and all the content are still there. :) Thanks man!
Comment by Patrick Sun — August 9, 2005 #
It worked. Managed to get 25MB, Looking forward for 250MB
Comment by Victor — August 9, 2005 #
It sure worked!, Just follow the intructions! Tanks
Comment by theVZLAN — August 10, 2005 #
Hey Cool I Got 25Mb
Regards,
Satish
Comment by Satish Kumar — August 10, 2005 #
thank u very very much becasue I work in a company that need so much to have account in 250mb to send drawings and other images to the whole world
thank you again
Comment by shosho — August 10, 2005 #
thanks to all for confirming that it still works!
:)
Comment by Arjun — August 11, 2005 #
yey it worked!!
thanks :)))
Comment by maharis — August 12, 2005 #
hey guys, it is still working.
thanks a lot :))))))))
Comment by dj — August 19, 2005 #
It works fine! Hee ha!
Comment by koo — August 26, 2005 #
hi,
it worked but even after 2 months the size is still 25mb what to do suggest me.
any one
pavankumarh@hotmail.com
Comment by pavan — August 29, 2005 #
I did it over a month ago but I’ve still only got 25mb, not 250mb. :(
Comment by Will — September 10, 2005 #
yep, i tried and it works for 25mb.. not 250mb.. anyone can help on tis? (=
Comment by betty* — September 19, 2005 #
thank you but i did that two monthe ago but till now the account still as 25 M.B
would you please advice me
Comment by ROUS — September 20, 2005 #
I tried it i’ve only got 25mb after > 3 months.
Can anyone give me a gmail invite please?
chickayam(at)hotmail(dot)com
Comment by Winnie — October 2, 2005 #
sent an invite Winnie.
Comment by Arjun — October 2, 2005 #
i still cant get the hotmail a/c to be 250 MB its been about 5 months since i changed it to 25 MB
Comment by marage — October 3, 2005 #
The link is still working so try it. I did it today october 10, 2005 and worked for me. Thanks!!!
:)
Comment by herramzo — October 10, 2005 #
I tried as well, and is working for me, 25MB storage!
I am waiting for the 250MB. Does anyone know how much
time takes to upgrade to 250mb? Thanks anyway!!!!!!!!
Comment by DReaming — October 15, 2005 #
@DReaming, for me, it happened after around 30 days. Some people here are reporting that thier mailbox is still 25MB even after 30 days. Not sure what is wrong. Or M$ might have done something.
Comment by Arjun — October 16, 2005 #
its good
Comment by sakina — October 18, 2005 #
It works fine!
Comment by ME — October 20, 2005 #
It worked PERFECT. Living in the netherlands so my account was
anoyinly 2mb all the time grrrr. Now got 25 Mb. No more hassle of deleting my messages everyday.
Comment by Mr_Groovy — October 20, 2005 #
If I do this…………….will I have to add all my contacts all over again???
I have like 50 and I use all of them!!
Comment by NG — October 22, 2005 #
@NG : I would recomend you to backup your stuff before you try this out.
In my case, all my contacts and mails were intact. But If they are really important, i would suggest you to backup.
Comment by Arjun — October 23, 2005 #
I just tried this method and it worked for me
Comment by Milagros — October 26, 2005 #
thankx man for this but i know that there is a way to make the hotmail email size 2000MB so if u knew how plz send on my email:
bahaider_cool@hotmail.com
Comment by haider ghaleb — October 26, 2005 #
Real nice!!! I have already heard of those free 2000MB hotmail accounts but haven’t seen facts but just rumors… If anyone sees some info on this plz, post…
Comment by Walter José Mairena Benavides — November 1, 2005 #
hi every one i want from any one who have a mail at gmail to send me a invite and thanx
Comment by ahmad — November 2, 2005 #
works well
Comment by booya man — November 2, 2005 #
Worked! THX
Comment by gjergj — November 7, 2005 #
ahmad, what’s your email…
Comment by joe — November 7, 2005 #
walaal update garayso oo kadhigo size ka hotmail mid kabalaaran kii hore
Comment by Mohamed Cabdilaahi Cali — November 10, 2005 #
THANK YOU..IT IS WORKING. HOTMAIL IS THE BEST MAIL SERVER!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW
Comment by Emil — November 12, 2005 #
Method still works as of November 2005!. Thank You.
Comment by Paul — November 14, 2005 #
THANK YOU ARJUN!
and adilah, i love you =)
Comment by haz — November 14, 2005 #
hi guys I made the hotmail up to 25 mb but after two months also its sitll 25 mb. So what has happened?
will you tell me please
Comment by shree — November 14, 2005 #
all what you have to do after login paste this line:
http://by17fd.bay17.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/Accountclose
click “close account”
logout
login again it’s 25MB now
good luck
Comment by sasasasa — November 15, 2005 #
this methord to increase the hotmail’s mail box size is very usefull for me. i used this methord at 16/11/2005. now my mail box is amazly up to 25 MB
Thank for u r distibution of technic..
