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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 (50%)
- Errors (26%)
- Website Down (25%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Website Down | 3 hours 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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susannah (@susannahj55) reported@Outlook do you have a UK based telephone support team , we are having issues but keep having to wait for your LA based team to start work before we can get help
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ComeAsYouAreTO (@comeasyouareTO) reported@Outlook ONE login attempt is not "too many times'. Fix your ******* website already.
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Wittig Lyon (@ibn_wittig) reported@hameedkanz @Outlook @Live Are you having installation problem or data loading problem?
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EP✨ (@EllapaigeMusic) reported@Outlook Hi there, I’ve sent you an email about a problem I’ve been having, thanks!
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Hameedkanz (@hameedkanz) reported@ibn_wittig @Outlook @Live Sql server Yes.
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Le Hunch in Da Trunk: Part Deux (@PeonhuskLIVES) reportedHey @Outlook wtf is your issue w/ signing on ipads? The ONLY time y'all won't let me sign-in is when it's on an ipad. Also, STOP DEFAULTING TO SENDING VERIFICATION CODES TO AN ALTERNATE EMAIL, I KNOW MY PASSWORDS.
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MissLola67 (@Lopa8765) reported@Outlook I have sent you a DM I am completely locked out of my Outlook account and need urgent help. I reset my password and tried to use my recovery code, but I keep getting an error.
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Jeremy Whiteley (@jeremywhiteley) reported@Outlook when are you going to fix copilot for outlook for the Mac? Most of time copilot menu disappears when creating an email. It’s useless. @MS_OutlookMac @Copilot
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Nick ✨ (@njamess10) reportedGod, @Outlook just keeps getting worse by the day..... what's going on @Microsoft?!?! It never fails to go down. It's NEVER been this bad.
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HSM_81 (@1_hsm) reported@Outlook @Microsoft @MicrosoftHelps I’m Still struggling to regain access to my Hotmail account. Recovery forms still not working. What are my next escalation options please? 2/3 months and counting…
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🌼🇰🇼زعفرآنه🇰🇼🌼 (@zafraana86) reportedUnable to sign in to my Outlook account. Is there a current outage? Please advise when it will be resolved. @Outlook @Microsoft
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Saddiq (@philly_lawdog) reported@Outlook Im having a real life issue with my outlook inbox thats bothering me
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sheenbean (@loisetwt) reported@Outlook I currently have two Outlook accounts for two different jobs. When I try to log into one of the accounts, the verification code notification keeps being sent to the other work account instead. please help me resolve this issue so I can access the correct account?
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Joel (@Joel94994231) reported@Outlook @marti81_16 If the fkn log in system. I can't log in half the time says to many times login in use different browser. Just let me use a fkn password. I don't want 50 different methods. Ffs. Wake ******** up @Outlook
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Dwight Young (@TheDwightYoung) reported@Microsoft @Office @Outlook Why does Outlook for Mac always have non-stop issues? Why is my desktop app unable to Sync or connect for hours, sometimes even the entire day, multiple times per month? There's some MAJOR issues inside Outlook for Mac OS and it's not just mine.
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🌄🐣 (@2689j) reportedAlso, @Outlook I had to put these in my junk profile myself. Are you not able to tell these are spam? Cuz if not, we should just shut y'all down now and save everyone some time and anguish.
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Nicole (@Nicole18068) reported@Outlook IM NOT RECEIVING EMAILS!!! ITS NOT WORKING!!
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Zackary Banger (@BangerZackary) reported@comeasyouareTO @Outlook That is to say one login attempt with the correct password is not too many times with the incorrect password
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Nowshad Hossain Rahat (@nhrdev) reported@mdnlabs login to @Outlook :/ even valid 2FA methods stops working
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Mental Masterpiece (@mentalmasterpie) reportedtheir is a problem in outlook mail app, its automatically log out after some days @Outlook
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JC Castañeda (@xJoeyxKnucklesx) reported@sh69147 @Outlook I got same problem VaultEdgeX helped me
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Jose Luis (@hellovaras) reported@Microsoft @Outlook Why can't you get your ToDo lists to share without any problems. You are a multi-billion dollar corporation that can't fix $2 problems. #Microsoft
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Charlie Stacey (They /Them) (@CharlieStaceyUK) reported@Outlook I’m a sole global admin fully locked out of my business account. The phone number allocated to my case has issues receiving calls. I desperately need this sorted so I can work. Is there anything more I can do, at the very least to change the phone number?
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BH22 (@BigHorn2822) reported@Outlook Hey Outlook. Your mail app is broke. Having issues for days and I can’t find a resolution. Emails not getting delivered/sent and resetting accounts doesn’t work.
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Brendan R. Appel (@AppelLaw) reported@Outlook - Just now received an email sent to me on January 22, 2026 at 5:37 p.m. It arrived 1/28/2026 at 10:08 a.m. You claimed to have "fixed" your issues on 1/22 - clearly that was a lie. You had ONE JOB....
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CA Shrenik Gandhi (@shrenikmgandhi) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftIndia I am struggling to get access to my official mail id since past more than 3 months due to technical issue where i am not getting authentication code. Raised issue through my vendor but they are also not getting any response.
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Fai (@faithedragon) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Not being able to drag and drop emails and attachments into SharePoint is a huge limitation for collaborators. Why can’t a trillion dollar company fix this?
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David Nsiyona (ↁαŁε) (@DNsiyona) reportedLose the phone with your authentication app and you're in for the ride trying to login to your account! Many codes sent today mbu try again tomorrow @Microsoft @Outlook
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Florian Bador (@florianbador) reported@Azure : Remove this insanity of #AuthenticatorApp! I created a new biz account for some emailing, put the debit card, then the login forces to setup that stupid app, but I don't own a smartphone (and won't borrow anyone's). I tried to call support but got disconnected, calling again leads nowhere. At this point I could not even cancel the membership because I cannot login... Madness! Just let the customer decides what they want as 2FA!!! They know better, you control-freaks. So what am I supposed to do at this point? Cannot login, cannot setup auth app, cannot even cancel because cannot login, cannot open a case online because cannot login, and no "Use another way" option to skip this silly Auth-App setup, and no Desktop App either since I run exclusively on Linux.... Why so complicated??? Keep It Simple Stupid. @Microsoft @Outlook
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H_O_ward (@xbonz08) reported@Outlook Dear Microsoft. Your Outlook email program is performing beyond all expectations. I'm down to 50 spam emails a day. Thanks for the bang-up you do on eliminating spam.