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How to remove old profile that has been hacked and stop it from syncing?

theoliverhenderson
theoliverhenderson
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So very recently my main pc was hacked. Long story short, the best I could do was have my Microsoft account suspended. Now I am making new accounts for everything, including here. But my new account is attempting to sync with the old one. I don't want that to happen. I can't sign in to the old one to remove it since I can no longer access it. I am deathly afraid that this account will also be hacked due to it attempting to sync with the old one. Is that possible? And is there a way to remove the old one. I don't think my mind will be at ease till I can have a fresh start. I have requested Microsoft to completely delete the hacked account instead of simply suspending it, but I am unsure if that will do anything here.

So very recently my main pc was hacked. Long story short, the best I could do was have my Microsoft account suspended. Now I am making new accounts for everything, including here. But my new account is attempting to sync with the old one. I don't want that to happen. I can't sign in to the old one to remove it since I can no longer access it. I am deathly afraid that this account will also be hacked due to it attempting to sync with the old one. Is that possible? And is there a way to remove the old one. I don't think my mind will be at ease till I can have a fresh start. I have requested Microsoft to completely delete the hacked account instead of simply suspending it, but I am unsure if that will do anything here.

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markwarner22
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That's not possible unless your trying to use the same email login and password. And since you don't have access the old email to change login your will have to create a new account with new email login and change passwords. As to what Microsoft does that isn't something Firefox browser can do about it.

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