Windows Phone 8.1 Peoples Hub – how to sign out from Peoples Hub

One of the nice things with WIndows Phone, is the People hub. It is way more than a just simple contact app or core feature of the Windows Phone. And it is very convenient to use. It is very easy and seemless to sing in, to connect you Twitter, Linkedin and Facebook for example. If you like your LinkedIn account, but really dont like the official LinkedIn app for Windows Phone, then this might be your solution. And the Peoples Hub looks great.

Problem is when you like to Sign out

But if you suddenly do not like to have any of the social accounts connected in your People Hub, then how do you disconnect it? How do you sign out, log out – remove it entirely from your phone?

Well it is not impossible and not extremely difficult, but it is a wee bit cumbersome – you have to sign in to your Windows Account. For example your LIVE or OUTLOOK account. Look for the email confirming your connection of your twitter to your phone. It reads something like ”You have connected your Twitter to your Windows Account”.

In the email, look for something that reads similar to: ”Connect, control or change your Twitter connections”. And click. It probably say something else, but basically like this. I use a Swedish WP 8.1 OS, hence the translation in short.

Cick REMOVE

This will open the email page to the page change settings. But above all, and again in ”fine print” almost – these type of companies really dont whant us to disconnect do they – click: ”Remove this connection completely”. A pop up opens > click ”REMOVE”.

And this will remove it from your Peoples hub. You can always connect again when you feel for it.

Security reasons

Reason to disconnect of course may vary, but one reason as I see it, is the security factor involved. You may temporary loos your phone, or someone using it for whatever reason, to read and post using your account, you not knowing. Really Microsoft SHOULD allow for a very quick button to Disconnect completely without this hassle, and a simply Sign Out button would solve it.

Stefan Lindblad
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