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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 (49%)
- Errors (26%)
- Website Down (25%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Crestwood
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Sign in | 30 minutes ago |
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New York City
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Website Down | 2 hours ago |
 London
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Website Down | 2 hours ago |
 Franconville
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Sign in | 3 hours ago |
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Liverpool
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Sign in | 3 hours ago |
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Paris
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Sign in | 3 hours ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Shaun (@shaun19791) reported@Outlook A Chinese bot (gov) has hacked my account, I’ve still got some access and can see they are scamming people. Reported to you guys and response is fill a form in and no response. Server side rules that I can’t fix despite PW change and forced logoff. Not good
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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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James Howlett (@Howlett_James_) reported@outlook stop asking me to try the New Outlook .. i don’t want too .. its terrible. #microsoft #outlook #m365
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nkk501 (@nkk8314) reported@Outlook could you please help me with my email address. I am unable to login and it is saying I am blocked due to not enough verification
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Mark (@miningmark48) reportedHey @Microsoft… please fix @Outlook’s bullet point. They’re terrible.
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hydra (@syedahmed004) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Outlook i canno sign into my accounts on phone app, emails are not syncing, not able to get otps for other apps. Also outlook app is not working. Is there a problem with server? if no then please help me fix thanks!
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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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Ali. Me (@AlisonWagstaff3) reported@Outlook how come outlook is so awful having taken over Hotmail. It's slow, it's layout is terrible. I absolutely hate it!!
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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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Emmanuel J (@EmJy26) reported@Outlook is there any ongoing issues with outlook especially for suddenly quarantine of emails?
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Sam Golding (@SamG0996) reported@Sad_Saad @Outlook Yep I am also having same problems and not getting text message. Have you got sorted yet? Any suggestions @Outlook
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Joel (@Joel94994231) reported@mentalmasterpie @Outlook Problems everywhere. Microsoft Outlook is such trans
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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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ScottO USA ISTJ I/III/IV/iv (@gscottoliver) reportedI’m happy to see that @Outlook Online has corrected the issue of leaving Junk marked as unread when I move it to Deleted. Thanks!
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Lee Charters (@cheeckycharters) reported@Outlook Can't message you. So I'll have to post this. My phone of 8yrs just died so I got a new one. Tried to sign in multiple times but no joy with password, couldn't use authenticator as no password. Been locked out of my email account that I've had for 25yrs. Help please.
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Ma🇧🇷 Pē (@_mape88) reported@Outlook The site is down. We've decided we're a terrible company and we don't work nights. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
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Zackary Banger (@BangerZackary) reported@comeasyouareTO @Outlook That is to say one login attempt with the correct password is not too many times with the incorrect password
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star🧚🏻♀️ (@zxcbnmjklyf) reported@Outlook I am having a technical issue with my personal account. It is being incorrectly flagged as a child account. When I try to verify my age by clicking 'I am a parent', I immediately get a 'Logout Failed' error page on all devices and browsers.
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𝙈𝙞𝙢 (@Mari0am) reported@Outlook your services are not working, Ican’t get back any of my emails and YOU don’t have contact support. What am I supposed to do now?
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johnr (@johnr1593426) reported@Outlook I can't login in my msn email ???
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A R Pᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@altieri_palorca) reported@Outlook I urgently need engineering‑level support to restore my mailbox from a date before April 6. Only your internal engineering team can recover this. Please stop sending automated replies and actually read my case. It’s been 2 days and the server snapshots are expiring.
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BH22 (@BigHorn2822) reported@Outlook Hey Outlook. Your mail app is broke. Having issues for days and I can’t find a resolution. Emails not getting delivered/sent and resetting accounts doesn’t work.
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Ture Anderson (@tanfrancisco) reported@Outlook I was able to fix the problem using another computer and a different network.
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Quantaforze (@QuantaforgeCorp) reported@Outlook Hi, I’m experiencing an issue with OTP detection in Outlook notifications. When I request a GitHub OTP, Outlook shows a “Copy OTP” option, but it only captures 6 digits, whereas GitHub OTPs sometimes contain 8 characters. This leads to incorrect copying and fail
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Andrew Hopkins (@F19ADH) reportedI see @Microsoft @Outlook must have had another issue/breakdown in spam filters as their service becomes completely unusable for me AGAIN! Multiple copies of emails getting through. As you scan every email how can you not detect spam contents that match deluges of reports to you?
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mel (@mel76151448) reported@Outlook how am I supposed to get back in my email account, when I can’t sign in. Tried all the links but no success. Run a business on this account. I need to speak to a human!!!
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Matt Ayoub (@mattayoub1) reported@Outlook @Microsoft it’s been WEEKS and my Hotmail is STILL in another language! Can someone please contact me and actually follow through till the issue is resolved?
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Declan Lane (@lane_declan) reported@michaelhannaa @Outlook Terrible.
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Gerry L 🇨🇦 (@lee_gerry) reported@Outlook @policyislife I know, it's so f n'ing annoying where i have to change my password all the time. Soon I'll run out of words to use. Like get your head out of your, and fix this issue.
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J.T. (@Joseph3T) reported@Outlook customer service is absolutely terrible…