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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.

Outlook.com Outage Chart 02/08/2026 19:35

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Outlook.com users through our website.

  1. Sign in (56%)

    Sign in (56%)

  2. Website Down (24%)

    Website Down (24%)

  3. Errors (20%)

    Errors (20%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomTreharris Errors
FranceBordeaux Errors
FranceRouen Sign in
United StatesBaldwinsville Sign in
United StatesWayne Sign in
United StatesWestlake Website Down
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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • JoyMWilliams Leia Williams (@JoyMWilliams) reported

    @emfrooze @Outlook There is an outage. Apparently it is being worked on by Microsoft.

  • GreenTrolled Green Troll 💚🇪🇺🇵🇸 (@GreenTrolled) reported

    @pushkar140875 @Outlook The server is down, not working anywhere

  • IAmJessPlant Jess Plant (@IAmJessPlant) reported

    Outlook appears down across multiple platforms (for me it is down on the web browsers, Windows app, and Android app). I am missing a meeting, and I know that I have some important emails waiting. Hopefully @Outlook will have a fix soon.

  • renee45lifes Renee (@renee45lifes) reported

    Fix. Your email app and web @Outlook @Outlook @Microsoft And the mail app on apple for outlook won’t work

  • KirstR92 Kirsty Rudd (@KirstR92) reported

    @Outlook why won’t it allow me access to my emails???? One minute it’s saying server issues the next I get an error message, I need access to them asap! I’ve been trying all day

  • a7m_998 Eng. A (@a7m_998) reported

    @Outlook Hello, Im suddenly signed out of my email. I’m still receiving email notifications on my phone, but when I tried to sign in, I got blocked from the very first attempt. Please check your dm.

  • xxxsammiexxxxx sammie (@xxxsammiexxxxx) reported

    @Outlook @MicrosoftUK Hotmail has been down all day, any update ???

  • xosarah_beth91 (◕‿◕✿) (@xosarah_beth91) reported

    Hey @Outlook, I need an update about the mail server being down

  • AbiEdwards01 Abi Edwards 🌸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@AbiEdwards01) reported

    Seriously, @Outlook is STILL DOWN!!! How is this acceptable? It’s been hours and hours now!!!

  • mzshequera .. (@mzshequera) reported

    @Outlook Why am I having issues signing in on my outlook

  • marlon_santos_ Marlon Santos (@marlon_santos_) reported

    @MattyHankinson @Outlook That sounds so frustrating I would have recommended the support page but I don't think they can help you because they didn't help me. message @auxtoolt now for help, he fixed a similar problem I had days ago and recovered my account.

  • stressedlucy luce ♡ (@stressedlucy) reported

    @Outlook has outlook email gone down? I cannot access my work emails on my outlook account!

  • Suejanehall1 Sue Hall (@Suejanehall1) reported

    @Outlook is all e mail down?

  • Cthulhuhoop Mel ❄️ (@Cthulhuhoop) reported

    @luis_abv0929 @Outlook globally down for two hours+. you MIGHT expect them to say something here, but nah.

  • Daddys444girl Cherry (@Daddys444girl) reported

    @Outlook your servers are down for millions of people worldwide, can you please release a statement so people can know when to expect access back into their accounts again?

  • marti81_16 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊 (@marti81_16) reported

    @Outlook What is the current problem with outlook? Unable to sign in or access emails.

  • pushkar140875 Pushkar (@pushkar140875) reported

    @Outlook can't sign in hotmail. Says too many requests. My work is getting affected.

  • tatiana_haila Tatiana (@tatiana_haila) reported

    @MattyHankinson @Outlook @Lukas_techs might help you with that issue

  • Nicolef1Penney Nicole Penney (@Nicolef1Penney) reported

    @Outlook I’m aware of the outage but can you confirm if losing your folders in Hotmail is part of this problem? And also half of my phone contacts? I just want reassurance that email folders (full of important emails) aren’t going to be lost forever? Phone contacts too 😕

  • Truth_Seeker250 Truth_Seeker (@Truth_Seeker250) reported

    @Outlook I'm unable to send any emails via outlook Android app and the website is not working.

  • touquetown 🎥Jims (@touquetown) reported

    @Outlook If your Outlook App is down, you can still log in and use it from a web browser. Only the App is broken, fix eta unkown.

  • kirstin_gunn Kirstin Gunn (@kirstin_gunn) reported

    @Outlook why can I not access my emails? Error message keeps saying Can not get mail- the connection to the server failed. What is going on??

  • apes147 April Dwyer (@apes147) reported

    @Outlook any updates on this outage? Been down hours now. #OutlookDown

  • JoostvanDi92304 Joost van Dijk (@JoostvanDi92304) reported

    @Outlook why can’t I send or receive messages anymore? Seems there are problems with both iPhone/ipad/pc applications. What’s going on?

  • intgom John Cairney (@intgom) reported

    @Outlook You've been down for around 12 hours now - and counting. What's going on and when will you fix it?

  • Kevin_T21 Kevin (@Kevin_T21) reported

    @Outlook Is outlook down, I can't login to my email acxount...

  • renee45lifes Renee (@renee45lifes) reported

    @Outlook Fix ur web browser outlook and app log in please even the mail app that comes with iPhone outlook won’t sign in

  • Kevin_T21 Kevin (@Kevin_T21) reported

    @Outlook Is outlook down, I can't login to my email account

  • BoratRobert Ross O'Donovan (@BoratRobert) reported

    @Outlook Is Mr Gates available to fix it as it seems like no one else can... Absolute embarrassment is Hotmail outlook now I know why my mates jeer me for using it

  • dgonred Shiyami Daiji (@dgonred) reported

    @salim03 @Outlook Getting the same error as well