Outlook.com

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Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, website down and errors.

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 01/22/2026 22:55

January 22: Problems at Outlook.com

Outlook.com is having issues since 10:00 PM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

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

  1. Sign in (61%)

    Sign in (61%)

  2. Website Down (22%)

    Website Down (22%)

  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 StatesLos Angeles Errors
United StatesArlington Errors
AustraliaSydney Errors
United StatesMurfreesboro Sign in
United StatesAbingdon Website Down
SingaporeSingapore Sign in
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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • harryessex Harry King (@harryessex) reported

    @Outlook wtf going on ????? Getting so much spam my inbox. Fix it please

  • abaddonbeauty abbie 🤍🍄 (@abaddonbeauty) reported

    Ok is anyones junk mail filter NOT WORKING? I am getting a ridiculous amount of junk mail in my outlook inbox @Outlook pls fix

  • sophl1227 S (@sophl1227) reported

    @Outlook there is definitely a global issue with your spam filters today! I’m being bombarded and there are no auto-filtering options available. What is happening!?

  • _samdeane Sam (@_samdeane) reported

    @_Flinty @Outlook It really is. Not a single message has gone directly to junk today. Looking online it seems like there is an issue open but nothing official

  • sophl1227 S (@sophl1227) reported

    @Microsoft any chance you can acknowledge a problem with your @Outlook junk filtering today?

  • RoswellAntiX DantiX C (@RoswellAntiX) reported

    @Outlook My ******@msn.com junk email filter stopped working today. All email is going directly into the inbox. Please fix problem.

  • groovygal1969 Michelle Cohen (@groovygal1969) reported

    @Microsoft @Outlook when are you fixing the junk mail issue? And why does this keep happening? #fixJunkMail

  • angie_seattle angie_seattle 🦑✍️ (@angie_seattle) reported

    Junk filter @Outlook seems broken today. More crap making it’s way into my inbox. Junk is bad enough already. Wonder who twitter has exposed e-mail to?

  • BriThibodeaux Bri (@BriThibodeaux) reported

    Dear @Outlook please fix the spam filter because apparently today I’m getting all of spam emails in my inbox instead of the spam folder.

  • Spourgitaki Georgia Riga (@Spourgitaki) reported

    Nothing but hundreds of #SpamEmail in my #MicrosoftOutlook inbox today. @Outlook please fix your filters, this is unacceptable

  • MiMeQu MiMeQu (@MiMeQu) reported

    @Outlook Fix your app. Since the update three days ago, all my junk mail is now going straight to my inbox.

  • Lollinski Colette B (@Lollinski) reported

    Anyone else having issues with @Outlook junk filtering today? It's normally super hot but today my inbox is filled with absolutely rubbish

  • AbuLarine AbuLarine | أبو لارين (@AbuLarine) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook I noticed a few hours ago that my #hotmail account got crazy and sent most of the incoming junk to my inbox! Is this a known issue?

  • ViewtifulJimm Salty Jim (@ViewtifulJimm) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook maybe y’all should tweet and acknowledge the junk e-mail problem on outlook

  • notprofumpyyt ProFumpyYT (@notprofumpyyt) reported

    @Microsoft please fix @Outlook 's spam filter already before someones grandma loses their banking information to a no life

  • dinhxuanvu Vu Dinh (@dinhxuanvu) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps Someone please fixes the completely broken email spam filter that hasn't been working for months now. Today is the day when junk emails are ALL welcome in my inbox. Do I need to pay spam filter @Outlook now?

  • PixelPursuitRob Pixel Pursuit (@PixelPursuitRob) reported

    @SirCrackerBulb @Outlook I've just recently been going through the same exact thing but it's on my personal email address which isn't even public. Something must be going on with Outlook that they need to fix I guess...

  • Beter_Barker_ Who am I? I'm (@Beter_Barker_) reported

    @Microsoft @Outlook @Windows for the love of god PLEASE FIX YOU SPAM EMAIL PROBLEM! IM BLOCKING ABOUT 25 A DAY!!!! FIGURE THIS **** OUT

  • 9inelivez Cathryn (@9inelivez) reported

    Looks like @Outlook has abandoned all efforts at spam filters-- manually junked more than THIRTY so far today!! Fix this crap or I'm leaving a 40 yr address. #hotmailFAIL

  • laurabw16 RushOn (@laurabw16) reported

    @Outlook how about acknowledging this #spam #junk email issue, hmm? #outlookfail

  • kyliving Keith (@kyliving) reported

    Please acknowledge that you're aware of the spam filter problem on @Outlook and you're working on a solution. @Microsoft #Outlook

  • spfarrelltweets Shawn (@spfarrelltweets) reported

    Anyone else who's still holding onto their Hotmail account (since 1997, baby), noticing an overwhelming amount of spam making it through to your inbox lately? What's up @Outlook? Is something broken?

  • Hotsocksblkbot Garbage Pail Fail (@Hotsocksblkbot) reported

    @Outlook Wish you guys would let everyone know that spam blocking is down right now. #hotmailjunk

  • tojoski Joseph Pechoski (@tojoski) reported

    @Outlook Please fix your broken spam filtering!

  • Reef215 Reef ➐ (@Reef215) reported

    @Outlook Spam filtering is not working on one of my accounts. Please Fix ASAP

  • Judianna Judianna (@Judianna) reported

    cc: @Microsoft @Outlook fix your darned filters, please.

  • houman_ag Houman (@houman_ag) reported

    @Outlook I know you've got enough crap from people today so you'd think I'd cut you slack but I won't. You deserve the crap because of how terrible your spam filtering is. Today I actually had to double check my folder to confirm if I was really looking at inbox #email #spam

  • aeitzy Amanda Eitzen (@aeitzy) reported

    @Outlook please fix your spam filters!

  • clairesstudying Claire (@clairesstudying) reported

    @Microsoft @Outlook fix your spam filters!!!!

  • Beter_Barker_ Who am I? I'm (@Beter_Barker_) reported

    @Outlook PLEASE FIX THIS SPAM EMAIL PROBLEM YOU GUYS HAVE. IM BLOCKING ALMOST 30 SENDERS A DAY, EVERY WEEK. WHAT THE HELL?