thank you, so sorry for asking a lot of questions but what exactly did you do? did you just have to login or go to the apps/websites and redo the code? Thank you and apologies for the questions
just want to thank you for posting your solution to this, INCREDIBLY helpful ive been dealing with the fake login attempts for months and it stresses me out so bad
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Hi i was thinking of doing the same thing for the same reason! Did you end up trying it and did it actually work out? I’ve seen other posts on here saying they’ve attempted this but either they could somehow still login with the original email despite only allowing the alias to login OR they managed to make it so they could only login with the alias but they somehow were still getting login attempts(which i don’t really understand how this could happen tbh🤔). Did you have any regrets/issues if you ended up trying it? I’ve been quite anxious lol
Hey! I did end up trying it, almost a month ago, and have had 0 regrets. I haven't had a single unsuccessful log-in attempt since, and have confirmed that I cannot log in with my original email. I'm not the most technically adept person, and the only issue has been remembering to log in with the new alias!
Hi! I receive emails sent to my original email address, and emails send from that original email address. The only thing that changes is the email address that you use to log in to your account. I have not received emails addressed to the new alias email address, primarily because only I know that address and I do not share it or use it anywhere else. Does that help?
How do you go about creating this login method? I’ve been getting some weird Facebook recovery code requests and thought I better check my email is secure only to see multiple attempts across the past 4 days to access my account (all unsuccessful thankfully). This alias method seems perfect.
If I remember right, these are the steps:
1. Sign into your email. Head to My Microsoft Account.
2. Under Account Info, click Edit Account Info.
3. Click add email, and type in the new alias address you want to use, then Add Alias.
4. Click Make Primary beside that new alias.
5. Click Change Sign-in Preferences, and make sure that the new alias is the only address checked off. This means that you can ONLY sign in to your email account using the new alias address (which you will ideally keep completely to yourself).
Hopefully that helps!
will this invalidate my Microsoft Authenticator app, as it uses my current (soon to be old) alias of course. If I change my primary to this new one and have my current non-existent, won't that mess with Authenticator etc?
I use a different authenticator app, and it didn't impact that at all, since it is still the same account. I'm not sure about Microsoft Authenticator though, unfortunately. That could probably be something you can reset after you change the alias, before logging out of the account?
it seems to be all good. Similar to the other commentor, it lists the old email, though inside the app itself it lists the new, primary alias that I've just set. All seems to be okay for now. Thank you so very much for this, and a speedy reply too.
Hey so you didn’t have to do anything withMicrosoft Authenticator app once you added a new alias email? I wanna make sure there’s no problems with that lol
I cant remember, but probably. You'll need the authenticator to check it's worked and what not. It doesn't hurt to have, sorry if that isn't what you meant. Ive tried logging in the with my "old" username and it says it doesnt exist.
Well it seems to have worked, I can no longer login from the address that someone was trying to access. Hopefully this puts a stop to it for a while at least.
Thanks for the instructions, worked perfectly.
You wrote the easiest instructions for this ever, and I am so grateful to you for that! Thank you!
I am wondering, when I go into Change Sign-in Preferences, both emails are checked, I can uncheck my original email address but the new alias email is grayed out and I am unable to uncheck the box for it...therefore I'm afraid to uncheck my original address yet. Is there a waiting period for everything to look/act correctly for the alias or something?
I'm so glad it was helpful!
So you want the new alias email to be checked, because you want THAT to be the email that needs to be entered to sign in. So for my email, in the sign-in preferences, my original email address is unchecked (meaning I can't sign in using that address), and the new alias, as the primary alias, is checked (making that the only email I can sign in with). There shouldn't be a waiting period for things to go into effect....I've set my alias and then immediately tried to log in using my original email address (didn't work), then successfully logged in using my new alias.
Also, if you're wary about unchecking your original address (totally fair!), you could always leave both your original email and the new alias checked off in the sign-in preferences so you can test your alias to make sure you can log in with it, before deactivating log-ins with your original email address.
I have successfully gotten everything set up correctly, thank you so much again. It seems my new alias email is grayed out so that I can never uncheck it, but I guess I don't mind that.
That's great! Hopefully it works out well for you!
As for the new alias email being grayed out so you can't uncheck it, I believe that's just because it's set as your primary alias. So if you, for instance, changed your primary alias back to your original email address, you'd then be able to uncheck your current alias. The primary alias just defaults to being grayed out and unable to be unchecked, because that's the address that you sign in with and that appears on your devices.
Brilliant. This worked for me. Thanks for the instructions. My only thing that’s a little annoying, but not a big issue, is that if it asks for my 2FA authentication generated code on my device, then I need to use the code that is generated by my ‘old’ primary email address which has been turned off for logging in.
does this cause you any issues at all? I have Microsoft auth app on my phone and was thinking, since I'm making my current account essentially non-existent, does that give you any problems?
