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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 (50%)
- Errors (25%)
- Website Down (25%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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NEO_England (@NEO_England) reported@Outlook Dear Microsoft. I’m locked out of my personal email, my authentication on my phone is linked as recovery for my business email. I get a prompt to enter my mobile so I can get a text to be greeted with ‘it’s not working right now’. I have forgotten my password and have tried countless hours trying to get my personal email up and running… one course of action was encountering AI chat which was useless! I am at the end of my tether now as it’s been over a month of trying and as you can appreciate, it’s incredibly disruptive. I have some very important personal emails that I can’t now access! I can’t speak to a human so how can you remedy this?
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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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MissLola67 (@Lopa8765) reported@Outlook I have sent you a DM I am completely locked out of my Outlook account and need urgent help. I reset my password and tried to use my recovery code, but I keep getting an error.
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Liam Donoghue (@LiamD21) reported@Outlook I am having trouble logging into my account. I changed my password on my desktop yesterday and trying to update on my phone and it won’t work. I then try and log into my desktop and it won’t let me as I have ‘tried to many times’.. this is ridiculous
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EP✨ (@EllapaigeMusic) reported@Outlook Hi there, I’ve sent you an email about a problem I’ve been having, thanks!
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mel (@mel76151448) reported@Outlook how am I supposed to get back in my email account, when I can’t sign in. Tried all the links but no success. Run a business on this account. I need to speak to a human!!!
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hydra (@syedahmed004) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Outlook i canno sign into my accounts on phone app, emails are not syncing, not able to get otps for other apps. Also outlook app is not working. Is there a problem with server? if no then please help me fix thanks!
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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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Lee Charters (@cheeckycharters) reported@Outlook Can't message you. So I'll have to post this. My phone of 8yrs just died so I got a new one. Tried to sign in multiple times but no joy with password, couldn't use authenticator as no password. Been locked out of my email account that I've had for 25yrs. Help please.
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Brad (@blcdude1) reportedI’ve had awful luck with @outlook the past week. Every time I log in, I get told there have been too many failed attempts and I’m forced to reset my password. It makes the website feel very insecure, a major security issue.
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nkk501 (@nkk8314) reported@Outlook could you please help me with my email address. I am unable to login and it is saying I am blocked due to not enough verification
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sheenbean (@loisetwt) reportedI currently have 2 Outlook accounts for 2 diff. 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 resolve this issue so I can access the correct account? @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps
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Louis Arthur-Brown (@LouisArthu66843) reported@Outlook @Microsoft looks like the Outlook mobile app is experiencing widespread problems - stuck loading, all troubleshooting failing.
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Le Hunch in Da Trunk: Part Deux (@PeonhuskLIVES) reportedHey @Outlook wtf is your issue w/ signing on ipads? The ONLY time y'all won't let me sign-in is when it's on an ipad. Also, STOP DEFAULTING TO SENDING VERIFICATION CODES TO AN ALTERNATE EMAIL, I KNOW MY PASSWORDS.
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Stewart 🏴 🇨🇦 (@Stewmeak) reported@Outlook Yet another glitch today. Icon says I have mail but nothing unread in there
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EDDG Creative (@EDDGcr) reported@Outlook Horrible tech support, having email issues, and everyone I get just passes me to another department. This is only going to get worse! #needalternative #trainbetter
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H_O_ward (@xbonz08) reported@Outlook Dear Microsoft. Your Outlook email program is performing beyond all expectations. I'm down to 50 spam emails a day. Thanks for the bang-up you do on eliminating spam.
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Fred (@ch1vat0n) reported@claudeai Maybe Claude can help the @NASAArtemis crew to fix their @Outlook not working? Maybe trying classy elm will do?
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Manas Mahodaya (@manasmahoday) reported@Outlook i have a hotmail account and the old password is not accepting and when I am going through m2f 2 fact auth it is not working cannot change the password
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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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ScottO USA ISTJ I/III/IV/iv (@gscottoliver) reportedI’m happy to see that @Outlook Online has corrected the issue of leaving Junk marked as unread when I move it to Deleted. Thanks!
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Ali. Me (@AlisonWagstaff3) reported@Outlook why suddenly can't I get into my long owned emails. I've gone down a rabbit hole being redirected by your website. It's saying I've downloaded it (after deleting it) and it's not showing on my phone!!
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Joe Fairbanks 🇮🇱 (@pasadena792) reported@stevesi First thing to do is get rid of the terrible @Outlook web wrapper and bring back Mail & Calendar.
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Sam McDonald (@wsmcd) reported@Outlook @Microsoft Luckily I have a passkey and was able to sign out of all my accounts elsewhere. In fact I removed the password as a sign in option for my account now. Strongly recommend everyone do this!
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Sidhant Ranjan Shrivastava (@sidhantranjan) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Microsoft @Outlook I can’t log in to my personal Hotmail account. I receive the verification code on my alternate email, but after entering it, I get “Please try again later” for several days. Please help fix this issue.
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Bradley Frank (@addos) reported@Outlook what is the deal with this error? UTC Date: 2026-01-30T15:20:21.838Z Client Id: 5E8BAB74F0F24FB4B05D3C3EFFC064FB Session Id: 6299cf67-9301-493d-9437-0198418fae88 Client Version: 20260116004.05 BootResult: configuration Back Filled Errors: Unhandled Rejection: Error:
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star🧚🏻♀️ (@zxcbnmjklyf) reported@Outlook I am having a technical issue with my personal account. It is being incorrectly flagged as a child account. When I try to verify my age by clicking 'I am a parent', I immediately get a 'Logout Failed' error page on all devices and browsers.
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Michael Robbeloth (@mrobbeloth) reported@Outlook Email Templates in Outlook on the Web (PWA) seem to be broken. Changes do not get reflected when creating new emails using the template
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Kevin Sar (@kevinsar) reported@Outlook y'all broke your android app today, check your reviews no one can login
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Lewis Fox (@Lewi54ox) reported@Microsoft @Outlook tried signing into my account on my Xbox. Couldn’t so had to try sign in on my Hotmail. Couldn’t, tried resetting password on the app gave ALL MY OWN CORRECT INFO. Couldn’t, tried calling for help, got told to sign in online to reset password. Honestly🤬