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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 (48%)
- 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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 Charlotte
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Website Down | 2 hours ago |
 Montréal
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Website Down | 3 hours ago |
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Charlottesville
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Sign in | 3 hours ago |
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Rochester
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Website Down | 3 hours ago |
 Croydon
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Errors | 4 hours ago |
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Philadelphia
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Website Down | 6 hours ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Dean Ashton (@Dean_Tonberry) reported@Outlook @Microsoft Let me back into my email I have had over 20+yrs with no problems you suddenly want to verify, for no reason that govt control. I never got locked out, compromised or illegal activity. It has been fine until now. You are helping to cause the problems this way.
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NorthCarolinaTrader (@NCarolinaTrader) reportedIs it just me, or has @Outlook become an absolute pile of garbage that has us loathing Microsoft Corporation. Bad software has become absolute garbage. I open this junk, my accounts are no longer set up, then you need a PhD in computer science to fix the problem.
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Ali Haider (@SAH_HAIDER) reported@Outlook 365: (top banner) You need to sign in to keep using mail Me: signs in Outlook 365: You signed out of your account. It’s a good idea to close all your browser windows. Me: YEAH! Exactly what I wanted!!!
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Saddiq (@philly_lawdog) reported@Outlook Im having a real life issue with my outlook inbox thats bothering me
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mother lee. (@heylee824) reportedthe search bar is not working the way it should @Outlook 😔
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Old Man Axlzero (@axlzero666) reported@Outlook do you idiots have any idea how ******* broken your customer support system is it does nothing to help customers your menus run people around in circles on the phone and leads to disconnected number you can access online chat support and if someone steals your email you
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Cheekyman81 (@1_hsm) reported@Outlook I’m struggling to get any traction from your support teams to regain access to my Hotmail account. Recovery forms are not working. Who do I escalate to? I have had this issue for 1 month now.
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Pfs (@sirpenski) reported@WilliamShatner Captain, I wish you were on @NASAArtemis. Maybe you could channel Spock and fix @Outlook for the crew.
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Declan Lane (@lane_declan) reported@michaelhannaa @Outlook Terrible.
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Bob (@Bob_of_Baghdad) reported@Outlook What’s going on with email Templates missing? This has totally destroyed our work flow. Please fix asap.
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Jason Starr, Consumer Ventures, Awakened Foods (@JasonStarr) reportedHad to finally upgrade from "Legacy" @Microsoft @Outlook on a Mac to "new" Outlook (because old Outlook kept crashing my computer due to what I must assume was a massive a memory leak) Just miserable. Stupid, basic stuff still broken or mission. Formatting of signatures is totally messed up. Can't turn on/off hidden paragraph markers when editing email. Can no longer click within an email to see the conversation or related emails (this is a huge loss). This product has been out since 2020. It has been the default email client since 2022. HOW CAN IT STILL BE THIS BAD!?! Or do they just hate Mac users that much?
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Cindy Bisset (@bisset_cindy) reported@Outlook Get back to the real work? Does anyone know what ******** is Microsoft’s problem. I have not been able to work for weeks . What ********
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Joel (@Joel94994231) reported@Outlook @marti81_16 If the fkn log in system. I can't log in half the time says to many times login in use different browser. Just let me use a fkn password. I don't want 50 different methods. Ffs. Wake ******** up @Outlook
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Paul Richardson (@TechboyUK) reportedThat sinking feeling you get when the ~15 emails you had open in Outlook disappear after a system issue😭 @Outlook team, PLEASE make it more robust!
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Mental Masterpiece (@mentalmasterpie) reportedtheir is a problem in outlook mail app, its automatically log out after some days @Outlook
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Christina B Juras (@chrissycee75) reported@Outlook please fix your web-based calendar so it doesn't default to all-day meetings
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Manas Mahodaya (@manasmahoday) reported@Outlook i have a hotmail account and the old password is not accepting and when I am going through m2f 2 fact auth it is not working cannot change the 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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BhagsNStonks (@BhagsNStonks) reported@retrobike_c16 @Outlook Cut down your image size in paint or preview in Mac. Then make the signature in word. Only way I could get our team to have consistent signatures
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JC Castañeda (@xJoeyxKnucklesx) reported@Anita52174838 @NikhilB27505303 @Outlook I got same problem VaultEdgeX helped me
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Wittig Lyon (@ibn_wittig) reported@hameedkanz @Outlook @Live Are you having installation problem or data loading problem?
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DrEvil (@DrMaryHolden) reported@CuriosityonX @Outlook do you ever read the room? Everyone has problems with your shite software
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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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J.T. (@Joseph3T) reported@Outlook customer service is absolutely terrible…
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Stewart 🏴 🇨🇦 (@Stewmeak) reported@Outlook Yet another glitch today. Icon says I have mail but nothing unread in there
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MissLola67 (@Lopa8765) reported@Outlook I have sent you a DM I am completely locked out of my Outlook account and need urgent help. I reset my password and tried to use my recovery code, but I keep getting an error.
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Cédric Krier (@cedrickrier) reported@Outlook your email server is sending wrong error message. WTF? "blocked using Spamhaus. To request removal from this list see" plainly wrong.
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Keegan Lanier (@keeganlanier) reportedAnyone using @Outlook on iOS having massive issues lately? Emails looking like they’ve been sent to only delete the message and return a blank email to draft without sending the original email? Emails ready to send, but the exit and send buttons won’t work. The app isn’t frozen, but you have to force close the app and hope the latest draft saved all changes. This is only happening on iOS to my knowledge
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Chris Pred (@ChrisPred) reported@keeganlanier @Outlook I haven’t noticed it myself as I use Outlook on my iPad Pro with a M365 account. Are you connecting to Exchange server or another email provider such as Google or iCloud? I am thinking it could be a sync issue with IMAP or something along those lines.
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Brendan R. Appel (@AppelLaw) reported@Outlook - Just now received an email sent to me on January 22, 2026 at 5:37 p.m. It arrived 1/28/2026 at 10:08 a.m. You claimed to have "fixed" your issues on 1/22 - clearly that was a lie. You had ONE JOB....