Edit: it seems to be all good. Similar to the you, it lists the old email, though inside the app itself it lists the new, primary alias that I've just set. All seems to be okay for now.
thank you, so sorry for asking a lot of questions but what exactly did you do? did you just have to login or go to the apps/websites and redo the code? Thank you and apologies for the questions
just want to thank you for posting your solution to this, INCREDIBLY helpful ive been dealing with the fake login attempts for months and it stresses me out so bad
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Hi i was thinking of doing the same thing for the same reason! Did you end up trying it and did it actually work out? I’ve seen other posts on here saying they’ve attempted this but either they could somehow still login with the original email despite only allowing the alias to login OR they managed to make it so they could only login with the alias but they somehow were still getting login attempts(which i don’t really understand how this could happen tbh🤔). Did you have any regrets/issues if you ended up trying it? I’ve been quite anxious lol
Hey! I did end up trying it, almost a month ago, and have had 0 regrets. I haven't had a single unsuccessful log-in attempt since, and have confirmed that I cannot log in with my original email. I'm not the most technically adept person, and the only issue has been remembering to log in with the new alias!
if i were to do this would any emails that were meant to go to the old email be sent to the new alias or no?
Yes! I still receive emails sent to my old email address, even though I am using an alias. And any email I send is sent from my old email address.
hey ik this is a month old, just wanted to make sure not a single email goes to the alias correct? thanks
Hi! I receive emails sent to my original email address, and emails send from that original email address. The only thing that changes is the email address that you use to log in to your account. I have not received emails addressed to the new alias email address, primarily because only I know that address and I do not share it or use it anywhere else. Does that help?
yes thank you very much by any chance do you know if i would have to redo my authentication app?
From what I remember, I did, just to be on the safe side. I'm not 100% sure whether you need to or not though.
Thanks so much!! This eases my mind a little🫶i’ll give it a try
I'm glad! Hopefully it does the trick for you too!!
How do you go about creating this login method? I’ve been getting some weird Facebook recovery code requests and thought I better check my email is secure only to see multiple attempts across the past 4 days to access my account (all unsuccessful thankfully). This alias method seems perfect.
If I remember right, these are the steps: 1. Sign into your email. Head to My Microsoft Account. 2. Under Account Info, click Edit Account Info. 3. Click add email, and type in the new alias address you want to use, then Add Alias. 4. Click Make Primary beside that new alias. 5. Click Change Sign-in Preferences, and make sure that the new alias is the only address checked off. This means that you can ONLY sign in to your email account using the new alias address (which you will ideally keep completely to yourself). Hopefully that helps!
will this invalidate my Microsoft Authenticator app, as it uses my current (soon to be old) alias of course. If I change my primary to this new one and have my current non-existent, won't that mess with Authenticator etc?
I use a different authenticator app, and it didn't impact that at all, since it is still the same account. I'm not sure about Microsoft Authenticator though, unfortunately. That could probably be something you can reset after you change the alias, before logging out of the account?
it seems to be all good. Similar to the other commentor, it lists the old email, though inside the app itself it lists the new, primary alias that I've just set. All seems to be okay for now. Thank you so very much for this, and a speedy reply too.
That's great!! Hope the alias works well for you. :)
Hey so you didn’t have to do anything withMicrosoft Authenticator app once you added a new alias email? I wanna make sure there’s no problems with that lol
I cant remember, but probably. You'll need the authenticator to check it's worked and what not. It doesn't hurt to have, sorry if that isn't what you meant. Ive tried logging in the with my "old" username and it says it doesnt exist.
1) how many alias i can create? is this created aliases identified as new mail in registration systems?
Well it seems to have worked, I can no longer login from the address that someone was trying to access. Hopefully this puts a stop to it for a while at least. Thanks for the instructions, worked perfectly.
You wrote the easiest instructions for this ever, and I am so grateful to you for that! Thank you! I am wondering, when I go into Change Sign-in Preferences, both emails are checked, I can uncheck my original email address but the new alias email is grayed out and I am unable to uncheck the box for it...therefore I'm afraid to uncheck my original address yet. Is there a waiting period for everything to look/act correctly for the alias or something?
I'm so glad it was helpful! So you want the new alias email to be checked, because you want THAT to be the email that needs to be entered to sign in. So for my email, in the sign-in preferences, my original email address is unchecked (meaning I can't sign in using that address), and the new alias, as the primary alias, is checked (making that the only email I can sign in with). There shouldn't be a waiting period for things to go into effect....I've set my alias and then immediately tried to log in using my original email address (didn't work), then successfully logged in using my new alias.
Also, if you're wary about unchecking your original address (totally fair!), you could always leave both your original email and the new alias checked off in the sign-in preferences so you can test your alias to make sure you can log in with it, before deactivating log-ins with your original email address.
I have successfully gotten everything set up correctly, thank you so much again. It seems my new alias email is grayed out so that I can never uncheck it, but I guess I don't mind that.
That's great! Hopefully it works out well for you! As for the new alias email being grayed out so you can't uncheck it, I believe that's just because it's set as your primary alias. So if you, for instance, changed your primary alias back to your original email address, you'd then be able to uncheck your current alias. The primary alias just defaults to being grayed out and unable to be unchecked, because that's the address that you sign in with and that appears on your devices.
I'm dumb, I'm sure now that's why it's doing that. You're the best.
Brilliant. This worked for me. Thanks for the instructions. My only thing that’s a little annoying, but not a big issue, is that if it asks for my 2FA authentication generated code on my device, then I need to use the code that is generated by my ‘old’ primary email address which has been turned off for logging in.
does this cause you any issues at all? I have Microsoft auth app on my phone and was thinking, since I'm making my current account essentially non-existent, does that give you any problems? Edit: it seems to be all good. Similar to the you, it lists the old email, though inside the app itself it lists the new, primary alias that I've just set. All seems to be okay for now.