Outlook.com

Is Outlook.com down?

No problems detected

If you are having issues, please submit a report below.

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 12/12/2025 03:15

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.

  1. Sign in (62%)

    Sign in (62%)

  2. Website Down (22%)

    Website Down (22%)

  3. Errors (16%)

    Errors (16%)

Live Outage Map

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

Loading map, please wait...
City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesAnn Arbor Sign in
United StatesGarland Sign in
United StatesAshburn Sign in
United StatesLeland Website Down
SpainAlcázar de San Juan Sign in
ArgentinaCoronel Suárez Sign in
Map Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

Tips? Frustrations? Share them here. Useful comments include a description of the problem, city and postal code.

Beware of "support numbers" or "recovery" accounts that might be posted below. Make sure to report and downvote those comments. Avoid posting your personal information.

Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • howboutnow Same as it ever was 🦋🐲🔥 (@howboutnow) reported

    @Rongtr @Outlook Mines bern down since 3;39 pm. I have 3 emails all down.

  • katensch K. Norton-Schock (@katensch) reported

    @SelfMadeMastery @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook It is quite the coincidence that this occurred just a day after updates. And that am acquaintance of mine in a different state is having the same issues TODAY.

  • 2eh_j 2Eh.j (@2eh_j) reported

    @Outlook Seems to be down. No emails going out/in.

  • _MrYusuf Yusuf (@_MrYusuf) reported

    @Outlook Is there an issue with outlook today? Not receiving messages that are being sent to me? Also tried to send a message to myself to test.. still not coming through. Please can you advise. Thanks

  • CafeCamuLLC Café Camu (@CafeCamuLLC) reported

    Anyone incur an error with @Microsoft @Outlook when attempting to include a snapshot/pic in the body of the email - and after sending or saving in draft it reads [Error: unloaded OLE object or mail attachment]. I have been sending these emails for years and this is a new issue.

  • LookUp_Everyday Look Up (@LookUp_Everyday) reported

    @Outlook I am having the same issue, not able to send emails and have not received emails for hours now.

  • gg1234635 GG1234635 (@gg1234635) reported

    @Outlook what is going on? I can send emails but no one i sent to has received. And now your online chat system not working either. What is going?

  • howboutnow Same as it ever was 🦋🐲🔥 (@howboutnow) reported

    @Outlook 3 of my emails went down sometime after 3:39 pm EST. Can't email or get them. Downdector has Microsoft 365 down with reports from just before that & big orange/red dot over downstate NY. Whats up?

  • Deringer2023 Marin (@Deringer2023) reported

    @reednic @Outlook I have the same problem

  • Jen62843947Lisa Markus Wolf (@Jen62843947Lisa) reported

    @Outlook @Defnotaspoof Same issue

  • dafuerapadentro De Afuera Pa' Dentro (@dafuerapadentro) reported

    Seems like @Outlook servers are down. Emails are not sending nor incoming. Hey, Microsoft team, any info on this?

  • SelfMadeMastery Kelly 🌟 (@SelfMadeMastery) reported

    @theonlystonez @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook I actually just got a new router delivered to start over with a new IP address. Sadly a new IP/using a VPN won't fix the issue with outlook flagging my current accounts (I can't send/deliver on any network from those accounts), but it may fix it for any new accounts I make!

  • AshrafHoudane Skapaloou (@AshrafHoudane) reported

    @Outlook Many Outlook users are experiencing issues sending and receiving emails.

  • eagibbons1 Elizabeth Gibbons 🇨🇦🎹🎵 (@eagibbons1) reported

    @sweetestpotates @Outlook yup. no one is receiving my emails. one site I went to said there was an outage at Microsoft

  • jenpagewrites ✍️💕Jennifer Page 📖🎲 (@jenpagewrites) reported

    @universalman_ @Outlook Also I don't think it's just the app. Not working from my web browser on laptop either.

  • Rongtr Ron Zabrocki (@Rongtr) reported

    @Outlook Email, hotmail down in NY since 2:30 pm today.

  • SmittyJones1515 Matthew Smith (@SmittyJones1515) reported

    @Outlook @TedTet I’m having the same issue. Nothing received and sent messages don’t appear to be going anywhere for about the last six hours.

  • universalman_ SK (@universalman_) reported

    @jenpagewrites @Outlook Yeah I’m have the same issue.

  • sweetestpotates Charlotte (@sweetestpotates) reported

    @VescoeBlake @Outlook I cleared room but still not working. How odd.

  • bridle_danielle Danielle Bridle (@bridle_danielle) reported

    @Outlook WHEN WILL WE BE ABLE TO SEND AND RECEIVE EMAILS AGAIN????? I have spent hours this morning thinking it was something I had done to come on twitter to find out it is an Outlook issue. This is unacceptable. I have important emails to send and receive and this is not okay.

  • BubbaBD Bubba Bing (@BubbaBD) reported

    @Outlook Hey, multiple people cannot send emails from their live, hotmail or outlook email webmail accounts as of this afternoon. They can receive emails, but not send. It's not related to the onedrive storage limit issue either. Fix it already.

  • lisa_balto Lisa (@lisa_balto) reported

    @Outlook Not receiving emails nor are recipients receiving emails I’ve sent. They show as sent but no one gets them. I see lots of others having the same problem. When will this be resolved?

  • Nick_BD Nick_BD (@Nick_BD) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook hi, over last 2 hours all my emails have gone in to my junk folder and I cannot send any emails. It sends but doesn’t appear in an inbox. I have this same issue on outlook and my second hotmail. Quick Twitter search others also have this issue.

  • theonlystonez Stonez 🩸🩸🩸 (@theonlystonez) reported

    @SelfMadeMastery @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Quick tip, get yourself a VPN & tunnel your traffic into the U.S. somewhere to get around the problem. Free advice, no money needed... other than the VPN itself.

  • SelfMadeMastery Kelly 🌟 (@SelfMadeMastery) reported

    @katensch @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Hi Kate! I was having this issue several weeks ago too, so I'm not entirely sure it's a global issue. Hotmail doesn't like my IP. I'm curious, is mail being sent to your "junk" folder that normally shouldn't be? Mail from all my usual contacts is being directed to "junk" today.

  • TedTet Ted M (@TedTet) reported

    @Outlook A lot of people seem to be having this problem but the e-mails I send don't seem to be reaching people. I don't think I'm properly receiving e-mail too. Funny thing is, I don't get an error or anything. The e-mail gets sent out but they simply don't reach anyone.

  • universalman_ SK (@universalman_) reported

    @Outlook Hi is there an outage or some issue with the outlook Mail App? I’m unable to send and receive emails

  • lostdesertdog Desert Dog (@lostdesertdog) reported

    @Outlook What's going on? I cannot send emails, I send them, they go to send folder but nobody gets them. Also all emails going to Junk folder. Please fix these issues.

  • LTPaulinee Pauline (@LTPaulinee) reported

    @Outlook Hi, I have an issue with my outlook account. I can’t receive or send any emails. Is the server down ?

  • elijah_kaufman Elijah kaufman (@elijah_kaufman) reported

    @sweetestpotates @Outlook Yup, my friends email is down...