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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 (57%)
- Website Down (25%)
- Errors (19%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Website Down | 1 hour ago |
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Sign in | 18 hours ago |
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Sign in | 3 days ago |
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Website Down | 4 days ago |
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Errors | 5 days ago |
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Website Down | 5 days ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Lombardigal (@WNlombardi) reported@Outlook closing down an email account, that’s been used for many yrs, and accessed from the same device, with no VPN or blocks identified 😬 and the correct input of info.
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Murzban F. Shroff (@MurzbanFShroff) reported@puneetck @Outlook I am a writer facing a huge glitch with my #Outlook. When I try to reply to an existing conversation/thread, the entire conversation disappears. It’s no longer visible in the reply mail. Please help. I have work-related communications suspended. @satyanadella
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Internet Politician (@NetRant1) reportedI can't believe this... @Outlook totally forgot to add an option to sign into a different email How are we supposed to change the sign in email @MicrosoftHelps
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🚀K.R.I.S. (@KrisWorkLife) reportedOops! Just realized that @Outlook doesn’t give you an option to choose a time zone for scheduled messages. What a bummer. @Microsoft please fix or add this option. 🚀
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D🧚🏽 (@_preciousdee) reportedI really do not understand why do I have to keep signing into the damn email so many times. @Outlook @Office What happened to the keep me sign in feature? Jeeeez
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❄️ Mahkarona (@Maha_Kh_Alt) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps Your private reply did not answer my question or help resolve my issue. I need a clear and direct answer to the question I sent you via DM. Please provide a direct answer instead of referring me to general support articles or troubleshooting steps.
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Manash Boraa (@ManashPratimBo3) reportedHello @Outlook i am experiencing persistent issues with my Outlook account that are impacting my daily work Outgoing Emails are stuck or failing to send. Incoming Emails are heavily delayed and some are not being received at all Please resolve this urgently
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Fatima “Fa” (@Fati_Fig) reported@HowardRoark90 @Outlook @Microsoft Same for my team… mine was down since 11:30 am others since 9:30 am
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Andrew (@andrewrdn463) reported@thefrostlord @Outlook SAME PROBLEM HERE FROSTLORD- Correct passwords are not being accepted by Outlook: "You've tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account or password."
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Erdem Pulcu (@ErdemPulcu) reported@Microsoft cannot make @Outlook find emails in one's inbox. So much of time is being wasted everyday because Outlook doesn't work. Could someone explain to me why anyone should trust their AI models? If they are so good why don't you use it to fix the email??
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Red Beard Real Estate (@HowardRoark90) reportedHalf my team can’t use their @Outlook, but half can 🤔 What gives, @Microsoft? Frustrating af 😖 Anyone else experiencing email issues today??
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Moitheri (@Moytheri) reportedI was forced to change my outlook password after which I was prompted to validate my mailbox. It's now forever that I'm told to try again later and my main email has been down for days. What is happening? @Outlook
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Being ದೀಪಕ್ (@Beingdeepak7) reported@Outlook The app is asking to login and its a 2 factor authentication how 🤔.??? Whats the issue.?
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Stewart 🏴 🇨🇦 (@Stewmeak) reported@Outlook How is your app so terrible and preventing junk/phishing emails going into peoples main inbox? Useless and the worst at it. You must be making something from it.
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Avi Greengart (@greengart) reportedSo @Microsoft @Outlook is down and it’s like I don’t have electricity.
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Chow (@smooth_93) reported.@outlook can you please fix your autocorrect for once holy hell work would be so much easier
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NewsMän (@KueddeR) reported@MauricioHunt2 @Outlook I'm having the same problem. Four emails I sent to Hotmail in the last few hours were bounced back.
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Sahil (@TheCyberSahil) reported@Outlook how long would you take to resolve my issue ?
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Jorge Marketer (@jorgemarketer) reported@nichols_ti28279 @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps I dont have a issue about access
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BBeav-8 (@BBeav_8) reportedWeird #outage today. I can’t access @Outlook at all, but some of my coworkers can, but some of their apps don’t work. I am truthfully in the “this really sucks” category. Have things to do.
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Ian McKenna (@ianmckennaftrc) reportedHey @Microsoft I’m a big fan of voice recognition tech but why can you #VoiceAccess app not be moved on screen? It now blocks multiple key apps including @Outlook & @MicrosoftEdge this makes those much harder to use. Didn’t do this before. Can I suggest an urgent fix is needed
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MightyRaiderTV (@MightyRaiderTTV) reportedwhy ******** does @Microsoft @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps hide the talk with an agent option ffs im just tryna recover my account but the recovery code service is broken!
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Jesús (@jdj_yepez) reported@Outlook You need to fix this ASAP. It really is frustrating. It’s turning into google’s search engine, just a bunch of ads and useless results that aren’t even close, to what I was searching for.
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Muumiukko (@Muumiukko1) reported@Outlook Why Not Working 🤬🤬🤬
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normal guy (@cybernormalguy) reported@Microsoft providing the WORST costumer support possible. 3 days of wait and locked outside my laptop because I nened the to allow me to change my @Outlook phone number since their bitLock locked me outuside my laptop and now they have cooking me for DAYS to fix this.
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princess (@princess420604) reported@Outlook are you aware of any glitches with shared calendars? I’ve lost 2 of my family calendars overnight and they can’t see mine anymore either. Have deleted them and readded. Still not working.
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Cédric Krier (@cedrickrier) reportedAnd again broken outlook is rejecting our emails for no valid reason. **** YOU @Microsoft @Outlook
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Luis Carlos Diaz (@catire98) reportedIt seems that @Outlook is working again, but that email I sent right when it went down is nowhere to be found.
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Kvng (@Kvng4r) reported@Outlook Hello @outlook I’m having a trouble with my subscription I’m being debited but my subscription still remain unpaid i will like a refund to my card
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Luziel🐆🌾 (@Luzielvt) reported@Outlook I keep trying to contact you guys about an account I have on outlook that's brand new and I haven't put any info on it just a minecraft game and your ******* AI keeps bringing me to anywhere but an actual person to solve my problem. Can I get a representative?