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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 (52%)
- Errors (24%)
- Website Down (24%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Craigmawr Beach
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Sign in | 1 hour ago |
 Guayaquil
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Sign in | 1 hour ago |
 New Port Richey
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Errors | 2 hours ago |
 Wandsworth
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Errors | 5 hours ago |
 Xàtiva
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Errors | 6 hours ago |
 Lyon
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Errors | 6 hours ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Ross Barker (@RossBarker79) reported@Outlook why is it no longer possible to communicate with a human on live chat or a telephone? You ai is horrific and cannot solve issues
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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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EDDG Creative (@EDDGcr) reported@Outlook Horrible tech support, having email issues, and everyone I get just passes me to another department. This is only going to get worse! #needalternative #trainbetter
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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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HSM_81 (@1_hsm) reported@Outlook Hi, I have sent a DM as requested but I still have not heard back from you. Can you please tell me when I can expect to hear a response back? Recovery forms still not working for me.
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Mister Sid (@MisterSid4) reported@Outlook Cool! Now get your *** back to the office and fix outlook before I tell my company to go with google.
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Brad (@blcdude1) reportedI’ve had awful luck with @outlook the past week. Every time I log in, I get told there have been too many failed attempts and I’m forced to reset my password. It makes the website feel very insecure, a major security issue.
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mother lee. (@heylee824) reportedthe search bar is not working the way it should @Outlook 😔
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JC Castañeda (@xJoeyxKnucklesx) reported@sh69147 @Outlook I got same problem VaultEdgeX helped me
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Pfs (@sirpenski) reported@WilliamShatner Captain, I wish you were on @NASAArtemis. Maybe you could channel Spock and fix @Outlook for the crew.
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A R Pᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@altieri_palorca) reported@Outlook I've already done that, but nobody answered. I need this urgently — time is running out. My emails are still in the server snapshots, and soon it will no longer be possible to restore them. Please escalate my case to the engineering team
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Liz (@licenia) reported@Outlook I haven’t been able to log in to my email for a few days now. I see that others have the same issue, when will it be resolved??
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Lover you 3000 Midnights (@lizakabe) reportedHey @Outlook I can’t change my password because I can’t change my phone number. How do I fix this so I don’t lose my email address? I’ve been trying for a solid month with not one thing working and everything I do try you deny saying not enough information to grant me access!
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Hey Its Burt (@josephburt) reportedProbably not what @Microsoft /@Office want to hear... yeah can you remote in and fix the two @Outlook apps running. Sounds like you still can't make a stable OS ...
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em-j rabbitwolf (@emjrabbitwolf) reported@Microsoft @Outlook I’m currently suffering ffrom being unable to access your consumer products ie hotmail (now Outlook) email accounts via the web. No, I don’t use the apps for health reasons. I can’t sign in to any of my UK based accounts at all! Help great appreciated.
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Nicole (@Nicole18068) reported@Outlook IM NOT RECEIVING EMAILS!!! ITS NOT WORKING!!
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Mark (@miningmark48) reportedHey @Microsoft… please fix @Outlook’s bullet point. They’re terrible.
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rachel. (@ditz4baldie) reported@Outlook I’ve sent a direct message already. The problem is my son has set up 2 step verification but has no access to his phone since it’s been stolen but needs to access his emails for his insurance details
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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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CryptoKong (@CryptoKong59483) reportedHow embarrassing for @satyanadella showing how @Windows legacy bloat and tech debt is putting mission critical, national-visibility use of #Windows is broken. The @Outlook team should be scrambling.
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J.T. (@Joseph3T) reported@Outlook customer service is absolutely terrible…
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Manas Mahodaya (@manasmahoday) reported@Outlook i have a hotmail account and the old password is not accepting and when I am going through m2f 2 fact auth it is not working cannot change the password
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Brian Fontana (@CodeFoxtrot) reported@IAmTimCorey @Copilot @Outlook I uninstalled copilot and m365 last week, will try again in the future! I think the first biggest issue they need to fix, is why there are two copilot apps that appear to be similar, but are self-described to be different, and then you need to have two on your system. Doesn't make much sense!
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Shawn Farrell (@farrellshawnp) reported.@Microsoft .@Outlook hold notices from a public library shouldn't be the innocent targets of your rate limiting. Please fix this!
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Roni (@srijansen39) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps Hi Microsoft/Outlook team, I recently created a Microsoft account and got an @outlook.com email by default. But every email I send to Gmail addresses lands in the recipient's Spam folder, so they never see it. This is causing major inconvenience— Fix this
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Stewart 🏴 🇨🇦 (@Stewmeak) reported@Outlook Yet another glitch today. Icon says I have mail but nothing unread in there
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🌟Aalyaa🌟 (@aa1yea) reportedWhy are @beehiiv newsletters not being delivered to @Outlook? Is it a glitch?
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Magenta (@MagentaHere) reported@Microsoft @Office @Outlook I am unable to sign in so cannot get support for being locked out of important account. Please message me as a matter of urgency. I reside in the UK.
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Ture Anderson (@tanfrancisco) reported@Outlook the Outlook password recovery system is not working for me. It keeps kicking me out. Can I speak with somebody or can somebody please help me? I’ve been spending two weeks trying to get my email back.
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Andy Urquhart (@PolarBearAU) reported@Outlook I need to speak with an outlook technician ASAP. Using your website to fix my issue is exhausting and terrible. I need a human, not AI.