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Outlook.com is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services from Microsoft. One of the world's first webmail services, it was founded in 1996 as Hotmail.
Problems in the last 24 hours
The graph below depicts the number of Outlook.com reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Outlook.com users through our website.
- Sign in (57%)
- Website Down (22%)
- Errors (21%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Sign in | 8 hours ago |
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Website Down | 9 hours ago |
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Sign in | 12 hours ago |
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Sign in | 13 hours ago |
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Sign in | 13 hours ago |
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Sign in | 16 hours ago |
Community Discussion
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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🌄🐣 (@2689j) reportedAlso, @Outlook I had to put these in my junk profile myself. Are you not able to tell these are spam? Cuz if not, we should just shut y'all down now and save everyone some time and anguish.
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frostlord (@thefrostlord) reported@Outlook nice, you can’t sign even with the correct password now not even the owners of the email can sign in bravo @Outlook :(
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Mister Kayne (@MisterKayne76) reportedOver 10 lockouts and endless appeals later, @Outlook is officially the most "secure" account I own—mostly because even I can't get into it. @Microsoft , please fix this verification loop. It’s exhausting.
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sheenbean (@loisetwt) reported@Outlook I currently have two Outlook accounts for two different jobs. When I try to log into one of the accounts, the verification code notification keeps being sent to the other work account instead. please help me resolve this issue so I can access the correct account?
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sarah (@SarahEmpson2) reported@Outlook Why am I having problems receiving and sending emails.. today so are a few other people I know
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Gloria Murray (@GMurray64532) reported@outlook how do I return to startup/login with local account? Its crap forcing users to auto login with an account.
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Love Gupta (@Lovegupta_) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Outlookindia @Outlook i cant signin to my Microsoft account even after entering password and security info, i have already sent a dm
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FallingDebris (@VolatileAmine) reported@Outlook you’d think your server could block phishing emails. FFS, the floodgate is open.
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Arch. Mohammed AL-Turki (@mturki) reported@Outlook We demand an urgent and permanent fix, along with better customer support that matches the company’s reputation and users’ trust. #Outlook #Microsoft #Support
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Souvik Mukherjee (@souvik610) reported@Outlook I'm having authentication error for my outlook email id
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Pfs (@sirpenski) reported@WilliamShatner Captain, I wish you were on @NASAArtemis. Maybe you could channel Spock and fix @Outlook for the crew.
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🇬🇧 (@OGBC_Llama) reported@Outlook , Hi my outlook app appears to be down ?
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N Rose (@NRose_N5) reported@tanfrancisco @Outlook I have exact same issue and I’m going INSANE! Important documents need to be accessed! Did you manage to get through to an actual human at all?
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Kat 🐈🌴(✨fan account✨) (@KatsFaith13) reported@Henrickson145 @Outlook Having the same issue. Were you able to get it fixed?
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Taz 泰秀樂 (@tazorack) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps Outlook is awful. Using the other verification purposes are not working. Garbage system. Fix it.
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Griff (@Grifeweizen) reported@Microsoft Outlook and teams mobile apps not even opening on android galaxy s25...this is a serious issue @MicrosoftTeams @Outlook. It's a blank screen or an endless loading spiral.
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chakuchuri (@chakuchuri) reported@Outlook fix your app lags a lot these days. What kind of bloated app is this?
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Logan Henrickson (@Henrickson145) reportedHey @Outlook, why cant I get any verification codes sent to my phone to change email passwords? Unable to currently login, and unable to update a password. Help.
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Chris Pred (@ChrisPred) reported@keeganlanier @Outlook I haven’t noticed it myself as I use Outlook on my iPad Pro with a M365 account. Are you connecting to Exchange server or another email provider such as Google or iCloud? I am thinking it could be a sync issue with IMAP or something along those lines.
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Charlie Stacey (They /Them) (@CharlieStaceyUK) reported@Outlook I’m a sole global admin fully locked out of my business account. The phone number allocated to my case has issues receiving calls. I desperately need this sorted so I can work. Is there anything more I can do, at the very least to change the phone number?
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fgozalo (@fiogozalo) reported@Outlook I am having trouble logging into my account through the Outlook app. A few days ago my emails were not loading, I uninstalled the app and now I cannot log in with my email. What can I do? I need help.
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ComeAsYouAreTO (@comeasyouareTO) reported@Outlook ONE login attempt is not "too many times'. Fix your ******* website already.
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johnr (@johnr1593426) reported@Outlook I can't login in my msn email ???
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Matt Ayoub (@mattayoub1) reported@Outlook @Microsoft it’s been WEEKS and my Hotmail is STILL in another language! Can someone please contact me and actually follow through till the issue is resolved?
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Ali. Me (@AlisonWagstaff3) reported@Outlook how come outlook is so awful having taken over Hotmail. It's slow, it's layout is terrible. I absolutely hate it!!
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Anathema🇵🇱🏴🏴 (@Dyslogix) reportedMicroslop, fix your damn email ..... wtf @Outlook
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Dani.🇻🇪 (@daniperdomo92) reported@Outlook @Microsoft @MicrosoftHelps Im Still struggling to regain access to my Hotmail account. Recovery forms still not working.. 2/3 months and counting… i have evidence that I'm the legit owner
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jon brownsill (@jonbrown2021) reported@Outlook hi. I’m having some problems sending emails with pdf attached. Are there any issues at the moment? It sends some messages but not others?
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Griff (@Grifeweizen) reported@Microsoft Outlook and teams mobile apps not even opening on android galaxy s25...this is a serious issue @MicrosoftTeams @Outlook. It's a blank screen or an endless loading spiral.
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Ture Anderson (@tanfrancisco) reported@Outlook I was able to fix the problem using another computer and a different network.