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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 (57%)
- Website Down (25%)
- Errors (18%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Toronto
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Sign in | 1 day ago |
 Treorchy
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Errors | 2 days ago |
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Portsmouth
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Sign in | 2 days ago |
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Edmonton
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Website Down | 3 days ago |
 Macon
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Sign in | 3 days ago |
 Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent
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Sign in | 6 days ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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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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autumn 🍓 (@autumnisicy) reportedspending 40 days and 40 nights just angry and my problem is still not resolved @Outlook let me in.
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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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swede05 (@AaronWick2) reported@Outlook having trouble with verification for my hotmail account can u help me with this please
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Sahil (@TheCyberSahil) reported@Outlook how long would you take to resolve my issue ?
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Andy (@AndrewUnited7) reportedOutlook is down @Outlook fix the damn problem
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JJ (@JJimisen) reportedMicrosoft has to stop making so many changes to its menus in Outlook. It increases irritation and cognitive load too much if people constantly are having to track down where a command is, such as how to insert an emoji in an email. @Outlook #microsoft #microsoftoutlook
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Michael Briggs (@MichaelBriggs2) reported@Outlook what’s happening with outlook app in the UK not letting me login or anything plus emails not coming through on phone either??
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normal guy (@cybernormalguy) reported@Microsoft providing the WORST costumer support possible. 3 days of wait and locked outside my laptop because I nened the to allow me to change my @Outlook phone number since their bitLock locked me outuside my laptop and now they have cooking me for DAYS to fix this.
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Varun101 (@vroon101) reported@Outlook fix your service, tried to open mail on your site and it didn't ask me for login!!
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🚀K.R.I.S. (@KrisWorkLife) reportedOops! Just realized that @Outlook doesn’t give you an option to choose a time zone for scheduled messages. What a bummer. @Microsoft please fix or add this option. 🚀
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Red Beard Real Estate (@HowardRoark90) reportedHalf my team can’t use their @Outlook, but half can 🤔 What gives, @Microsoft? Frustrating af 😖 Anyone else experiencing email issues today??
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Jose Ballesteros (@Jose_Balle) reportedIs it just me or is @Outlook email down today?
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Being ದೀಪಕ್ (@Beingdeepak7) reported@Outlook The app is asking to login and its a 2 factor authentication how 🤔.??? Whats the issue.?
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CA. Rahul Jain (@carahuljain03) reported@Microsoft @Outlook May I know what global issue is going on with microsoft & what is the issue in API in activation of new services of outlook and other M365 services. Can I expect any response here.
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Zaki Qayoumi (Zack) #VaccinesSaveLives (@SUPERFRENCHBIGZ) reportedStop trying to login my Microsoft account. You will go to prison for unauthorized access. I don't have money for cloud, so that's why I can't check @outlook. I told y'all I needed a salary.
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Koku Baboni (@ko_baboni) reported@Outlook, fix Outlook mobile!
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D🧚🏽 (@_preciousdee) reportedI really do not understand why do I have to keep signing into the damn email so many times. @Outlook @Office What happened to the keep me sign in feature? Jeeeez
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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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Timothy Nichols (@nichols_ti28279) reported@rossiantony46 @Outlook Volan_xyber can fix this.
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Octo (@TweetOcto) reported@Outlook fix yo servers man
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Beer stein of the void (@beer_and_mtg) reported@Microsoft @Office @Outlook guys, I don’t know what the problem is but you need to red team your outlook search. It is such a train wreck you are for sure leaving billions of dollars of global economic development on the table from this one single thing
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Seren Söyler (@soylerseren) reported@Outlook Outlook won't accept the images, even though they are very small. I'm wasting a lot of time. It's an incredibly primitive issue.
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Anupam Chaturvedi 🇮🇳 (@AnupamChaturvdi) reportedWhy @Outlook why? We just started enjoying the Monday working with our full enthusiasm and now #Outlook is down!! The work gathered today will mess my entire upcoming week. UGH 😩 @Microsoft @Office - Kindly look into this. #Microsoft
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Greg the 🐐 (@KnnyBlnknshp) reportedAdd a thumbs down reaction to @Outlook you fkn cowards @Microsoft
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Taz 泰秀樂 (@tazorack) reported@Outlook the new Outlook desktop app needs to go back to the drawing board. It is terrible and does not work as it should. Ya need to build a Native App and not all these web apps with terrible function. This and @MicrosoftTeams new desktop app are bad.
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mesut (@mstsaydut) reported@UrsullineTV @Outlook Had this problem; @MarenXyber on X fixed it.
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marwah (@dr_mrfh) reported@Outlook Bad company, no qualified support team , Failed to solve very simple problem, How I can make formal report for problem
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Wind 24 (@ayanconq) reported@MEGAARICK @Microsoft @Outlook Report your issue to Sylas_techz1 here on X
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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