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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 (71%)
- Website Down (15%)
- Errors (14%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Sign in | 21 minutes ago |
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Sign in | 5 hours ago |
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Sign in | 10 hours ago |
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Errors | 14 hours ago |
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Website Down | 17 hours ago |
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Sign in | 1 day ago |
Community Discussion
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Shardae (@Shardae_Shanice) reported@Outlook Can you help me log into my Hotmail account ASAP. Phone verification not working and account recovery is failing as it says 2FA is enabled. What have you done??? PLEASE HELP
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BennyTheJet✈️ (@bennythejet_55) reported@Outlook How about fix your ****** platform smh. Have had nothing but issues for 2 straight days. Can barely work because it doesn’t load worth a ****. Check connection with ISP. All good. You gonna reimburse everyone for these disruptions. It’s a joke at this punt
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cdkcy (@ekhcchi) reported@Outlook Idk maybe let me sign in so I can check
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osman (@osman_cetin) reported@Outlook for days i am trying to reset my password to access some really urgent medical files and eventhough i have registered phone it seems that verification method is not working at all. This is very urgent medical need and would appreciate your assistance
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Sreeni (@sree9819) reported@Outlook I have been trying to get to a live agent for AGES regarding an issue with my account (which has been hacked) and I haven’t received a single helpful response! I am unable to jump on a chat with life agent anymore! How am I supposed to recover my account with no help!!
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Dean (@dwpilgrim) reported@Outlook I’m having problems logging into my email on iPhone. Can someone help me fix this?
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Mairead (@Hppytedsgirl) reported@Outlook I’ve lost the ability to sign in to my email account on my iPhone/computer. I’ve been trying to recover it for hours. It’s very frustrating and I have important business to conduct
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N8 (@nathane10422899) reportedThe new @Outlook is terrible, you can’t even respond to original emails sent to you if someone that was cc’d sends a response to that email and you press reply as well it will never go back to the original email it will only respond to the person that responded. Terrible update
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Mark Young (@2_youngy) reported@kaleighlynnnn @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Mine still down
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Bonynea (@Bonynea) reported@Outlook It’s been days of failed recovery attempts, unanswered requests, and no real support. I completed the forms, followed every step, and still have no access to my recovery emails. At this point it feels like customers are being ignored instead of helped. Please escalate this issue.
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reported@faisal9051911 @Outlook Did they recover your acct/email you or were you able to reset your pw w no issues?
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Nick B. (@ThisOldNick) reported@awstar11 @Microsoft @Outlook Because deep down they know no one should use any of their products and they're subconsciously trying to drive users away? Best I got. If you figure it out let me know, been wondering this for decades.
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Chayan Chakrabarti (@lazychakrabarti) reported@Outlook unable to login to my 15 years old Hotmail account even though I have the same phone number, your captcha verifications are so lame
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Gemma Collins (@Gem83Col) reported@NickyCowell @Outlook @Microsoft Na mine isn’t working. Asking for last digits of phone number but then saying it’s not working and to verify another way
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Craig (@cjl85718) reported@simoes_romeo @Outlook Yup. Just fixed it. From last login attempt - need to wait about 1hr. Then these steps: Delete outlook from iPhone mail. Then hard reset phone. Then reinstall Outlook. This worked for me - might help you. Good luck
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Si Carrington ™️ 🏳️🌈🇮🇪 (@simoncarrington) reported@MicrosoftHelps I need an email address for an elderly friend of mine who has issues with his email. He cant access it and he has important documents on from his Wife who passed away years ago. I cant direct mail you on here. Can you help please?? @Outlook @Microsoft
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reported@CarlaJo56727016 @Microsoft @Outlook I have it on my phone already, same issue
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Kelsey Goodwin (@kelseyg2010) reported@Outlook @Microsoft @MicrosoftHelps will you please fix the iPhone email problem already?!? Some have said theirs is fixed yet mine is still not working 😑
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Greeny (@GreenDJ1) reported@Outlook having problems with my account. The hassle to log in is a joke. Looking for help
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Gяace&Peteя♡ (@GraceJ_PeterM) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps still not working - I cannot log into the mail app on iPhone with my Hotmail account. We are on day 3 now what’s taking so long…? Will it ever get fixed? @AppleSupport
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jamie (@jammyzizzle) reported@Outlook hi what is happening with email it’s been off for a week still can’t login what are you doing about it
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Ms.Tab00 (@MsTab00) reported@Outlook y’all are out of line?!?!! Servers down for over 24 hours
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Jgs (@Jgsbm5) reported@lovemesomeALLI @davebutter Mine says the same thing!!! No person to talk to! Idk how to fix it. @Outlook help!!
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Taz 泰秀樂 (@tazorack) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Microsoft you guys need to fix @Outlook across the online the desktop program and whatever other incarnations like the phone app. Outlook is awful.
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B. (@Drum_y) reported@nar1Thirty1 @justjamess87 @Outlook Still down here too
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TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported@Outlook I can not believe the incompetence at this company, my email is still down, they just will not send me a code to reset my work/private account. I have just had to wait a full 7 days to try again, nothing and now they want me to wait 28 days!!!
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why (@kirk202020) reported@Outlook I just want to sign in to my email wtf is a "pin" how many times you need to confirm it's me ? Email password phone number and now a pin I never set up sick of this
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Joe Robinson (@MrJoeRobinson) reportedAnyone else having trouble getting into outlook / hotmail? Tried everything to sending links to other emails to recover email address but no luck. Anyone help? @outlook @Microsoft #hotmail #outlook
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reported@Drum_y @Outlook @MSFT365Status nope still down can't reset my pw
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Varun101 (@vroon101) reported@Outlook fix your service, tried to open mail on your site and it didn't ask me for login!!