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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 03/02/2026 06:15

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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 (51%)

    Sign in (51%)

  2. Website Down (25%)

    Website Down (25%)

  3. Errors (24%)

    Errors (24%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
FranceLamotte-Beuvron Website Down
SwitzerlandZofingen Errors
United StatesSeattle Sign in
AustraliaBrisbane Sign in
United StatesEau Claire Errors
AustraliaSydney Sign in
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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • ramim_rifat_ Ramim Rifat | Beehiiv Expert 🐝 (@ramim_rifat_) reported

    @aa1yea @beehiiv @Outlook it's a glitch! beehiiv is working on it

  • MagentaHere Magenta (@MagentaHere) reported

    @Microsoft @Office @Outlook I am unable to sign in so cannot get support for being locked out of important account. Please message me as a matter of urgency. I reside in the UK.

  • Joseph3T J.T. (@Joseph3T) reported

    @Outlook customer service is absolutely terrible…

  • xJoeyxKnucklesx JC Castañeda (@xJoeyxKnucklesx) reported

    @Anita52174838 @NikhilB27505303 @Outlook I got same problem VaultEdgeX helped me

  • honeyzerogo rem (@honeyzerogo) reported

    @gmail @Outlook Some of us have jobs. U need to fix this

  • EmJy26 Emmanuel J (@EmJy26) reported

    @Outlook is there any ongoing issues with outlook especially for suddenly quarantine of emails?

  • Ayoosh284 Ayah 𓂆 (@Ayoosh284) reported

    @AzizSafi17 @Outlook I have the same issue it started on Feb the 7th

  • xbonz08 H_O_ward (@xbonz08) reported

    @Outlook Dear Microsoft. Your Outlook email program is performing beyond all expectations. I'm down to 50 spam emails a day. Thanks for the bang-up you do on eliminating spam.

  • jeremywhiteley Jeremy Whiteley (@jeremywhiteley) reported

    @Outlook when are you going to fix copilot for outlook for the Mac? Most of time copilot menu disappears when creating an email. It’s useless. @MS_OutlookMac @Copilot

  • heylee824 mother lee. (@heylee824) reported

    the search bar is not working the way it should @Outlook 😔

  • 1BOMBDIGGITYBOO M$. FIT (@1BOMBDIGGITYBOO) reported

    My reminders ain’t reminding. Fix it! @Outlook

  • Howlett_James_ James Howlett (@Howlett_James_) reported

    @outlook stop asking me to try the New Outlook .. i don’t want too .. its terrible. #microsoft #outlook #m365

  • F19ADH Andrew Hopkins (@F19ADH) reported

    I 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?

  • Stewmeak Stewart 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇦 (@Stewmeak) reported

    @Outlook Yet another glitch today. Icon says I have mail but nothing unread in there

  • RossBarker79 Ross Barker (@RossBarker79) reported

    @Outlook why is it no longer possible to communicate with a human on live chat or a telephone? You ai is horrific and cannot solve issues

  • xJoeyxKnucklesx JC Castañeda (@xJoeyxKnucklesx) reported

    @sh69147 @Outlook I got same problem VaultEdgeX helped me

  • shaun19791 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

  • Amesyyyy Rhys Ames (@Amesyyyy) reported

    @Outlook Hey! Looking for help with account recovery as the automated recovery keeps failing me. I made a hotmail 15+ years ago for my BNET account which was only ever used for that. its been hacked and whoever hacked it has locked it down so ive lost my WoW account as a result

  • aa1yea 🌟Aalyaa🌟 (@aa1yea) reported

    Why are @beehiiv newsletters not being delivered to @Outlook? Is it a glitch?

  • frozentimephoto frozentimephoto (@frozentimephoto) reported

    Hey @Outlook can you fix your App so it works like it used to…..

  • DNsiyona David Nsiyona (ↁαŁε) (@DNsiyona) reported

    Lose the phone with your authentication app and you're in for the ride trying to login to your account! Many codes sent today mbu try again tomorrow @Microsoft @Outlook

  • jcshuadixcn Joshua Dixon (@jcshuadixcn) reported

    @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps I’m locked out of my Outlook due to broken Authenticator after switching phones. Tried all options. Need human support.

  • gfx_mahmoud Mahmoud Hilal (@gfx_mahmoud) reported

    am facing an issue with @Microsoft @Outlook locked out from my email no way to FIX IT !

  • jcshuadixcn Joshua Dixon (@jcshuadixcn) reported

    @Microsoft365 @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps I’m locked out of my Outlook due to broken Authenticator after switching phones. Tried all options. Need human support.

  • mwalkercom Molly A. Walker (@mwalkercom) reported

    .@Yahoo @YahooCare Yahoo has taken over my @Outlook email for my Yahoo and domain email address and my computer guy can't fix it, except to direct me to web mail. He doesn't believe upgrading to Windows 11 will fix this. Please suggest a fix. Thank you.

  • sidhantranjan Sidhant Ranjan Shrivastava (@sidhantranjan) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps @Microsoft @Outlook I can’t log in to my personal Hotmail account. I receive the verification code on my alternate email, but after entering it, I get “Please try again later” for several days. Please help fix this issue.

  • PeonhuskLIVES Le Hunch in Da Trunk: Part Deux (@PeonhuskLIVES) reported

    Hey @Outlook wtf is your issue w/ signing on ipads? The ONLY time y'all won't let me sign-in is when it's on an ipad. Also, STOP DEFAULTING TO SENDING VERIFICATION CODES TO AN ALTERNATE EMAIL, I KNOW MY PASSWORDS.

  • axlzero666 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

  • nhrdev Nowshad Hossain Rahat (@nhrdev) reported

    @mdnlabs login to @Outlook :/ even valid 2FA methods stops working

  • janefedupwitho2 j (@janefedupwitho2) reported

    @Outlook I cannot access any of my outlook accounts! Is there an issue?