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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:
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Errors | 44 minutes ago |
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Sign in | 58 minutes ago |
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Errors | 2 hours ago |
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Sign in | 2 hours ago |
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Website Down | 4 hours ago |
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Sign in | 6 hours ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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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🤬
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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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Calamity🇵🇸🕊️🇺🇦Jessica (@FaunaLovesFlora) reported@astrogrant @Microsoft @Outlook can you stop deep ********* AI that doesn't work down our work throats so you can pay more attention to your basic ******* programs? It's 2026 for ***** sake and you are MICROSOFT. Stop it. Just do better ffs.
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Saddiq (@philly_lawdog) reported@Outlook Im having a real life issue with my outlook inbox thats bothering me
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Thad Barrington IX, Ph.D. (@4LokoEnthusiast) reportedWhy is outlook showing me EMAILS FROM 2024!!!!! IT IS 2026 !!! FIX THE ******* SEARCH FUNCTION!!!!!! @Microsoft @Outlook @BillGates
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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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j (@janefedupwitho2) reported@Outlook I cannot access any of my outlook accounts! Is there an issue?
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Leng (@lengafc) reported@Outlook I am having a lot of issues singing in, please respond to my direct message
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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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Richard Gozinya (@browneye_winker) reported@Outlook Are there issues with Outlook on iOS 26.4? I’ve been getting delayed notifications for a couple weeks. The email will show in my inbox, but I’ll get the iOS notification a couple minutes after.
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Shawn Farrell (@farrellshawnp) reported.@Microsoft .@Outlook hold notices from a public library shouldn't be the innocent targets of your rate limiting. Please fix this!
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Wittig Lyon (@ibn_wittig) reported@hameedkanz @Outlook @Live Are you having installation problem or data loading problem?
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JC Castañeda (@xJoeyxKnucklesx) reported@sh69147 @Outlook I got same problem VaultEdgeX helped me
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Mary N-T (@MaryNT16) reported@Outlook A quick scroll of your account shows others with the same problem. What is happening over there? The email in question is my main email that I've had for nearly 30 years.
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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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Monica Rangel (@MonicaLRangel) reported@Outlook Have been having issues with outlook all day today is there something going on?
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Oluwanishola (@iam_Pacho) reportedCan you fix this damm bug!!! Its frustrating waiting for emails all day.... @Outlook
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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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David Nsiyona (ↁαŁε) (@DNsiyona) reportedLose the phone with your authentication app and you're in for the ride trying to login to your account! Many codes sent today mbu try again tomorrow @Microsoft @Outlook
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Joel (@Joel94994231) reported@mentalmasterpie @Outlook Problems everywhere. Microsoft Outlook is such trans
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Nayeem (@Nayeem_747) reported@Outlook My account is locked without any reason I tried to verify with phone number still it’s not working
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Gary Mehaffy (@gmehaffy) reportedIs @Outlook down again? Having major issues on every device for hours
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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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Ma🇧🇷 Pē (@_mape88) reported@Outlook The site is down. We've decided we're a terrible company and we don't work nights. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
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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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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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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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CryptoKong (@CryptoKong59483) reportedHow embarrassing for @satyanadella showing how @Windows legacy bloat and tech debt is putting mission critical, national-visibility use of #Windows is broken. The @Outlook team should be scrambling.
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Vishal raj (@realvishalraj) reported@Outlook there is a laptop whose admin sign in password ,I m nt able to retrieve Can u help ,I have the bill and payment record
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Jake (@NiKes619) reported@Outlook the new Outlook performance is just TERRIBLE.