Outlook.com status: access issues and outage reports
Problems detected
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.
April 29: Problems at Outlook.com
Outlook.com is having issues since 03:40 AM 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.
- Sign in (66%)
- Website Down (18%)
- Errors (17%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Sign in | 9 minutes ago |
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Errors | 51 minutes ago |
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Errors | 59 minutes ago |
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Sign in | 2 hours ago |
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Website Down | 5 hours ago |
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Sign in | 5 hours ago |
Community Discussion
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Mark Young (@2_youngy) reported@Outlook your emails are still not working!
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Mick (@Is_this_better0) reported@Outlook I’m having issues logging into my Hotmail email account using outlook on iphone. Keeps asking for password and then says I have entered an incorrect password too many times!
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Gяace&Peteя♡ (@GraceJ_PeterM) reported@Outlook @MicrosoftHelps @Microsoft - Will I ever be able to access my Hotmail email via the Mail app on my iPhone again? Been down for days now. Keeps saying I’ve tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account which is total lies. My password is 100% correct
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Han. (@HanaJohnson92) reportedDay 3 without being able to access my emails. I am now able to get a code through my phone number, but then is asking me for a second authentication, I then type in the code my Authy app gives me and it’s not working! @Outlook @MSFT365Status @MicrosoftHelps
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Chris Walker (@Cwalker6033) reported@Outlook please fix the issue, cannot log into my account, cannot reset my password, cannot speak to anyone at Microsoft. Poor support for a paid service!
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MJ (@marifuenzalida) reported@Outlook I can’t login to my hotmail account. Not on my iPhone nor my desktop. This is a huge issue as I’ve had this email for 20+ years. When will they be resolved???????????????🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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CaribbeanCocktail♡ (@novella_ellaa) reported@Outlook Hello hi… I can’t access personal or work emails at the moment. FIX IT please
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RAV3N9999 (@rav3n9999) reported@StockMKTNewz @Outlook just have the worse downtime yesterday that constraint access for millions hotmail and outlook ios users. It has been >24hrs and the access issue has NOT been resolved. Installing AI agent should not be their priority for right now. They should focus on restoring access for their users first!
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Mosh_Pit_Chad (@Mosh_Pit_Chad) reported@Outlook any solutions to your email outage for iPhone?
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CODY RICHARDSON (@blkcapholdings) reported@Outlook Clearly the fix isn’t fixed. Test first, not last.
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Pinkie (@PnkNailsrPrtty) reportedComing up on at least 16 hours of no access to multiple emails… support hasn’t even said boo in 30minutes and they’re acting like they fixed it if we’d only follow their broken steps… @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps @MSFT365Status
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The Desert Fox🦊 (@LaurelioLF33) reported@PBennett_ @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps Confirmation code still not working but for a few minutes it allowed me to log in with password. Try incognito
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Greggy Ramone (@GreggyRamone) reported@TechWTaylor @Outlook Mine started working again this morning. I’m able to send and receive emails again. Maybe the fix is a slow roll out.
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Jgs (@Jgsbm5) reported@Outlook Where’s your updated?! What is there no communication. This is not just an IOS issue. This is on desktop as well! We’re locked out!
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Jane Darling (@janeydarling1) reported@outlook We can't sign in. AGAIN. What's going on? And why is this a continuing problem? Please sort it out.
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Travis Braman (@michkid) reported@Outlook We can’t even login
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⭐️LittleOne⭐️ (@missinflower) reported@Outlook why are you saying the issue is fixed when no one can still get into their email accounts?!?!
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Pinkie (@PnkNailsrPrtty) reportedIt would be great if @Outlook would actually fix the problem… multiple accounts and only one can I get into on one device. Everything else is ****** up. @MicrosoftHelps
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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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Kimberley Treece (@T25Kimi) reportedI am getting increasingly frustrated with the lack of response from @Outlook @Microsoft in relation to these issues being experienced. When will I get access back to my account???
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DingerDegen (@TheDingerDegen) reported@Outlook can you guys get your **** together and fix the damn outlook mail?? this is insane in 2026 We can’t get into our emails? What the hell are you guys doing over there?
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Amber Rose♊️✒️ (@AmberWithLuv) reported@laura_smith1985 @Outlook It has been down since I woke up at 5 AM. It's almost 4 PM now. Reallllllllyy frustrating
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Gina P. (@Giny87) reported@nikitheshrimper @Outlook You are not the only one. There is an issue.
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👑Cass✨ (@ItsCas_tho) reported@Outlook I can’t log in my email and when I try to get help it’s asking me to sign in
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🦋𝐿𝒶𝓂𝒷 - 𝑀𝒶𝓉𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓌 🐝 #KYLIE❤️#MariahSZN (@MapooUK) reportedI’m sick of this Outlook issue, it’s been down all day, cunting thing is doin my head in @Outlook
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Dave Shreeve (@DaveShreeve) reported@Outlook Email is still not working. Come on.
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EP (@xxEP27xx) reported@Outlook FIX YOUR SERVERS
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Simon Ward (@SimonJWard93) reported@Outlook Fix it. It’s getting stupid now. At least give communication you are aware and looking into the issue?
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April Rose 🇨🇦🌹 (@April__Rose__) reported@MSFT365Status so no fix? You people done for the work day?! @Microsoft @Outlook #Microsoft
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Alyse❤️ (@alyse3344) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Outlook @Microsoft Okay… it’s been 24 hours since I’ve had access to my emails. Fix your 💩