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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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 #
That was fantastic, it’s nice to read good advices, thank so much
Comment by Scorpio — August 18, 2006 #
it does not work. did the hotmail changed the settings
Comment by charanjit — June 3, 2006 #
Thanks arjun, really a great information, and it is still working 100%.
Comment by Khurram Shahbaz Khan — May 14, 2006 #
COol!! thanx
Comment by daryl — May 12, 2006 #
Hi,
Thanx, for your support, it really worked
Comment by VIVIAN XAVIER — May 6, 2006 #
thanks it really worked
Comment by shreeya — April 28, 2006 #
THank you so much!!!!
Comment by Geo — April 27, 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 #
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 #
Its Workin bro
Thx for the tip & steps it helped
Comment by Sajiod — April 12, 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 #
it is very important to increase an email
Comment by charbel — March 24, 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 #
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 #
Fantastic…tthanks heaps it was simple as.. :-)
Comment by Kiwibird — March 17, 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 #
Hey ! it worked ….thankz u loadz….now id try for 2GB
Comment by Asad Jafri — March 9, 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 #
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 #
one hundred
Comment by diwakar — February 24, 2006 #
absolutely brilliant mate.. it worked.. thanks a lot
Comment by injinuity — February 23, 2006 #
yes it works great!
Comment by nikos — February 22, 2006 #
Hi, uprading to 25MB worked but the 2GB bit did not go through. Any Advice. Thanks
Comment by Ahmed Abdallah — February 19, 2006 #
thx budy …
Comment by Azamjiva — February 19, 2006 #
Worked perfectly!!! have been bugging hotmail for ever to sort this out!!! thanks a million!!
Comment by paw — February 16, 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 #
hi thanks for ur help to inlagre my hotmail size
Comment by nicbus7 — February 14, 2006 #
Hey if you do it right it works perfectly, at least it did for me :)
enjoy.
Comment by waseem — February 10, 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 #
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 #
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 #
Your account size will now increase to 25 MB, which a month later becomes 250 mb.
Comment by c/shakuur xirsi — February 5, 2006 #
ya man.. the older method just worked.. but i cant get the 2gb to work
Comment by PhiL k — January 31, 2006 #
hey…thnx buddy…ws lookin forward 4 tis…!!!!
Comment by miz — January 30, 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 #
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 #
yupe, its real (size increased)no fraud lol!!
thx ya man
Comment by wael diaa — January 22, 2006 #
Worked !!!!
no data lost !!!!!
thaks.
Comment by Kandela — January 21, 2006 #
It Worked!!!!!, after a long wait
Comment by nouseforanick — January 19, 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 #
folks, check out :
http://www.arjunprabhu.com/blog/archives/2006/01/03/get-2-gb-hotmail/
Comment by Arjun — January 3, 2006 #
hi fren. thank you sooooo much. It’s realy works.
Thanks again
Comment by Thines — January 3, 2006 #
wow it still works.. bloy bloy bloy. (stop that rehan)
Comment by ALIM ALI ASJA BOYS — January 2, 2006 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
It still works… cool!
Comment by vix — December 20, 2005 #