Outlook.com status: access issues and outage reports
Service-wide status: Outlook.com
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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
Outlook.com signals over the past 24 hours. The dashed line is the service-wide baseline used to detect unusual activity.
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At the moment, we haven't detected any problems at Outlook.com. Are you experiencing issues or an outage? Leave a message in the comments section!
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:
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Website Down | 1 day ago |
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Errors | 5 days ago |
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Sign in | 5 days ago |
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Sign in | 7 days ago |
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Errors | 8 days ago |
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Sign in | 8 days ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Donna Adinolfi (@DonnaSpaGal) reportedAnyone else having @Outlook issues where emails are disappearing, populating, and disappearing. 😔
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Sunshine Goodfellow (@cesarzj) reportedServices from @Outlook @Microsoft365 are currently down...
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Timothy Nichols (@nichols_ti28279) reported@jorgemarketer @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps Volan_xyber can fix this.
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🇺🇸ULTRAMAGANONJAB (@true4_red) reported@HindlesKitchen @Outlook When I used to use Apple, I didn't have as many issues, no where near as bad as the phishing I get on MS
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Dominique (@NiqueHollywood) reported@fashionizta @Microsoft @Outlook Mine has been down for 6 hours and I’m leading communications and publicity for a national tour. I hate them so bad! The most incompetent service I’ve ever had!
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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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Stewart 🏴 🇨🇦 (@Stewmeak) reported@Outlook How is your app so terrible and preventing junk/phishing emails going into peoples main inbox? Useless and the worst at it. You must be making something from it.
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Asrın Senemoğlu (@asrinsenemoglu) reportedMy bank account (Isbank) is officially linked to this compromised email address. I am ready to submit legal/banking documentation. This is not just an account issue, this is an active financial cybercrime in progress! @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook
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Blackhat Casper (@JBPVFM) reported@HowardRoark90 @Outlook @Microsoft - it's your subscription - it's your router - it's your IT department - just re-start it - you didn't shut down correctly - you are in the que - what color is the light flashing - please confirm your admin password, and we will send you 16 codes
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Grafrajohn ☕️🎸💻⚽️🐋🍃🌍📷📱🚊🚲🎮🍮🦈🦖🎵🪐 (@GrayElgin) reportedHas anyone else downgraded from the new @Outlook to the old one? The new Outlook keeps asking me to sign in for every mailbox.
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Murzban F. Shroff (@MurzbanFShroff) reported@puneetck @Outlook I am a writer facing a huge glitch with my #Outlook. When I try to reply to an existing conversation/thread, the entire conversation disappears. It’s no longer visible in the reply mail. Please help. I have work-related communications suspended. @satyanadella
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Santanu Banerjee (@KolkataRsogolla) reportedClient emails a table for various component names (column1) and costs (column2). I click forward in @Outlook and lo-behold, the table converts to something unreadable, each cell has been put in its own row! Why? @Microsoft please resolve this issue ASAP or moving to @ZohoMail
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Permian Landman (@PermianLandman) reportedCalling the new @Office @Outlook garbage would be unfair to all garbage. Why the heck would you come out with such a slow web app looking monstrosity. Go back to legacy.
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✨Luminous✨ (@wxkeup_1) reported@Outlook why is password sign in constantly unavailable to my hotmail (outlook) account 90 percent of the time, requiring me to use sign in using a code? As someone who has had this email account with you for 25 years - it has become infuriating to use.
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Alex Hoffman (@AlexNBCMT) reported@Outlook has been down for 8 hours on a Monday. This is the journalism equivalent of getting ejected from a game.
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Kvng (@Kvng4r) reported@Outlook Hello @outlook I’m having a trouble with my subscription I’m being debited but my subscription still remain unpaid i will like a refund to my card
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Priscilla King (@5PriscillaKing) reported@Microsoft @Outlook just causes problems whenever I open it. I've been trying to read e-mail today and, so far, Chrome has crashed six times. This has not allowed much e-mail to be read. I'm probably going to change my public e-mail address this weekend.
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daz. (@F1Daz_) reported@Outlook @Microsoft I reported fraud to you 4 days ago. And have still have ZERO response. my details are STILL compromised due to your lack of urgency with such a sensitive issue. Everything else was sorted in hours by various other companies. Shocking.
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Jessica LoPresti 🦋 (@LoPrestiJessica) reported@Outlook I am going on day 2 of tech issues with outlook. It is now affecting my job and my communication with clients. Is there an ETA on when this issue will be resolved?!
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GUAL CYBR (@gual_cybr) reported@ViEaglen06 @Outlook I can fix your account! Dm me
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why (@kirk202020) reported@sumit_c @Outlook I just want to sign in and get my emails ffs
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Mexica1st (@MEXICA5280) reported@Office @Outlook What are you'll doing to fix this? Half of my company emails work but ironically the most important one I can't access for client submissions, and we are gonna launch tomorrow. Unacceptable 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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Red Beard Real Estate (@HowardRoark90) reported@ClarenceWongCRE @Outlook @Microsoft Ours is M365 Business but that’s not a bad idea to try regardless of email server I’ll get the team to give it a whirl Luckily, I’m not experiencing issues on my account
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Jessica LoPresti 🦋 (@LoPrestiJessica) reported@Outlook my outlook is STILL DOWN. Please share ETA ON WHEN BUG IS FIXED.
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🇺🇸 Roger DeReu 💵📈 (@RogerDeReu) reportedSo @Outlook was down yesterday and @ProtonMail is down today. What's going on?
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April 🐭 (@1967Christian) reported@Outlook I'm trying to sign into my email. It keeps telling me to enter a second email address to "protect my account". I only have one email. I don't want a second email. I'm old fashioned, I just want to sign in using my password, and access my emails.
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Chaitanya (@SeekChaitanya) reported@Outlook You took 4 days to Revert, microsoft outlook is indeed slow
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osman (@osman_cetin) reported@Outlook for days i am trying to reset my password to access some really urgent medical files and eventhough i have registered phone it seems that verification method is not working at all. This is very urgent medical need and would appreciate your assistance
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Internet Politician (@NetRant1) reportedI can't believe this... @Outlook totally forgot to add an option to sign into a different email How are we supposed to change the sign in email @MicrosoftHelps
Outlook.com detected incident history
These records describe service-wide increases in reported problems. They do not confirm an outage at every address. Recorded end times describe our detection window, not a provider-confirmed repair.
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What to do if Outlook.com is not working
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How to interpret these reports
Direct reports are submitted by visitors. Locations may be estimated from their connection or supplied by the reporter. A low local count does not establish that service is working; the service-wide status and local report totals describe different areas. How our outage detection works