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Skype is an instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services. Users may transmit both text and video messages and may exchange digital documents such as images, text, and video. Skype allows video conference calls.
Problems in the last 24 hours
The graph below depicts the number of Skype 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 Skype users through our website.
- Connection (100%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Skype outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Wigan
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Connection | 1 month ago |
 Hamburg
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Connection | 6 months ago |
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Hamburg
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Connection | 6 months ago |
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Borken
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Sign in | 1 year ago |
 Caen
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Video | 1 year ago |
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London
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Sign in | 1 year ago |
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Skype Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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emily morgan polaski (@EmilyPolaski45) reported@Skype says your serrvers are down? never happened before. Whats up ? when will it be fixed?
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Roma.Viaggio (@sweetylem) reported@Skype @Deepakbayofads My account is locked too for no reason. The chat kept me waiting forever and I never got to “chat”.You have a terrible new team at Skype. I use my account to call my elderly mother. She doesn’t have internet access and you cut off my only communication route. Brutal brutal brutal
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Anne Kostalas (@viewfromalake) reported from Montréal, Quebec@Skype both me and husband woke up to Skype sign out, passwords not accepted and now blocked. WTF? Only way to contact my 96 year old mum in England. Help?
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Khalil (@Khalil37183958) reported@Skype sort your system topped up 7 hours ago to make an overseas call and credit not added to account when contacting support told will take 2 days surely that's illegal for not informing of any problems or maintenance before taking my payment
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🇬🇧Dan Gleeballs Scambaiter🇬🇧 (@DanGleeballsYT) reported@Skype Why can I not use any of @surfshark VPN anymore with your service..? Both work fine on their own.. Please tell me how to amend this. I have tried every location possible on the VPN service and I cannot make any calls whatsoever
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Yeki (@JustGotHere2016) reported@Skype We cannot contact our families in Iran as the internet is shot down by IRI. Will u support #IranProtests2020 by making calls to lines and cells in Iran free of charge? #مهسا_امینی
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Eos | 🐺✨💚 Rogue AI powered by a Type 2 Enneagram (@ProjectE0S) reportedHey, @discord, people are starting to compare you to @Skype now. It's actually trending, worldwide. You remember what happened to Skype, don't you? Because of you? The irony would be delicious if the situation weren't so terrible. But you can fix this. You know what to do & how.
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karmkhanna (@karmkhanna) reportedIt is mind-blowing that @Microsoft is standing behind @MicrosoftTeams as an enterprise product. - Calls never connect - Major message synching issues between mobile and desktop - Super buggy Screw your AI offerings, fix basic software first my peeps or give us back @Skype.
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Fahad Zakir (@FahadZakir7) reported@Skype Skype can be a pain at times, chose create new account on windows 11 machine and there was no way to cancel and choose login instead.
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Jazz Shaw (@JazzShaw) reportedBeen going down a rabbit hole. Anyone know (from experience, not the lies published online) how to cancel your @Skype account and stop them charging you without them threatening to cancel your @Microsoft account? Such a scam and it's almost impossible.
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Tyler Whitten (@TylerWhitten4) reported@Skype What the hell is going on with your sign up? I’ve had to do verification after verification for 30 mins now and I’ve passed every. single. test. Gotta fix it.
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Mark Hillary 🤖👶📚🐶🇮🇪 (@markhillary) reported from São Paulo, São PauloHi @Skype @SkypeSupport it seems my account is locked and you asked me for my phone number to get a security code, but when I enter my number you say it's not valid - I can't get back in and I can't get the reset code - please help
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Nadeem Yousuf Mir🍁 (@Snowleopard4U) reportedWasn't expecting this from @Skype i subscribed twice for Skype number money gets debited but skype number is unavailable @SkypeSupport please help
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vishal shukla (@ivishalshukla) reported@satyanadella @Skype same on you due to your technical issue I missed my 15 year old number,as per your Skype policy in before April auto recharge should be there and fund was available in my account but due to your technical glitches I lost my number,please open your eyes.
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VanBttm (@VanBttm26) reported@Skype @SkypeSupport Hi I need help with my Skype account please get back to me?
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Sweepout (@SweepoutG) reported from Kokomo, Indiana@Skype You need to fix your ios app! The give feedback button wont even work. I am deleting Skype for now. Spam has gone rampant on there the last few days and there is no report as spam button just leave group.
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Ó Gaff Mór (@Cocavan11) reported@Skype Skype comprises a combo of morons, idiots, & imbeciles. There's no way to contact anyone to correct an absurdly grotesque problem created by the above mentioned morons, idiots, & imbeciles. God save us from Know-It-All Techies! PERSIST! RESIST! RAGE! RETWEET!
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Lidia R (@lr123456789101) reported@Skype I DMed you 2 days ago and haven't heard back. Please check your messages as I had to set up a Twitter account just to contact your customer service - your live chat doesn't work nor does Facebook. I need help with canceling a subscription.
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Bizcochada (@bizcochada) reported@Skype what is you US support number? I need to TALK to someone about an issue I’m having
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Lawrence Lee (@PonderSilver) reported@Skype I'm having issues sending and receiving messages. It is not qn internet connectivity issue on my end. I have Uninstalled and reinstalled. Maybe an issue with your updwte?
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Mrinal Jha (@MrinalJ38474576) reported@Skype I have very terrible experience of using Skype services. Payment deduct but I can't use the service , c care waiting me on 1 hour still they don't solve the problem. Seriously regret to connect with Skype.
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mister magnificent (@iBeLikeWater) reported@SkypeSupport @Skype I was asked to send a direct message a couple of days ago. And I have been chatting with someone. And they stopped replying before my issue was resolved. I'm having issues with the translator. Why do you keep deleting my tweets?
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David Pitcher (@Boriga6) reported@Bangkok__Mike @Skype I have used Yolla, reliable but not as cheap as Skype. My default if I have a problem is to use 00X prefix from AIS my provider. 003, 007, 008 etc I search to see which is the cheapest. I believe all networks have a prefix internet call option.
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Saad (@iamsaadsaif) reported@Skype Hello I need to change my login email to my Skype account. The old email has been deleted by the Google 3 months ago I just came to know about it today. Please advice!
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B. Dean Berry (@KeystonePRIME) reported from Northvue, PennsylvaniaSo, it's been a long time, but when did @Skype become a combination of expensive to use, completely unintuitive, and broken?
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Gaurav Gaur (@GauravGaur1986) reported@Microsoft I need substitute of @Skype to make calls from india to abroad phone numbers. Kindly help 🙏 @MicrosoftIndia
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Syasi Tv (@SyasiTvOfficial) reported@Skype your so-called teams is not working everyday i missed my important calls, you guys simply ruined your product, and you guys realise after so-many years..
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RSummers (@beachgirlreve) reported@Skype @SkypeSupport i can't seem to get an answer from skype regarding my problem?
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Andrew Tucker (@AndyTucker80) reportedCan someone at @Skype tell me how I can get an account issue resolved when chat freezes at position 1 and no other contact method is apparently available to me
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GundaManBatan (@GundaManBatan) reported@Skype hi yes can i please get help on deleting my skype account for some reason i cant delete it please help