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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 (71%)
- Website Down (15%)
- Errors (14%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Sign in | 15 hours ago |
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Sign in | 15 hours ago |
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Sign in | 16 hours ago |
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Website Down | 20 hours ago |
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Sign in | 23 hours ago |
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Sign in | 1 day ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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onelove (@brummy1978) reported@Outlook locked out of account and verificatiin is not sending code to my phone get the code to back up mail but when i select phone get error frustrating
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Santanu Banerjee (@KolkataRsogolla) reportedClient emails a table for various component names (column1) and costs (column2). I click forward in @Outlook and lo-behold, the table converts to something unreadable, each cell has been put in its own row! Why? @Microsoft please resolve this issue ASAP or moving to @ZohoMail
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SpongeBob (@Jack_the_westi) reported@TBanton18 @Microsoft @Outlook I had the same problem a while ago, absolutely impossible to speak to a human at Microsoft to get support, finally I switched to Gmail, caused a lot of disruption because my old Hotmail is used to verify loads of passwords, annoyingly I keep getting reminders to log into Hotmail
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cdkcy (@ekhcchi) reported@Outlook Idk maybe let me sign in so I can check
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TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported@Outlook I can not believe the incompetence at this company, my email is still down, they just will not send me a code to reset my work/private account. I have just had to wait a full 7 days to try again, nothing and now they want me to wait 28 days!!!
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Andrew (@andrewrdn463) reported@thefrostlord @Outlook SAME PROBLEM HERE FROSTLORD- Correct passwords are not being accepted by Outlook: "You've tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account or password."
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TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported@Outlook Still down here in the uk, outrageous service. Please send to my mobile a code !!! That’s all I need.
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Ad Libitum (@JSokaza) reported@Outlook So while my email password issue continues with the account you all took over, I decided to log into my substack which uses an email I made specifically for social media use. Guess what? That password didn't work either. Strange?
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Zemen Berhe, PhD (@zemensberhe) reportedMy outlook doesn’t work since yesterday on my iPhone and iPad and I see others have similar issues! What can we do @satyanadella @Outlook 🤔
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Joe Robinson (@MrJoeRobinson) reportedAnyone else having trouble getting into outlook / hotmail? Tried everything to sending links to other emails to recover email address but no luck. Anyone help? @outlook @Microsoft #hotmail #outlook
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why (@kirk202020) reported@Outlook I just want to sign in to my email wtf is a "pin" how many times you need to confirm it's me ? Email password phone number and now a pin I never set up sick of this
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Yogee (@misteryogee) reportedMy live/microsoft userid/email is in some leaked hack db and now I keep getting these Authenticator requests every few hours by someone trying to access my account. @Microsoft @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps is there a way to geofence my account and lock all access attempts from other countries. This can’t be just a problem unique to me
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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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MJ (@marifuenzalida) reported@hotmail @Outlook not working
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James Alexander (@justjamess87) reported@Outlook how am i STILL not able to access my EMAILS??? Why are your services STILL DOWN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Coming upto 48 hrs now! This is ridiculous and absolutely unacceptable. #outlook #outlookdown #hotmail ******* Joke!
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mesut (@mstsaydut) reported@UrsullineTV @Outlook Had this problem; @MarenXyber on X fixed it.
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Wind 24 (@ayanconq) reported@MEGAARICK @Microsoft @Outlook Report your issue to Sylas_techz1 here on X
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Bhavick Ricky Popat (@RickyPopat) reported@TBanton18 @Microsoft @Outlook What's the error message saying?
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Wild (@Wildlvl) reported@Outlook @simoncarrington @Outlook i have been messaging you for the same damn problem and you havnt answered in 2 days
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Luke Hearns (@LHearns2) reportedWell @Microsoft .. guess I better sort out all my **** that I use a hotmail account for and get it changed over to Gmail or other option. 3 days down is a little much when finances/trips/etc depend on info sharing via email. #microsoft #outlook #hotmail @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps
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Tech With Taylor (@TechWTaylor) reported@Outlook how much longer until this issue is resolved???
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reported@outlook @MSFT365Status Soooo it sends a code to my phone but then it says i have 2 step verification and it won't send a code to my email bc it STILL says 'tried too many codes try again tomorrow'🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 FIX THIS ******* ****
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NewsMän (@KueddeR) reported@MauricioHunt2 @Outlook I'm having the same problem. Four emails I sent to Hotmail in the last few hours were bounced back.
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MKM (@MKFrainMaria) reported@Outlook is there problems today? I’m not able to sign into my hotmail account or get a verification code! Been trying all day
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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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Si Carrington ™️ 🏳️🌈🇮🇪 (@simoncarrington) reported@MicrosoftHelps I need an email address for an elderly friend of mine who has issues with his email. He cant access it and he has important documents on from his Wife who passed away years ago. I cant direct mail you on here. Can you help please?? @Outlook @Microsoft
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Bex (@rebecca_dray_) reported@TyredMark @Microsoft @Outlook Yep I’m having the same issue
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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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TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported@Outlook Email still down here in the UK. How can I work like this?
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reportednow I have to file a form to try to reinstate my email account all because of these ******* issues ON YOUR END @Outlook @MSFT365Status !!!!!!