❔We were unable to make mail your primary alias

Q: I'm trying to set my email to my primary alias, but I'm getting an error: "We were unable to make "@yourmail.com" your primary alias. Please try again later." , what should I do?

A: Recently, this error has been encountered frequently, this is a problem with Microsoft, but you don’t have to worry, this is just an alias, if you have followed all the steps in the instructions for changing email, then it is impossible to access your account using an alias, you will need a code with your mail.

For convenience, you can add up to 10 aliases; they are used only for initial login. To log into your account, you need to send the code to your email that you provided to Microsoft.

If you have completed steps 14-20 in "Microsoft Email Change", then you don’t have to worry, only you will receive the code to log into your email, it is impossible to log into your account without receiving the code, even if you use the password, you will need the code for further actions.

You can search on Google, this problem occurs often, there is nothing wrong with it, usually this error goes away after 30 days.

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