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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 (49%)
- Errors (26%)
- Website Down (25%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Las Cruces
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Website Down | 2 hours ago |
 Sabadell
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Sign in | 3 hours ago |
 Guayaquil
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Sign in | 3 hours ago |
 Barranca
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Sign in | 4 hours ago |
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Lakeville
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Sign in | 5 hours ago |
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Wonder Lake
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Sign in | 5 hours ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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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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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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rachel. (@ditz4baldie) reported@Outlook I’ve sent a direct message already. The problem is my son has set up 2 step verification but has no access to his phone since it’s been stolen but needs to access his emails for his insurance details
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A R Pᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@altieri_palorca) reported@Outlook I need my Outlook mailbox restored to a date before April 6. This was NOT deletion — the attacker overwrote the body of multiple emails. I urgently need this escalated to the engineering team before the server snapshots expire.
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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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em-j rabbitwolf (@emjrabbitwolf) reported@Microsoft @Outlook I’m currently suffering ffrom being unable to access your consumer products ie hotmail (now Outlook) email accounts via the web. No, I don’t use the apps for health reasons. I can’t sign in to any of my UK based accounts at all! Help great appreciated.
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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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DrEvil (@DrMaryHolden) reported@CuriosityonX @Outlook do you ever read the room? Everyone has problems with your shite software
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Joshua Dixon (@jcshuadixcn) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps I’m locked out of my Outlook due to broken Authenticator after switching phones. Tried all options. Need human support.
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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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Ramim Rifat | Beehiiv Expert 🐝 (@ramim_rifat_) reported@aa1yea @beehiiv @Outlook it's a glitch! beehiiv is working on it
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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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A R Pᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@altieri_palorca) reported@Outlook I urgently need engineering‑level support to restore my mailbox from a date before April 6. Only your internal engineering team can recover this. Please stop sending automated replies and actually read my case. It’s been 2 days and the server snapshots are expiring.
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Dwight Young (@TheDwightYoung) reported@Microsoft @Office @Outlook Why does Outlook for Mac always have non-stop issues? Why is my desktop app unable to Sync or connect for hours, sometimes even the entire day, multiple times per month? There's some MAJOR issues inside Outlook for Mac OS and it's not just mine.
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j (@janefedupwitho2) reported@Outlook I cannot access any of my outlook accounts! Is there an issue?
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Mahmoud Hilal (@gfx_mahmoud) reportedam facing an issue with @Microsoft @Outlook locked out from my email no way to FIX IT !
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Cindy Bisset (@bisset_cindy) reported@Outlook I think everyone who has a complaint about Microsoft (because I can not be the only one), and their lack of customer service and related productivity issues should get together and let’s Sue them. I have paid multiple times for this ****
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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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Francis Bacon 🥓 (@mundosimulado) reported@Outlook It’s a real ****, the last Windows updates turn my laptop very slow and Outlook classic don’t work anymore. I demand refund a refund of my money.
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JoeGeeky (@JoeGeeky) reported@Microsoft @Outlook What's the point in sending 'Feedback' using the "Feedback Hub" if there are no answers and things don't get addressed? Myself and others have reported exploit issues in Outlook and other apps... and nothing... silence...
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𝙈𝙞𝙢 (@Mari0am) reported@Outlook your services are not working, Ican’t get back any of my emails and YOU don’t have contact support. What am I supposed to do now?
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johnr (@johnr1593426) reported@Outlook I can't login in my msn email ???
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Nick ✨ (@njamess10) reportedGod, @Outlook just keeps getting worse by the day..... what's going on @Microsoft?!?! It never fails to go down. It's NEVER been this bad.
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Joel (@Joel94994231) reported@mentalmasterpie @Outlook Problems everywhere. Microsoft Outlook is such trans
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Cédric Krier (@cedrickrier) reported@Outlook can you fix your email server???? 🤬🤬🤬🤬
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suckafree (@xanaxanadu_) reported@Outlook How am I supposed to reset my password or recover my account when the phone number option isn’t working. I keep getting an error that reads “this method is not working right now”. I can’t log in to get any help or support and the Get Help page does not address my issue.
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Ture Anderson (@tanfrancisco) reported@Outlook I was able to fix the problem using another computer and a different network.
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Citizen of Realville (@JeffWhalen989) reported@Outlook @Microsoft Why does Microsoft make it increasingly difficult to sign in to check Outlook?? If you’re trying to make it “better”, you’re failing hard. I wish you could take your email address with you to a different provider like your phone number.
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Rhys Ames (@Amesyyyy) reported@Outlook Hey! Looking for help with account recovery as the automated recovery keeps failing me. I made a hotmail 15+ years ago for my BNET account which was only ever used for that. its been hacked and whoever hacked it has locked it down so ive lost my WoW account as a result
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Brendan R. Appel (@AppelLaw) reported@Outlook - Just now received an email sent to me on January 22, 2026 at 5:37 p.m. It arrived 1/28/2026 at 10:08 a.m. You claimed to have "fixed" your issues on 1/22 - clearly that was a lie. You had ONE JOB....