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Close outlook. &nbsp;Go into control panel and mail. &nbsp;Click show profiles. &nbsp;Select the profile and click properties. &nbsp;Click email accounts. &nbsp;Select the mail account you want to keep and click Make Default. &nbsp;Once that's done, click the mailbox you wish to remove and click remove.
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Close outlook.  Go into control panel and mail.  Click show profiles.  Select the profile and click properties.  Click email accounts.  Select the mail account you want to keep and click Make Default.  Once that's done, click the mailbox you wish to remove and click remove.

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I had already tried that and I still get the same error.
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I had already tried that and I still get the same error.

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I was hoping for another solution
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I am working on a computer that has Outlook 2010 with 2 Exchange accounts setup. &nbsp;I need to delete one of the accounts but it will not let me and gives me the error &quot;The primary account cannot be removed unless it is the only account in the profile...&quot; &nbsp;Normally I would start a new profile and just start over with the one account that I need but my client does not have the password and account info for the one that we need at this time. &nbsp;How can I remove or temporarily disable the account the I do not want? &nbsp;It has been shut down at the hosting company so I keep getting errors as it tries to connect the server.
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I am working on a computer that has Outlook 2010 with 2 Exchange accounts setup.  I need to delete one of the accounts but it will not let me and gives me the error "The primary account cannot be removed unless it is the only account in the profile..."  Normally I would start a new profile and just start over with the one account that I need but my client does not have the password and account info for the one that we need at this time.  How can I remove or temporarily disable the account the I do not want?  It has been shut down at the hosting company so I keep getting errors as it tries to connect the server.

Disable Exchange account in Outlook 2010

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.

Outlook

An email client, email reader or more formally mail user agent (MUA) is a computer program in the category of groupware environments used to access and manage a user's email. A web application that provides message management, composition, and reception functions may internally act as an email client; as a whole, it is commonly referred to as webmail. Likewise, email client may be referred to a piece of computer hardware or software whose primary or most visible role is to work as an email client. Email clients can also have other systems, like calendars, notes and contact managers.

Email Clients

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.