As noted above, the process is the same whether you have a Hotmail, Live, or MSN email account.ĥ) A login page will appear on your screen. Note that these instructions have been written for Hotmail, but the process is exactly the same whether you want to set up an Outlook, Live, or MSN account.ġ) Go to iPhone or iPad Settings and tap Mail.Ĥ) From the list of services, tap. I figured that if my friend needed instructions on setting up Hotmail on iPhone, she probably wasn’t the only one, hence this post. While looking into her issue, I remembered that the Hotmail brand has been retired and replaced by Outlook (since 2012), which I assume is confusing people still looking for the Hotmail option in the iPhone or iPad settings.

I was actually surprised she was asking this because she already has an iPad and didn’t seem to have any problem setting up Hotmail on it. I received a call from a friend asking how to set up a Hotmail email account on her new iPhone.

Do you have a Hotmail email account that you want to set up on your iPhone or iPad? This tutorial shows you how to add one to your iPhone and iPad.

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