Comment by Hlathiha — November 16, 2005 #
Dear Sir
I would like to ask to question please that my hotmail capacity is 2 MB and daily my mail is 25 mail but mail is full for 10 mail so please how can i increase my mail box capacity maximum is 250 MB or 500 MB.
please reply soon
Thank you
Farhan Munawar
Computer Operator (ACC)
Comment by Farhan Munawar — November 17, 2005 #
thank you very much for your help, my account has reached to 250mb!!! :D
Comment by Luís — November 18, 2005 #
Update for November 19 2005
It still works, I even took a chance and didn’t backup anything and when I reactivated it everything was there, mails, contacts and calendar, Great Post
Thanks
Comment by seeing is believing — November 20, 2005 #
It worked. Managed to get 25MB, Looking forward for 250MB
Thanks
Comment by Navaraj wagle — November 22, 2005 #
This is what i call a real help .. dude mate .. pal fren wateva thanks a Lot ! 25 MB ohh Yes Just a Click of A button ..yahoo!!
Cheerrsss!!
It Worked Jut Amazing!!
Comment by What you see is what you get — November 26, 2005 #
thanks a lot.. i really wanted to increase my email account so much since i don’t want to erase the emails that i have to accept new ones..thanks again
P.S: I’m waiting for the 250MB :P
Comment by salma — December 2, 2005 #
Still works!! hey!!!
Comment by John Ng — December 5, 2005 #
i want to change my mail space from 2MB to 25 or 250MB, i do all the steps that written in your site but i didn’t find update, what should i do please help me
Comment by Bibs — December 11, 2005 #
I dont understand where is update button plz help us i really need becoz i alwas fwd email in yahoo if i have 250 mb in hotmail i can save my time
thanks best reagards
kashan
Comment by kashan — December 13, 2005 #
Yes, It still work…. yeah… now bigger space with 25MB, hopefully later become 250MB.. … ha.. Thanks..
Comment by lucky8 — December 17, 2005 #
Worked like MAGIC!!!! Merci :)
Comment by Ina — December 17, 2005 #
Eh man Thanks a lot
It works nice
Many Thanks i owe you
Comment by Marcellino Chen — December 17, 2005 #
thanks for such a good suggestion
thanks again
bye
Comment by Ayaz ALi Ansari — December 19, 2005 #
Thanks to everyone for confirming!
Comment by Arjun — December 19, 2005 #
helpe me ,pls !!! it’s deason work for me ,I go to the page to “close my account” but it’s show nothing
Comment by hoaquyen — December 19, 2005 #
I try again and agian ..then it’s work like Magic ,thanks alot
Comment by hoaquyen — December 19, 2005 #
this is the best I got on internet. no daily e-mail checking every day anymore
Comment by joo — December 20, 2005 #
It still works… cool!
Comment by vix — December 20, 2005 #
thanks a lot… i changed it to a uk adress cause im english myself, but been living abroad. and i get the same priveledges as being in america :D
Comment by James — December 20, 2005 #
hey,
thanx
i wanted to increase my hotmail capacity for so long
and thanx to u , its done now
Comment by Khawer — December 21, 2005 #
thank u so much mate it’s realy work it i’m so excited it’s now 25mb i’m hoping it will get upto 250
Comment by gedi — December 22, 2005 #
Last month 16-11-2005 , i did according to this instruction, my mailbox suddendly up to 25 Mb .today i realize my mail box up 250 MB.
ohh Yaaaae…………………
Comment by Hlathiha — December 22, 2005 #
thnkx dear its gr8 i first time get the information form ur site and i got it thnkx a million
Comment by Asim Malik — December 23, 2005 #
wow it still works.. bloy bloy bloy. (stop that rehan)
Comment by ALIM ALI ASJA BOYS — January 2, 2006 #
hi fren. thank you sooooo much. It’s realy works.
Thanks again
Comment by Thines — January 3, 2006 #
folks, check out :
http://www.arjunprabhu.com/blog/archives/2006/01/03/get-2-gb-hotmail/
Comment by Arjun — January 3, 2006 #
Thank alot It worked wow finaly after allmost 5 years i have some space in my account to store these messages!!! finaly thank u !!!!! i cant wait a month for the 250MB!!!!
Comment by Dulsana — January 6, 2006 #
It Worked!!!!!, after a long wait
Comment by nouseforanick — January 19, 2006 #
Worked !!!!
no data lost !!!!!
thaks.
Comment by Kandela — January 21, 2006 #
yupe, its real (size increased)no fraud lol!!
thx ya man
Comment by wael diaa — January 22, 2006 #
It worked..as of 26th January 2006
Anyone who needs a gmail (2.6GB) mail space invitation, send me an email with the subject “GMail invitation please” to mmubashar007@hotmail.com and I will send an invitation. I have 100 but I think it refreshes frequently. Please support me at http://www.shahz.net
Comment by ferrarif40 — January 26, 2006 #
Thanks very much I was trying forever to get that done on my own they changed my primary account but not this one I use this for work.
