Outlook.com

Is Outlook.com down?

Some 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.

Outlook.com Outage Chart 01/23/2026 15:35

January 23: Problems at Outlook.com

Outlook.com is having issues since 11:20 AM 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.

  1. Sign in (61%)

    Sign in (61%)

  2. Website Down (22%)

    Website Down (22%)

  3. Errors (17%)

    Errors (17%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesBenton Harbor Errors
CanadaLondon Sign in
United StatesAlbuquerque Errors
CanadaMontréal Sign in
United StatesAlbany Sign in
United StatesLubbock Errors
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Community Discussion

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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • mrsschweitzer Maria Schweitzer (@mrsschweitzer) reported

    @Outlook we seem to be having an outage with our email. teams still working for us. do you know whats going on. we are in so cal.

  • mairimacrackerz Dr. MacCrackerz (@mairimacrackerz) reported

    I have no control over my life. It is controlled by .@Outlook And nothing else. Occasionally my bladder takes a stand and then backs down

  • engmann René Engmann (@engmann) reported

    @Outlook What have you done? Since 2 days no more emails can be fetched via POP3. For years it worked fine from via Gmail from my Outlook address. When will the problem be fixed?

  • subham_tweets Subham Ram (@subham_tweets) reported

    Microsoft @Outlook has a bug where Notification for new mails in folders and subfolders other than inbox is not triggered. This is a very common issue in Outlook mobile app (android) and hasn't been fixed since forever.

  • 1Keecho Dr. Black Che (@1Keecho) reported

    @Microsoft @Outlook authentication process is clunky, non user friendly, terrible annoying portal system going back and forth between screens and never remembering your login, and having to re authenticate every day Like we got nuclear codes in our email inboxes. Jesus

  • QuentinBenoit10 Quentin Benoit (@QuentinBenoit10) reported

    @Outlook Iknow all passwords to every social media app linked to same hotmail it lock me out OF MY MAIN HOTMAIL FIX THIS

  • cad4374 Christine Dinella (@cad4374) reported

    @Outlook I completely lost my email account. I kept receiving “Can’t connecting to server “

  • mrsschweitzer Maria Schweitzer (@mrsschweitzer) reported

    @Outlook Can you just tell me what error us about since I can’t login.

  • Tekza5 Tekza (@Tekza5) reported

    @Outlook please Fix your service, greetings

  • demiwebb__ Demi (@demiwebb__) reported

    @Outlook hi I’ve tried to contact via email and phone, I can’t receive or send any emails this has been for around a week. It says that my email cannot connect to the server!

  • CoolPantaloon unko's user page (@CoolPantaloon) reported

    @Outlook I have had this IP address since december 2018, only set up a mailserver this past october and you are the only ones continuing to give me trouble, what gives?

  • blakeatedder Blake Tedder, MSW RYT (@blakeatedder) reported

    Just need to vent from my work life. Why does @outlook have to destroy my @mailchimp emails?! It is so frustrating to resign to send something unprofessional looking to a fraction of an audience, especially when they don't know it's outlook's rendering error. Pulling my hair out.

  • jgarcia1007 Jonathan Garcia (@jgarcia1007) reported

    @Outlook how do I find the current issue that outlook has? The email has been down since 4pm pst

  • Ddubs5 Mosk (@Ddubs5) reported

    @Polo_Jones19 @Outlook It shouldn’t come down to me for this idea but here we are...

  • nyleah9 Lucy Ford (@nyleah9) reported

    Is @Outlook down?!

  • GladTurnings GladTurnings (@GladTurnings) reported

    @GMurphy12 @Outlook Oh dear, Ive got one of those issues on my laptop !

  • nickishenee nee (@nickishenee) reported

    @Outlook Yea fix that please

  • mrsschweitzer Maria Schweitzer (@mrsschweitzer) reported

    @Outlook Can’t login. Can you just tell me what error is about?

  • reyjey84 Reagan (@reyjey84) reported

    Not getting any e-mails and can't login....@Outlook is it down?

  • robA89 Rob Auld (@robA89) reported

    is anyone else having problems with @Outlook /Hotmail emails being offline on Mac Mail?

  • VicJisawesome Michael (@VicJisawesome) reported

    @Outlook Ever since the new iOS update, the app crashes whenever I try to open it. It seems a lot of other people are having this problem too

  • Nikolay_Cherk Nikolay Cherkasov (@Nikolay_Cherk) reported

    @pbro48 @Outlook This problem was present for at least 15 years. I assume it cannot be touched anymore being put into a listed historical heritage category...

  • JasonOw33522650 Jason Owens (@JasonOw33522650) reported

    @Outlook what's up with the server connection issues tonight??!! Outage map online shows big red dot over D.C. area. Is this on your radar?

  • pbro48 Peter Brommer (@pbro48) reported

    Just sent an e-mail to only myself, because I was replying to the last e-mail in a thread, which I sent. @Outlook - can't you fix this?

  • BizLowdown Business Lowdown (@BizLowdown) reported

    Word of warning for anyone trying to use @MicrosoftUK @WindowsUK @Outlook for their business. Absolutely appalling technical support service. They show no interest at all. Zero engagement/understanding of the problem. I would never recommend them. Avoid at all costs!

  • Vasilios66 SouGamoto Magazaki (@Vasilios66) reported

    @jgarcia1007 @Outlook Pretty much many cities have an issue. I am not connected neither

  • Escarryna Escarryna (@Escarryna) reported

    @Outlook hey! Do you happen to have trouble with Outlook on iOS in France? The app is not opening and closing immediately. I tried to update iOS and reboot. Nothing worked so far...

  • steve76m SteveM 😃 (@steve76m) reported

    @Outlook Having problems accessing emails - is outlook down in London? #outlookdown

  • applecritic_ Apple Critic (@applecritic_) reported

    @Outlook I have already looked at this and followed instructions but the issue is not being resolved.

  • KrazyMexikan Rafael Hernandez (@KrazyMexikan) reported

    @Outlook is there an outage with Outlook???