Hotmail log in: How do I find the Options menu – How do I sign out of hotmail or Outlook?

More than half a billion people use Hotmail every day as their main email service. 

The Microsoft-owned company recently updated Hotmail to bring in a more user-friendly operating system called Outlook. 

Outlook has caused some confusion among Hotmail users, with many options buttons moving from their regular position. 

Here, Express.co.uk explains how to find the options menu in Hotmail and how to sign out of your account. 

How do you find the Options menu in Hotmail?

Microsoft has moved the options menu from its regular place since the most recent Outlook update. 

The latest update made the user interface more friendly and easier to manage but some users have complained they now can’t find the Options menu.

To find the Options menu, click on the gear icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen and then select More Mail Options. 

This will give you a full list of additional options to optimise your account. 

How do I sign out of Hotmail? 

The new update brings both Hotmail and Outlook together, so the process of logging in and out of your account will be the same no matter which service you actually use. 

To sign out of your Hotmail or Outlook account, open up your email account on your web browser. 

Look to the top-right of the screen and click on your username to open up a menu box. 

One of the options in the drop-down menu will be to sign out.

Click this button and you will be automatically logged out of your account.