How do I get rid of this thing?

There is no way to delete an account once it's been created. The closest thing to do would be the change the email attached to it and ignore it. http://support.xbox.com/en-US/my-account/microsoft-account/change-email-sign-in-for-microsoft-accoun...

Actually, I hated the new update at first, but once you get used to it, it becomes easier: I just wish there was a way to increase the time the XBOX 1 controller stays "ON" and lit, so that you don't have to manually reactivate it every 5-7 minutes.

As far as gestures: I know that some people like this, but I can give you a few reasons why they were bad:

1. ANYONE who was in front of the Kinect sensor could make the machine do what they wanted, instead of me, and could just YELL "Xbox Go Home" as loud as they could, and mess with the experience - and if they moved their hands just right, BOOM - I have to
restart, pause, whatever I am doing.....

2. Having Cerebral Palsy, I prefer the removal of the gestures, because my hands sometimes end up right in the sight of the sensor, and I could pause or rewind the action BY ACCIDENT - being spastic means sometimes bo9dy movements are unintentional. People
who have problems like this probably DO like that, because gestures can mess them up.

3. When I play online with a friend, sometimes I have to make sure that I have my Mute my Kinect Sensor, because when I private chat with the Kinect Mic On, I can Say "Xbox, GO HOME" Or something else, and my friends Xbox does it - Which is unintentional
- so I will say <hey Friend's Name> Have your Machine go to the home screen" and HE will do it - sometimes the Kinect can mess up things, but as stated Theroy Of Game Stated, all of the functions are there, just not the gestures - Which is a godsend for some
of us that don't like, or do not choose to use them - The most annoying one is when you press a flat hand in the air and it STOPS everything dead: Lucky for me, I know my voice commands

Brian

Hey there.

Unfortunately, there's no way to back to the old UI now. Yes, the gestures are gone, but overall the system UI functions much quicker with the new update.

Some tips: To access your pins quickly, hit the right trigger (RT) while on the home screen - it will jump directly to the pins. The four most recently used apps are still there, right under the current app/game - they are just listed vertically with more
information instead of the small icons listed horizontally.

Hope this helps with the functions you feel are missing from the new UI - with the exception of gesture controls they are still there, they just look different or are in a different spot, but they are just as quick (or in some cases even quicker!) to access
than the old system.

Hello Hanska. I have had similar issues in the past. The only way I found was changing privacy settings for messages. Now every time I receive a message from someone I don’t know, it’s appears as a message request. I’ll provided a link that will give you a step by step to change the settings.

Privacy settings

Just reply to the post if there’s any issues.

Check this link out for a "How-To" on
Closing Your Microsoft Account

Good luck and take care!

This is how to delete my email account, not this windows live thingy **** that's impossible to delete, xbox account thing, I want my email as said, but not this stupid account linked to it.

I've known for the longest time how to delete my email account, so I don't need help on that.