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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 (67%)
- Errors (16%)
- Website Down (16%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 New York City
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Website Down | 1 hour ago |
 Preston
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Website Down | 4 hours ago |
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Pittsburgh
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Errors | 4 hours ago |
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Southampton
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Errors | 8 hours ago |
 Sydney
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Sign in | 9 hours ago |
 Auckland
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Website Down | 17 hours ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Asbjørn (@a_arknu) reported@davidfowl Please tell the @Outlook team. They don't seem to have gotten that memo and are still building that terrible web-based "new Outlook" for Windows while also building a nice native client for Mac. So they can do it properly, just not for your own platform...
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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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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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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reported@CarlaJo56727016 @Microsoft @Outlook I have it on my phone already, same issue
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TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported@Outlook Email still down here in the UK. How can I work like this?
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Liam (@Liamdestroyer39) reported@Outlook Haven’t been able to see my emails all day as it’s not working on iPhone 😑
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Gemma Collins (@Gem83Col) reported@NickyCowell @Outlook @Microsoft Na mine isn’t working. Asking for last digits of phone number but then saying it’s not working and to verify another way
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👑Cass✨ (@ItsCas_tho) reported@Outlook I can’t log in my email and when I try to get help it’s asking me to sign in
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Jacob McClellan (@JacobAMcClellan) reported@Outlook Fix outlook on iPhone. Been down for over 12 hours now. Worry about this other stuff after you fix existing services.
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Gяace&Peteя♡ (@GraceJ_PeterM) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps @Microsoft - Will I ever be able to access my Hotmail email via the Mail app on my iPhone again? Been down for days now. Keeps saying I’ve tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account which is total lies. My password is 100% correct
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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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Tanya Smith (@Tanyasmi) reported@Microsoft @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps What is happening ? Mail app on iPhone still not working for outlook / Hotmail accounts. Asks to re-enter password put in correct password you say it’s wrong or too many times and block ! Please help
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Shaz 🦋 (@soxxylady) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Outlook SORT THE MAIL APP OUT. IM NOT UPDATING MY PHONE JUST TO RECEIVE EMAILS. IVE LOST ALL MY IMPORTANT WORK EMAILS AS THEY ARE BLANK ON ALL OF THEM. SIGN IN STILL NOT WORKING ETC ETC. YOU BASTARDS 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Ignacio Durán (@IgnacioDurn9) reported@satyanadella I can't even log in into my @Outlook account since morning. When are you going to fix it?
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Ellie Harris (@ellieeeharris) reported@Outlook how is outlook still down!! I haven’t been able to get onto my emails for a couple of days now. Help!!
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Max (@Dobbie_88) reported@MSFT365Status @Outlook @MSFT365Status still not working 24 hours+ later?? It’s not fixed. I just want to be able to log into my account normally, without having to authenticate how many times I breathe per day!
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James Alexander (@justjamess87) reported@Outlook why is outlook STILL down? Have some very important emails ( like many others around the world ) please get it together. This is ridiculous now 24 hrs and STILL GETTING NOTHING!!!! #outlook #outlookdown
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MWBEATS (@mwbeats) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Outlook I can’t recover my password for Hotmail as MFA phone code is not working. Please help
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MJ (@marifuenzalida) reported@Outlook I can’t login to my hotmail account. Not on my iPhone nor my desktop. This is a huge issue as I’ve had this email for 20+ years. When will they be resolved???????????????🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Kimberley Treece (@T25Kimi) reportedCome on @Outlook sort the issue out. Haven’t been able to access my account on any device for nearly 24 hours now. Mega frustrating when I’m waiting for an important email!!!
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reported@faisal9051911 @Outlook I'm having the same issue! 21 years too!
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Shoes (@J_Keith101) reported@MSFT365Status @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook I am still unable to get into my Hotmail account after 3+ days on ANY device or app and internet. Please take these issues seriously and fix this. This is NOT an intermittent problem, it is an OUTAGE.
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Jane Darling (@janeydarling1) reported@outlook down again? This is ridiculous
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Kelsey Goodwin (@kelseyg2010) reported@Outlook why am I STILL having problems on my iPhone? C'mon already. It has been a full week of this bullshit🤬
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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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TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported@TylerJs981 @Outlook Still down, won’t send me a code to my mobile phone!
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Simbaaa (@simoes_romeo) reported@cjl85718 @Outlook did resolve the problem? I have the same issuee.
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reportednow I have to file a form to try to reinstate my email account all because of these ******* issues ON YOUR END @Outlook @MSFT365Status !!!!!!
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rhiannon ☕️ (@rhimckinley) reported@marlermelanie @Outlook having the same issue for 24hours. they told me it was “account specific” and that it’s a user error. still no answers and no fix. @MicrosoftHelps
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Neeraj (@Neeraj8k) reported@Outlook what’s the problem? You keep sending all my important emails to junk… please fix this… 😡