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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 (72%)
- Errors (14%)
- Website Down (14%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Errors | 3 hours ago |
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Sign in | 17 hours ago |
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Errors | 21 hours ago |
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Website Down | 1 day ago |
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Sign in | 3 days ago |
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Sign in | 3 days ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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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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Timothy Nichols (@nichols_ti28279) reported@rossiantony46 @Outlook Volan_xyber can fix this.
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Andrew (@andrewrdn463) reported@Outlook Correct passwords are not being accepted by Outlook: "You've tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account or password." ANNOYING
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maximus (@craigmaxmus) reported@Outlook what is the issue with outlook email on apple devices . We ca not sign in to email ?
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Shoes (@J_Keith101) reported@MSFT365Status @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook I am still unable to get into my Hotmail account after 3+ days on ANY device or app and internet. Please take these issues seriously and fix this. This is NOT an intermittent problem, it is an OUTAGE.
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jen (@JackalopePoop) reported@Outlook wtf is going on with email login -- why is the valid password with the special characters that you made me specifically choose not enough for me to login from the same exact laptop I use every day?
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Koku Baboni (@ko_baboni) reported@Outlook, fix Outlook mobile!
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Kelsey Goodwin (@kelseyg2010) reported@Outlook why am I STILL having problems on my iPhone? C'mon already. It has been a full week of this bullshit🤬
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Shardae (@Shardae_Shanice) reported@Outlook Can you help me log into my Hotmail account ASAP. Phone verification not working and account recovery is failing as it says 2FA is enabled. What have you done??? PLEASE HELP
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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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swede05 (@AaronWick2) reported@Outlook having trouble with verification for my hotmail account can u help me with this please
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Chaitanya (@SeekChaitanya) reported@Outlook You took 4 days to Revert, microsoft outlook is indeed slow
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Ms.Tab00 (@MsTab00) reported@Outlook Posting while your servers are down is asinine behavior 🥴
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Simon Ward (@SimonJWard93) reported@Outlook Fix it. It’s getting stupid now. At least give communication you are aware and looking into the issue?
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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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B. (@Drum_y) reported@Outlook hello, still not able to have access to my email. Can you fix it?
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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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Hakan (@Hakan1630386105) reported@disnetic @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Had this issue; TysonNerd on X sorted it.
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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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Finchwizard (@Finchwizard) reportedWe’re in 2026 and @Outlook still can’t fix notifications and badges on iOS. It’s NEVER RIGHT. Always get these mystery notifications. Telling me 2 new emails and there’s only 1. Most frustrating thing. #outlooksucks
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daz. (@F1Daz_) reported@Outlook @Microsoft I reported fraud to you 4 days ago. And have still have ZERO response. my details are STILL compromised due to your lack of urgency with such a sensitive issue. Everything else was sorted in hours by various other companies. Shocking.
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Katlego Makgaila (@Katlego_Mack) reportedPlease fix the Outlook search tool @Outlook @Microsoft
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jonathan hopley (@jonathanhopley) reported@lovemesomeALLI @Microsoft @Outlook Try the following. Login using any mobile number linked to email. Instead of email address. With current password.
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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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Mark Young (@2_youngy) reported@kaleighlynnnn @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Mine still down
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Andrew Pereira (@AndrewP204) reported@Outlook I haven't been able to log into my email for days. All sign in methods are not available and it said my pasword has been attemptrd too many times
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Charlie (@Charles2982708) reported@Outlook this update that sends everything to my Draft folders automatically is complete BS Please change this! It doesn’t save any time and causes way too many problems. The majority of people using outlook for work Multi task and end up having all these emails disappear. When it’s out of site it’s out of mind. That’s not a good thing.
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jamie (@jammyzizzle) reported@Outlook hi what is happening with email it’s been off for a week still can’t login what are you doing about it
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reported@Drum_y @Outlook @MSFT365Status nope still down can't reset my pw
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Permian Landman (@PermianLandman) reportedCalling the new @Office @Outlook garbage would be unfair to all garbage. Why the heck would you come out with such a slow web app looking monstrosity. Go back to legacy.