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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 (48%)
- Errors (26%)
- Website Down (25%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Website Down | 6 hours ago |
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Errors | 7 hours ago |
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Errors | 10 hours ago |
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Errors | 11 hours ago |
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Sign in | 14 hours ago |
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Sign in | 14 hours ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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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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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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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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Liz (@licenia) reported@Outlook I haven’t been able to log in to my email for a few days now. I see that others have the same issue, when will it be resolved??
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🌟Aalyaa🌟 (@aa1yea) reportedWhy are @beehiiv newsletters not being delivered to @Outlook? Is it a glitch?
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Michael (@michaelhannaa) reported@Outlook on IOS is terrible. Just terrible.
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Jeremy Whiteley (@jeremywhiteley) reported@Outlook when are you going to fix copilot for outlook for the Mac? Most of time copilot menu disappears when creating an email. It’s useless. @MS_OutlookMac @Copilot
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Nicole (@Nicole18068) reported@Outlook IM NOT RECEIVING EMAILS!!! ITS NOT WORKING!!
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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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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....
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Mrknavish 🇺🇸 (@Mr_Knavish) reportedHey @Outlook wtf is up with your tech support. I call because my email was hacked and the hacker was locking me out of other accounts and buying nearly $2k of Walmart gift cards. When I reached out for help your tech heard my problem then hung up. Now no one at tech won’t call because the one that flaked on me when I needed him most flagged my phone number (the one that’s been on file for years)
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Cheekyman81 (@1_hsm) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps I’ve been locked out of my Hotmail account for over a month. I’ve submitted the recovery form multiple times with correct details, but it’s rejected immediately each time.I was advised to submit a reinstatement request, which I did, but not working.
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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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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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Ture Anderson (@tanfrancisco) reported@Outlook the Outlook password recovery system is not working for me. It keeps kicking me out. Can I speak with somebody or can somebody please help me? I’ve been spending two weeks trying to get my email back.
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Hameedkanz (@hameedkanz) reported@ibn_wittig @Outlook @Live Sql server Yes.
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Brian Fontana (@CodeFoxtrot) reported@IAmTimCorey @Copilot @Outlook I uninstalled copilot and m365 last week, will try again in the future! I think the first biggest issue they need to fix, is why there are two copilot apps that appear to be similar, but are self-described to be different, and then you need to have two on your system. Doesn't make much sense!
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J.T. (@Joseph3T) reported@Outlook customer service is absolutely terrible…
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Sriprakash Rao Talpady ಶ್ರೀಪ್ರಕಾಶ ರಾವ್ ತಲಪಾಡಿ (@TalpadySR) reported@Outlook If there is a prize for damaging a perfectly working app with a new version much worse than before, you stand in the first place as a contender. Many useful features are gone. New version is slow & unfriendly. I can't go back as it can't connect to my Google A/C !
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Jason Starr, Consumer Ventures, Awakened Foods (@JasonStarr) reportedHad to finally upgrade from "Legacy" @Microsoft @Outlook on a Mac to "new" Outlook (because old Outlook kept crashing my computer due to what I must assume was a massive a memory leak) Just miserable. Stupid, basic stuff still broken or mission. Formatting of signatures is totally messed up. Can't turn on/off hidden paragraph markers when editing email. Can no longer click within an email to see the conversation or related emails (this is a huge loss). This product has been out since 2020. It has been the default email client since 2022. HOW CAN IT STILL BE THIS BAD!?! Or do they just hate Mac users that much?
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rem (@honeyzerogo) reported@gmail @Outlook Some of us have jobs. U need to fix this
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Cédric Krier (@cedrickrier) reported@Outlook your email server is sending wrong error message. WTF? "blocked using Spamhaus. To request removal from this list see" plainly wrong.
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CA Shrenik Gandhi (@shrenikmgandhi) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftIndia I am struggling to get access to my official mail id since past more than 3 months due to technical issue where i am not getting authentication code. Raised issue through my vendor but they are also not getting any response.
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A R Pᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@altieri_palorca) reported@Outlook My case involves MAILBOX CORRUPTION, not deletion. I need this escalated to the engineering team. Only they can restore internal server snapshots. The attack happened yesterday — there is still time.
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ComeAsYouAreTO (@comeasyouareTO) reported@Outlook ONE login attempt is not "too many times'. Fix your ******* website already.
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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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KremovSomgai (@KremovSomgai) reportedI haven’t gotten a work email in an hour and half. Is @Outlook down again or is today just a good day?
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Daniel Burapavong (@TD2timeMVP) reported from City of Atlanta, GeorgiaTried the new Outlook app on Windows 11 for a few weeks and reverted back to classic cause of weird email formatting issues. In replies, my emails were returned all stretched out and looked out of whack. @Microsoft @Outlook @Windows
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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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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?