HOTMAIL account users now have their email incorporated into Microsoft Outlook.com. There are many good reasons why you might want to change your email account. Here is how to transfer from Hotmail account to Gmail or Outlook.

You may want to switch accounts because dislike your current email address or your account may become inundated with spam. Switching email accounts might feel like a daunting task, because you need to notify everyone of your new email address or create gmail account, and there is also the fear you will miss an important message that you can’t afford to miss.

How to transfer Outlook messages and contacts into Gmail:

Before beginning the import process, prepare your Outlook account by copying any messages you want to keep from your Deleted and Junk folders into your Inbox

Select the Settings button in the upper right side of your Gmail account.

At the top of the Settings page, select the Accounts and Import tab.

In the Import mail and contacts section, select Import mail and contacts.

If you have previously imported, select Import from another address.

This opens a window which will ask you What account do you want to import from?

Enter your Outlook address and select Continue.

Another window will open prompting you to log into your Outlook.com account.

Enter your Outlook account password and select the Sign in button.

If successful, the window will ask you to close the window to continue.

Next you can select the import options you want.

These are import contacts, import mail.