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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.

Outlook.com Outage Chart 12/22/2025 05:30

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Outlook.com users through our website.

  1. Sign in (60%)

    Sign in (60%)

  2. Website Down (23%)

    Website Down (23%)

  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 StatesMesa Sign in
United StatesDenver Website Down
El SalvadorSan Salvador Website Down
United KingdomCheadle Sign in
United StatesLewisville Sign in
United StatesGranbury Errors
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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • tuykai_ tay (@tuykai_) reported

    junk mail has been finding its way to my inbox and i am TIRED @Outlook fix this **** rn

  • caitlinecarey Caitlin Carey (@caitlinecarey) reported from Westfield, State of Western Australia

    @Outlook @paul_w_gibson Honestly don’t bother DMing them, they offer nothing but to tell you to report or block spam but it doesn’t stop it coming in. No commitment from them to do anything about the problem

  • GaleMorrisonEd Gale Morrison (@GaleMorrisonEd) reported

    Why doesn't @Outlook and @gmail have one button to hit that says "delete this and every other email from this sender"? Mailbox cleanup is so tedious and slow, and we have nothing preventing this email deluge after every web site, social media click, store visit, CC payment

  • BamRhinestones BAM Bling Rhinestones (@BamRhinestones) reported

    @Outlook @suiko_tokyo I have also sent a DM regarding a very similar problem please help

  • B_Crosbie_ Bron Crosbie (@B_Crosbie_) reported

    @Outlook is there an outage in Johannesburg? Can’t receive emails.

  • SunnydaleDreams SunnydaleDreams (@SunnydaleDreams) reported

    @MicrosoftUK @Outlook I've had my hotmail address since 1999, but you RUINED Hotmail when you turned it into Outlook!! It sucks now! Slow to load, too many bells-and-whistles, trying to be like Gmail - I hate it now. It worked fine when it was Hotmail.

  • mrsdinner Jacqueline Mackenzie (@mrsdinner) reported from Inverness, Scotland

    @MicrosoftUK @Outlook Yep. Watched first 10 minutes of the first ever episode of #Brookside with my 14yo and it was so slow. Made me realise that's why 2023 is so stressful.

  • Ricky_Tinez Ricky Tinez (@Ricky_Tinez) reported

    @Outlook just told me to fix my “tone”.. when will @Ableton tell me to fix my “tune” Btw I accepted the changes haha 🥲

  • papanerps HOT GIARDINIERA FROM ALDI HOT GIARDINIERA FROM ALD (@papanerps) reported

    @Outlook fix your ******* product

  • marcomanipon Coco (@marcomanipon) reported

    @Outlook Is there an outage right now?

  • DavidStarcross David StarCross (@DavidStarcross) reported

    @MicrosoftUK @Outlook ya, and I keep on getting SPAM in my inbox that can never BE STOPPED no matter how hard I try to block it. FIX IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • foxylady710 #shewhocantbenamed (@foxylady710) reported

    @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps I have recently travelled to Pakistan from the uk via Saudi Arabia. Had no problem accessing emails on my iPhone in Saudi but no access in Pakistan. Tried to adjust the settings but can’t find the familiar location option to rectify this. Can you help??

  • ilyakol Ilya Kol 🇺🇦 (@ilyakol) reported

    @Outlook are you ever going to fix your spam filter? I get like 60 a night. I get maybe 1 a month with Google. Your spam filter is a joke. Fix that garbage. #outlook #outlookisspam

  • caitlinecarey Caitlin Carey (@caitlinecarey) reported from Westfield, State of Western Australia

    @Hadok184 @Andrew24276927 @Outlook It’s horrendous and even though loads of people are raising it they aren’t doing a thing to fix it

  • jeremysteane Jeremy Steane (@jeremysteane) reported

    @Outlook @Supersuus My Outlook spam filter has just given up in the last two days. I went from none to 100s. I checked to see if I had somehow altered my spam settings but no (and always set to the most rigorous defence). Now I see it has happening to many users. Why is it taking so long to fix?

  • Andrew24276927 Andrew (@Andrew24276927) reported

    @Outlook why is Hotmail so terrible at filtering spam messages? Hotmail is becoming unusable. How hard is it to filter the same spam emails that come in non-stop every day, especially after I mark them as "Spam"? Why is @Outlook and Hotmail so inept? Is it on purpose?

  • scarlet46891341 scarletbegonias (@scarlet46891341) reported

    @MicrosoftUK @Outlook created an account in 1997. Last year i was locked out from a password issue. i cant unlock my account :/ online forum keeps telling me im not who i am. frustrating since so many things are tied to that account including my o365

  • kjames_2001 Ken James (@kjames_2001) reported

    @MicrosoftUK @Outlook I've had my Hotmail address since 1997/1998 area...wish I could track down the actual date I created the account.

  • mnjbrand Maarten Brand (@mnjbrand) reported

    @Outlook That topic doesn't provide a solution. I also get the "5.7.3 Authentication unsuccessful " only when sending, not receiving and having this issue on different clients on different networks. So it looks like something on Microsoft side is going wrong.

  • noah47513105 noah (@noah47513105) reported

    @Outlook I can not login to my god damn e-mail due to it being locked out I can’t get in contact with anyone to help me this is absolutely bull ****

  • caitlinecarey Caitlin Carey (@caitlinecarey) reported from Westfield, State of Western Australia

    @Outlook @MrColeyToYou Don’t bother - I DMd them about this and all they could say was to block and report - been doing this for months and it has done nothing - no onus or responsibility on them to actually fix it themselves

  • WadeyLady001 Ali (@WadeyLady001) reported

    @caitlinecarey @Outlook @apurvnagpal It’s becoming a huge issue. Something is clearly wrong with their filtering system because everyone is complaining about it

  • RdLessTrvled 🔸Dahlia Woods🔸 (@RdLessTrvled) reported

    Hey @Outlook my hotmail is still messed up with zero way of fixing. Your 'fix account' button is useless and every attempt I make to sync and update my account leaves me with a 'we're sorry, we can't do that right now.' I need a functioning email!

  • copy_illust copy_illust ゆとり (@copy_illust) reported

    @Outlook Outlook was the easiest to use email address. It's vulnerable to trouble, but I like it.🥴

  • Durly_1718 Eric O' (@Durly_1718) reported

    @Outlook I don't normally do automatic replies, but fix your spam filter.

  • nahimgooddude1 nahimgooddude (@nahimgooddude1) reported

    @MicrosoftUK @Outlook Shout out to Microsoft for forcing Skype accounts down our throats for anyone with a hotmail / outlook email.

  • TherealmsZ Patricia Zahregian (@TherealmsZ) reported

    It’s always wonderful when @Outlook randomly removes your signature and related contact info for no reason whatsoever. Anyone else having this issue ?

  • simon_ball46 Simon Ball (@simon_ball46) reported

    @Outlook is there a outage? cos we can't get into #outlook ...

  • Nar763 Nar76 (@Nar763) reported

    @Outlook Hi, how do I get support for an outlook issue please? There’s no way of contacting support via your website

  • EdwardJC75 Edward (@EdwardJC75) reported

    @Outlook Outlook is down across the United States right now you morons