Microsoft account help
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- What is a Microsoft account?
- Sign up for a Microsoft account
- Sign in to a Microsoft account
- Manage aliases on your Microsoft account
- Connect your Microsoft account to outside accounts
- Rename your personal account
- Change the email for your Microsoft account
- Change the name on your Microsoft account
- Change your Microsoft account picture
- Help protect your Microsoft account
- Create a strong password
- Security info & security codes
- How to add security info to your Microsoft account
- Why is Microsoft texting me?
- Check the recent sign-in activity for your Microsoft account
- About two-step verification
- App passwords and two-step verification
- Identity verification apps: FAQ
- Add money to your Microsoft account
- Add, update or remove credit cards and other ways to pay
- Troubleshoot problems with payment options
- Balance statements using your order history
- Check or track my Microsoft Store order
- Download and install software you bought at Microsoft Store or Windows Store
- Find a product key to reinstall a program
- For more help with orders and purchases, visit Store help
- Get gift cards for the Xbox Store, Windows Store, and Microsoft Store
- Redeem a gift card or code to your Microsoft account
- Add money to your Microsoft account
- Cancel a gift card you bought for someone else
- Taxes on purchases made with my Microsoft account
- Microsoft gift cards terms and conditions
- Check how much money is in your Microsoft account
- Limits on the money in your Microsoft account
- When the money in your Microsoft account expires
- Set up family features
- Add a child account to your family
- Why does Microsoft charge me when I create an account for my child?
- Keep an eye on your child's purchases
- Change the birthdate on a Microsoft account
- Turn off family settings in Windows 10
- Find your child on a map
- Help kids use SafeSearch to stay safer online
- Monitor your child's device use with activity reports
- Set the right limits for your child
