Outlook.com status: access issues and outage reports
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, website down and errors.
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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.
May 5: Problems at Outlook.com
Outlook.com is having issues since 09:40 AM EST. Are you also affected? 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 (67%)
- Website Down (17%)
- Errors (16%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Bruce County
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Sign in | 30 minutes ago |
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London
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Sign in | 23 hours ago |
 Talavera de la Reina
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Sign in | 24 hours ago |
 Bengaluru
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Sign in | 1 day ago |
 Twinsburg
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Sign in | 2 days ago |
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Grand Marsh
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Sign in | 2 days ago |
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Community Discussion
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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⭐️LittleOne⭐️ (@missinflower) reported@Outlook why are you saying the issue is fixed when no one can still get into their email accounts?!?!
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Emmanuel Valle (@valle_emma61666) reported@simoncarrington @Outlook Yep. Skip the form loop and call support or use account recovery from a device he’s used before, same wifi helps a lot. I heard about Fomr and lol even free form tools feel less broken than Outlook’s mess
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Lauren Turner (@BabyfaceLau) reported@BennyHall17 @Outlook Oh really? I had a look online about any issues and it said it was all working! That makes sense, thanks for the update!
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B. (@Drum_y) reported@Outlook hello, still not able to have access to my email. Can you fix it?
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B. (@Drum_y) reported@nar1Thirty1 @justjamess87 @Outlook Still down here too
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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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Jgs (@Jgsbm5) reported@Outlook Where’s your updated?! What is there no communication. This is not just an IOS issue. This is on desktop as well! We’re locked out!
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Leila ✨🇦🇷 11/11 (@lilila1993) reported@Outlook how much longer will the system be down? is has been more than 12 hours.
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Kit Oldfield (@KitOldfield) reported@Outlook please fix the text messaging on 2 step verification. Can’t access my email otherwise
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Carla 💋︽✵︽ 🇨🇦❤️ (@PinstripedDiva) reportedwould like to know why i STILL can't get into my damn emails, can't even use a code, can't reset my password. FIX IT. @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps #Outlook
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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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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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Jgs (@Jgsbm5) reported@lovemesomeALLI @davebutter Mine says the same thing!!! No person to talk to! Idk how to fix it. @Outlook help!!
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CaribbeanCocktail♡ (@novella_ellaa) reported@Outlook Hello hi… I can’t access personal or work emails at the moment. FIX IT please
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Greggy Ramone (@GreggyRamone) reported@heartisgone @Outlook Yes it’s Microsoft Exchange on your phone where it says add an account choose from list the exchange instead of outlook see if it lets you login there.
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Kal (@kaleighlynnnn) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Outlook email has been down for 24 hours! Asks for phone number then says that service isn't working right now. No other way to verify. help???
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Raph (@cam_raphael) reported@Outlook when will this problem be fixed???
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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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JP Hailey (@jphailey1) reported@AmberWithLuv @laura_smith1985 @Outlook Seems to be only affecting IPhones, don’t know about Androids. My IPad has no issues…
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RAV3N9999 (@rav3n9999) reported@MSFT365Status Hi @Outlook and @MSFT365Status It has been >24hrs and lots of us did the steps you listed. I myself just tried to access my email accounts a minute ago through ios email app and also Outlook email app. This is still NOT working! It keeps asking for entering the captcha codes and not excepting the entered password! Can you please prioritize the resolution of this access issue?
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reportedSooo anyone else's email still down, still not allowing them to reset their password? Saying 'too many codes try again tomorrow'??? W T F!!! @Microsoft @Outlook
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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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TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported@TylerJs981 @Outlook Still down, won’t send me a code to my mobile phone!
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Mosh_Pit_Chad (@Mosh_Pit_Chad) reported@Outlook any solutions to your email outage for iPhone?
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April Rose 🇨🇦🌹 (@April__Rose__) reported@MSFT365Status so no fix? You people done for the work day?! @Microsoft @Outlook #Microsoft
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Chayan Chakrabarti (@lazychakrabarti) reported@Outlook unable to login to my 15 years old Hotmail account even though I have the same phone number, your captcha verifications are so lame
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Mairead (@Hppytedsgirl) reported@Outlook I’ve lost the ability to sign in to my email account on my iPhone/computer. I’ve been trying to recover it for hours. It’s very frustrating and I have important business to conduct
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Naomi (@bluenaomi) reported@Outlook For2 I have been locked out of my emails, despite filling out forms many times over. I filled in all the details you asked for many times. I do NOT have a number you can text me on because I am using a different sim on vacation. So just fix it. This is terrible service
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Pinkie (@PnkNailsrPrtty) reportedComing up on at least 16 hours of no access to multiple emails… support hasn’t even said boo in 30minutes and they’re acting like they fixed it if we’d only follow their broken steps… @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps @MSFT365Status
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reported@CarlaJo56727016 @Microsoft @Outlook I have it on my phone already, same issue