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..!!
Tags: 250MB, 2gb, 2MB, hotmail, live, live mail, mail, more, popular, storage
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this is the best I got on internet. no daily e-mail checking every day anymore
Comment by joo — December 20, 2005 #
I try again and agian ..then it’s work like Magic ,thanks alot
Comment by hoaquyen — 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 #
Thanks to everyone for confirming!
Comment by Arjun — December 19, 2005 #
thanks for such a good suggestion
thanks again
bye
Comment by Ayaz ALi Ansari — December 19, 2005 #
Eh man Thanks a lot
It works nice
Many Thanks i owe you
Comment by Marcellino Chen — December 17, 2005 #
Worked like MAGIC!!!! Merci :)
Comment by Ina — December 17, 2005 #
Yes, It still work…. yeah… now bigger space with 25MB, hopefully later become 250MB.. … ha.. Thanks..
Comment by lucky8 — December 17, 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 #
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 #
Still works!! hey!!!
Comment by John Ng — December 5, 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 #
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 #
It worked. Managed to get 25MB, Looking forward for 250MB
Thanks
Comment by Navaraj wagle — November 22, 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 #
thank you very much for your help, my account has reached to 250mb!!! :D
Comment by Luís — November 18, 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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
THANK YOU ARJUN!
and adilah, i love you =)
Comment by haz — November 14, 2005 #
Method still works as of November 2005!. Thank You.
Comment by Paul — November 14, 2005 #
THANK YOU..IT IS WORKING. HOTMAIL IS THE BEST MAIL SERVER!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW
Comment by Emil — November 12, 2005 #
walaal update garayso oo kadhigo size ka hotmail mid kabalaaran kii hore
Comment by Mohamed Cabdilaahi Cali — November 10, 2005 #
ahmad, what’s your email…
Comment by joe — November 7, 2005 #
Worked! THX
Comment by gjergj — November 7, 2005 #
works well
Comment by booya man — November 2, 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 #
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 #
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 #
I just tried this method and it worked for me
Comment by Milagros — October 26, 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 #
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 #
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 #
It works fine!
Comment by ME — October 20, 2005 #
its good
Comment by sakina — October 18, 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 #
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 #
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 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 #
sent an invite Winnie.
Comment by Arjun — October 2, 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 #
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 #
yep, i tried and it works for 25mb.. not 250mb.. anyone can help on tis? (=
Comment by betty* — September 19, 2005 #
I did it over a month ago but I’ve still only got 25mb, not 250mb. :(
Comment by Will — September 10, 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 #
It works fine! Hee ha!
Comment by koo — August 26, 2005 #
hey guys, it is still working.
thanks a lot :))))))))
Comment by dj — August 19, 2005 #
yey it worked!!
thanks :)))
Comment by maharis — August 12, 2005 #
thanks to all for confirming that it still works!
:)
Comment by Arjun — August 11, 2005 #