Free tool
Outlook Email Generator
Create plus-alias versions of your Outlook, Hotmail, or Live address. Each one delivers straight to your inbox.
Comma separated, for example: gym, invoices, beta
Works with outlook.com, hotmail.com, live.com and msn.com addresses. Leave the tags field empty to use our suggested set.
Your aliases
This Outlook email generator builds alternative addresses from your existing outlook.com, hotmail.com, or live.com account using Microsoft's plus addressing. Anything you add after a plus sign in the local part is ignored for delivery, so yourname+shopping@outlook.com still reaches yourname@outlook.com. Unlike Gmail, Outlook treats dots as significant characters, so plus aliases are the reliable way to create disposable variants. Use them to track who shares your address and to sort incoming mail with rules.
How to use the Outlook email generator
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Enter your existing Outlook, Hotmail, or Live email address.
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Optionally type your own comma-separated tags, or leave the field empty for our suggested set.
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Click "Generate aliases" to build the plus-alias list.
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Click "Copy all" and keep the list somewhere handy.
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Use a different alias on each website, then create Outlook rules to sort mail sent to each alias.
Frequently asked questions
Do plus aliases really work on Outlook.com?
Yes. Microsoft supports plus addressing on outlook.com, hotmail.com, live.com and msn.com mailboxes. Mail sent to yourname+anything@outlook.com is delivered to yourname@outlook.com automatically, with no configuration.
Does Outlook ignore dots like Gmail does?
No, and this is the biggest difference between the two providers. In Outlook, john.smith@outlook.com and johnsmith@outlook.com are two separate accounts. Only the text after a plus sign is ignored, so plus aliases are the safe way to generate variants.
What should I use Outlook aliases for?
Give every website its own alias when you register. If yourname+forum@outlook.com starts receiving spam, you know exactly which service leaked your address. Aliases also make inbox rules precise, since you can file everything sent to one alias into its own folder.
Can I reply from a plus alias?
Replies are sent from your base address by default. If you want true separate sending identities, Outlook.com also supports real aliases under Microsoft account settings, which are full addresses you can send from and sign in with.
Will every sign-up form accept a plus sign?
Most will, but a minority of forms reject the + character even though it is valid under the email standard. For those sites, consider creating a real secondary alias in your Microsoft account settings instead.
I have a list of contacts. How do I email them individually?
If you use Gmail or Google Workspace for outreach, put your contacts in a Google Sheet and send with Mail Merge for Gmail. Each contact receives a personal email with their own name and details, which gets far better replies than a group email.
Organize your inbox, then upgrade your outreach
Mail Merge for Gmail sends personalized bulk emails from Google Sheets. Every recipient gets an individual message from you.