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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 (72%)
- Website Down (15%)
- Errors (14%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Website Down | 22 hours ago |
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Sign in | 3 days ago |
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Sign in | 5 days ago |
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Community Discussion
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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jen (@JackalopePoop) reported@Outlook wtf is going on with email login -- why is the valid password with the special characters that you made me specifically choose not enough for me to login from the same exact laptop I use every day?
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Jamie (@TaxPayerxxxxx) reported@Microsoft @Outlook How is it you have to PAY to protect your accounts location wise? Why has no government stepped in here. I have a Hotmail/Outlook account that’s constantly getting Auth prompts from other countries. Why can I not restrict it to my own! It would fix 90% !
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Taz 泰秀樂 (@tazorack) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Microsoft you guys need to fix @Outlook across the online the desktop program and whatever other incarnations like the phone app. Outlook is awful.
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MWBEATS (@mwbeats) reported@Outlook I keep getting the same message that MFA phone code verification isn’t available now - I need that to login to reset my password. It’s been 36 hours. Please help.
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Donna Adinolfi (@DonnaSpaGal) reportedAnyone else having @Outlook issues where emails are disappearing, populating, and disappearing. 😔
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James Alexander (@justjamess87) reported@Outlook how am i STILL not able to access my EMAILS??? Why are your services STILL DOWN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Coming upto 48 hrs now! This is ridiculous and absolutely unacceptable. #outlook #outlookdown #hotmail ******* Joke!
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Jeff Wolfe (@JeffWolfeCRE) reported@Microsoft @Office @Outlook I have been waiting for 24 hours for someone to contact me about my email issues. Please dm me today.
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Sreeni (@sree9819) reported@Outlook I have been trying to get to a live agent for AGES regarding an issue with my account (which has been hacked) and I haven’t received a single helpful response! I am unable to jump on a chat with life agent anymore! How am I supposed to recover my account with no help!!
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Dar99 (@Dar8206) reported@lovemesomeALLI @Microsoft @Outlook Same for me . SMS code is not working so impossible to Connect even on Outlook app…. Same **** since monday
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Jorge Marketer (@jorgemarketer) reported@nichols_ti28279 @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps I dont have a issue about access
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Darnell Wiggins (@TheDon2108) reported@Microsoft @Outlook is acting weird moving slow, and etc
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Kareem (@Kareem1702) reported@KyleDavey86 @Outlook @KyleDavey86 Were you able to fix this? I had the exact same issue with the robot and now I can’t even get that far anymore
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secret name (@dbfssecret) reported@Outlook I liked Outlook Express, BUT, I just can’t stand Outlook in it’s present configuration. It has to be slimmed down and more useful before I’ll use it. I like MS, but I don’t like Outlook at all…just way too complicated.
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Prabhakar (@Prabhakar_Mahe) reported@Outlook Facing issues with my Outlook account — it keeps getting logged out on my laptop and mobile, and I’m unable to sign in again. Password reset is not working properly. Need help to recover access urgently
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Sumit (@_sumitdh) reported@culturedpearl47 @Outlook Can you share a screenshot of the error?
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Jimmy Fallon (@JimmyFal) reported@Microsoft @Outlook I can post this screenshot into ANY AI and they will ALL come back and tell me this email is a scam, so shouldn't we expect the same from the @outlook mail filter? Please DO BETTER, why is this hard at least let us in on the technical issues as to why this is so hard!
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Africanart4spaces (@AAFSart) reported@Outlook I have issues accessing my email but I keep getting AI blocking me from speaking to an actual human what the hell
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Ad Libitum (@JSokaza) reported@Outlook So while my email password issue continues with the account you all took over, I decided to log into my substack which uses an email I made specifically for social media use. Guess what? That password didn't work either. Strange?
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N8 (@nathane10422899) reportedThe new @Outlook is terrible, you can’t even respond to original emails sent to you if someone that was cc’d sends a response to that email and you press reply as well it will never go back to the original email it will only respond to the person that responded. Terrible update
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tortured hot girl department (@maaaaandyy) reportedWhy can’t you fix the mail for iphone issue???? That can’t be so hard. Ask your tech team to use claude c’mon @Microsoft @Outlook @MicrosoftBr
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Inner Phoenix (@InnerPhoenix420) reported@Outlook @Outlook has become complete trash, letting unverified emails to email people, 100% are scammers or hackers, and @Microsoft like per usual is trash letting this happen. STILL AN ISSUE, STILL NOT FIXED, PATHETIC.
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onelove (@brummy1978) reported@Outlook locked out of account and verificatiin is not sending code to my phone get the code to back up mail but when i select phone get error frustrating
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Alex 🌐 (@ajr_codes) reportedMicrosoft, why cant I log into my 20+ year old email? Why is it saying "You've tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account or password." I have 2FA and a backup email + phone number. Why wouldnt you simply ask for the 2FA code??? @Microsoft @Outlook
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tortured hot girl department (@maaaaandyy) reportedI’m removing all my accounts from my @Outlook, since I can’t access my email and I’m worried about losing important information. I can’t believe @Microsoft can’t simply fix an email bug. They are an email company omgggggg
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ATMOSARRISES (@XsinandtonicX) reported@Outlook unlock my personal email.. all I did was sign in from a new device and changed my phone number, I’ve submitted your form from another email already, I need access what is going onnnn
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SpongeBob (@Jack_the_westi) reported@TBanton18 @Microsoft @Outlook I had the same problem a while ago, absolutely impossible to speak to a human at Microsoft to get support, finally I switched to Gmail, caused a lot of disruption because my old Hotmail is used to verify loads of passwords, annoyingly I keep getting reminders to log into Hotmail
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Finchwizard (@Finchwizard) reportedWe’re in 2026 and @Outlook still can’t fix notifications and badges on iOS. It’s NEVER RIGHT. Always get these mystery notifications. Telling me 2 new emails and there’s only 1. Most frustrating thing. #outlooksucks
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John Alex (@mgrjohnalex) reported@Outlook Hi, I’m locked out of my Outlook account. Unable to reset password, get a code via SMS and reached the limit of account recovery requests for today. Anything else I can do? Can you help please? Looks like it was a synch issue which caused this initially.
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princess (@princess420604) reported@Outlook are you aware of any glitches with shared calendars? I’ve lost 2 of my family calendars overnight and they can’t see mine anymore either. Have deleted them and readded. Still not working.
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Katlego Makgaila (@Katlego_Mack) reportedPlease fix the Outlook search tool @Outlook @Microsoft