Outlook.com status: access issues and outage reports
Problems detected
Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, website down and errors.
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.
April 29: Problems at Outlook.com
Outlook.com is having issues since 07:00 PM 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 (66%)
- Website Down (18%)
- Errors (17%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Website Down | 2 hours ago |
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Sign in | 2 hours ago |
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Sign in | 2 hours ago |
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Sign in | 3 hours ago |
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Sign in | 3 hours ago |
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Sign in | 4 hours ago |
Community Discussion
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Dean (@dwpilgrim) reported@Outlook I’m having problems logging into my email on iPhone. Can someone help me fix this?
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Jersey (@jerseyish) reported@Outlook Hello My Hotmail Mailbox is inaccessible Fix Your ****
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⋆˚࿔ leti 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ (@b_ookish) reported@Outlook hey a whole day and we still cant log in with iphone. fix your ****.
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Gemma King (@GemMcKing) reported@Alison_53 @Microsoft @Outlook Same if not longer 😩😡 I think it’s such a big issue but they are not communicating to us all 😩
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Jeff Fox (@Fox32Mode) reported@craigtbfc @Outlook Have you been able to sign in yet? I’m having same issue.
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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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April Rose 🇨🇦🌹 (@April__Rose__) reported@MSFT365Status so no fix? You people done for the work day?! @Microsoft @Outlook #Microsoft
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𝟛𝕝𝕪𝕒 🦢 (@_Cloudyy1) reported@Outlook r u guys okay? FIX THE ISSUE
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CODY RICHARDSON (@blkcapholdings) reported@Outlook Clearly the fix isn’t fixed. Test first, not last.
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Carol Wilson (@CarolWi99797189) reported@Outlook please get the issue with the mail app sorted out. It’s been down since 10am here in the UK and so I deleted my email account but now cannot reinstall it. This is a major issue since I cannot now access old emails which are needed to resolve legal issues.
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Michael (@Michael_Psalm51) reported@kelseyg2010 @Outlook Me too. They are having system problems.
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Luke Hearns (@LHearns2) reported@RginaG @Outlook @Microsoft Yup. Same here. And all steps that some people have said fixed the issue for them, have not worked for me either.
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Gemma Collins (@Gem83Col) reported@Outlook @Microsoft How much longer until the issue is resolved? I’ve not had access to my emails since yesterday morning. Absolutely ridiculous!!
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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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Username (@123mynameis456) reportedCome on @Outlook @Microsoft let’s get this email issue fix, this has been several hours now!
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Craig (@cjl85718) reported@Outlook what is wrong with Outlook mail on iPhone? Says too many login attempts, when there were zero login attempts. Then after entering password, doesn’t recognize password. Verify human. And repeat. But never actually connects. Problem is def on your end. Again.
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⭐️LittleOne⭐️ (@missinflower) reported@Outlook I’ve been trying to log in to my hotmail for the past two hours and it’s not working! What’s happening?! I’m waiting for an urgent email
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Mark Young (@2_youngy) reported@kaleighlynnnn @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Mine still down
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Gurjot S (@drewbiebertbh) reported@Outlook fix the issue pls
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DingerDegen (@TheDingerDegen) reported@Outlook can you guys get your **** together and fix the damn outlook mail?? this is insane in 2026 We can’t get into our emails? What the hell are you guys doing over there?
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Nersu 🏁 (@nrlfilho) reportedHey @Outlook, I’m having problems with my email login since this morning in my iPhone. The system keeping asking me to log in multiple times and every time that I try to, I can’t. Can you guys help me?
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Pinkie (@PnkNailsrPrtty) reportedIt would be great if @Outlook would actually fix the problem… multiple accounts and only one can I get into on one device. Everything else is ****** up. @MicrosoftHelps
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GEORGE (@gogs42) reported@MSFT365Status @Outlook @Microsoft I cannot believe it has taken your tech team nearly 12 hours to come up with nothing. Outlook is still down. Awful!
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eloise (@eloisecampbel45) reported@Outlook @danamckayradio I am having the same issue aswell I have dm d you. It’s not allowing me to reset password either keeps saying try again tomorrow
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Raph (@cam_raphael) reported@Outlook when will this problem be fixed???
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Craig (@cjl85718) reported@outlook mail down hard on iPhone. Keeps requesting login while stating too many attempts made at login. Zero attempts actually have been made. Works on iPad and PC - for now.
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Phil Hutchings (@PhilHutchings14) reported@MrJoeRobinson @Outlook @Microsoft I feel your frustrations Joseph hopefully you get to the bottom of this issue sooner rather than later and get back logged in #prayforjoe
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bastard (@lowkeykermit) reported@Outlook fix your **** jfc how hard is it to send an email verification im boutta tweak tf out
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Liam (@Liamdestroyer39) reported@Outlook Haven’t been able to see my emails all day as it’s not working on iPhone 😑
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Greggy Ramone (@GreggyRamone) reported@lovemesomeALLI @Outlook The app won’t let you login with your other email account?