Comment by Blossom — January 28, 2006 #
hey…thnx buddy…ws lookin forward 4 tis…!!!!
Comment by miz — January 30, 2006 #
ya man.. the older method just worked.. but i cant get the 2gb to work
Comment by PhiL k — January 31, 2006 #
Your account size will now increase to 25 MB, which a month later becomes 250 mb.
Comment by c/shakuur xirsi — February 5, 2006 #
Thank u very much
i like ur site its very useful for me
me from Nepal
Its help me to increase my hotmail size.
ok bye
suraj
Comment by suraj yogi — February 8, 2006 #
hi thanks for ur help to inlagre my hotmail size
i am form Nepal its very helpful for me
Comment by suraj yogi — February 8, 2006 #
Cool! It worked! I was a bit worried for a sec there when it said account deleted, but I kept going and it worked like a charm!
Thanks a million!!!!
Comment by Hind — February 9, 2006 #
Hey if you do it right it works perfectly, at least it did for me :)
enjoy.
Comment by waseem — February 10, 2006 #
hi thanks for ur help to inlagre my hotmail size
Comment by nicbus7 — February 14, 2006 #
Thanx a lot….it really worked…..but i couldnt do the 2GB thing…that i dont think works…..atleast didnt worked for me…..but thanks anyways…..
Comment by Ranti — February 14, 2006 #
Worked perfectly!!! have been bugging hotmail for ever to sort this out!!! thanks a million!!
Comment by paw — February 16, 2006 #
thx budy …
Comment by Azamjiva — February 19, 2006 #
Hi, uprading to 25MB worked but the 2GB bit did not go through. Any Advice. Thanks
Comment by Ahmed Abdallah — February 19, 2006 #
yes it works great!
Comment by nikos — February 22, 2006 #
absolutely brilliant mate.. it worked.. thanks a lot
Comment by injinuity — February 23, 2006 #
one hundred
Comment by diwakar — February 24, 2006 #
i forgot to create folder and move inbox, : ) i have lost my mails, please let me know can i got back my emails. thanks
Comment by Lexial Analyser — February 24, 2006 #
i really cant say more than thank u very much becz i really was in need for this extra storge…. :)
Comment by michel — March 4, 2006 #
Hey ! it worked ….thankz u loadz….now id try for 2GB
Comment by Asad Jafri — March 9, 2006 #
i am very apprecaited for the good work u do and i would like to say thank u for that
Comment by Abdinasir — March 15, 2006 #
Fantastic…tthanks heaps it was simple as.. :-)
Comment by Kiwibird — March 17, 2006 #
Thnxxxxx to you guys. Got my Cool Hotmail to 250. Works just fine.
I think thank the the 2GB mail format has been disabled.
keep up guys.
Comment by Colliom — March 17, 2006 #
Ahh I’ve been wanting to find something like this, I’ve been getting more and more narked at having “Your account is approaching its limit” at only 2MB when I signed up at 3MB and others have told me they’re on 25 or 250MB!
I followed your first step and got to 25, then followed this and nothing happened… I then re-did the first step (the close/re-open account bit) and it jumped up to 250MB.
For anyone having trouble following the link, make sure you either do it in, or copy it into Internet Explorer as when I clicked it in Firefox it sent me back around to this page and did nothing.
Comment by David — March 23, 2006 #
it is very important to increase an email
Comment by charbel — March 24, 2006 #
Hi
thanks it worked and i got 25mb. this is so much better than the 2mb limit. can someone invite me gmail please.
Comment by shaksp — March 29, 2006 #
Its Workin bro
Thx for the tip & steps it helped
Comment by Sajiod — April 12, 2006 #
i am very happy to increase my hotmail box from 2MB to 250 MB
ok every once’s whom which increases they will/were /are thanks more
Comment by mahammed waayeel — April 20, 2006 #
omg, thank u soooooooo much!!! i tried so many times on different web sites, but only urs says the right link!!! tanks soooo much!!
Comment by ksen — April 20, 2006 #
THank you so much!!!!
Comment by Geo — April 27, 2006 #
thanks it really worked
Comment by shreeya — April 28, 2006 #
Hi,
Thanx, for your support, it really worked
Comment by VIVIAN XAVIER — May 6, 2006 #
COol!! thanx
Comment by daryl — May 12, 2006 #
Thanks arjun, really a great information, and it is still working 100%.
Comment by Khurram Shahbaz Khan — May 14, 2006 #
it does not work. did the hotmail changed the settings
Comment by charanjit — June 3, 2006 #
That was fantastic, it’s nice to read good advices, thank so much
Comment by Scorpio — August 18, 2006 #
doing this procedure will have your hotmail account deleted which means losing all the mails you have. Is this analysis correct?
Comment by randy — August 30, 2006 #