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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 (49%)
- Errors (26%)
- Website Down (25%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Sign in | 31 minutes ago |
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Sign in | 50 minutes ago |
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Sign in | 2 hours ago |
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Sign in | 2 hours ago |
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Sign in | 3 hours ago |
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Website Down | 3 hours ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Brendan R. Appel (@AppelLaw) reported@Outlook - Just now received an email sent to me on January 22, 2026 at 5:37 p.m. It arrived 1/28/2026 at 10:08 a.m. You claimed to have "fixed" your issues on 1/22 - clearly that was a lie. You had ONE JOB....
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Francis Bacon 🥓 (@mundosimulado) reported@Outlook It’s a real ****, the last Windows updates turn my laptop very slow and Outlook classic don’t work anymore. I demand refund a refund of my money.
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mel (@mel76151448) reported@Outlook how am I supposed to get back in my email account, when I can’t sign in. Tried all the links but no success. Run a business on this account. I need to speak to a human!!!
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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
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EDDG Creative (@EDDGcr) reported@Outlook Horrible tech support, having email issues, and everyone I get just passes me to another department. This is only going to get worse! #needalternative #trainbetter
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Liz (@licenia) reported@Outlook I haven’t been able to log in to my email for a few days now. I see that others have the same issue, when will it be resolved??
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HSM_81 (@1_hsm) reported@Outlook Hi, I have sent a DM as requested but I still have not heard back from you. Can you please tell me when I can expect to hear a response back? Recovery forms still not working for me.
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Ayah 𓂆 (@Ayoosh284) reported@AzizSafi17 @Outlook I have the same issue it started on Feb the 7th
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Lover you 3000 Midnights (@lizakabe) reportedHey @Outlook I can’t change my password because I can’t change my phone number. How do I fix this so I don’t lose my email address? I’ve been trying for a solid month with not one thing working and everything I do try you deny saying not enough information to grant me access!
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Erin 🏳️⚧️ (@EliteErin21) reported@ShishirShelke1 @Microsoft @Outlook fix your product please
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Joe Fairbanks 🇮🇱 (@pasadena792) reported@stevesi First thing to do is get rid of the terrible @Outlook web wrapper and bring back Mail & Calendar.
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ComeAsYouAreTO (@comeasyouareTO) reported@Outlook ONE login attempt is not "too many times'. Fix your ******* website already.
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Monica Rangel (@MonicaLRangel) reported@Outlook Have been having issues with outlook all day today is there something going on?
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BhagsNStonks (@BhagsNStonks) reported@retrobike_c16 @Outlook Cut down your image size in paint or preview in Mac. Then make the signature in word. Only way I could get our team to have consistent signatures
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Mental Masterpiece (@mentalmasterpie) reportedtheir is a problem in outlook mail app, its automatically log out after some days @Outlook
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Bradley Frank (@addos) reported@Outlook what is the deal with this error? UTC Date: 2026-01-30T15:20:21.838Z Client Id: 5E8BAB74F0F24FB4B05D3C3EFFC064FB Session Id: 6299cf67-9301-493d-9437-0198418fae88 Client Version: 20260116004.05 BootResult: configuration Back Filled Errors: Unhandled Rejection: Error:
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Brad (@blcdude1) reportedI’ve had awful luck with @outlook the past week. Every time I log in, I get told there have been too many failed attempts and I’m forced to reset my password. It makes the website feel very insecure, a major security issue.
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sheenbean (@loisetwt) reportedI currently have 2 Outlook accounts for 2 diff. jobs. When I try to log into one of the accounts, the verification code notification keeps being sent to the other work account instead. please resolve this issue so I can access the correct account? @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps
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Stewart 🏴 🇨🇦 (@Stewmeak) reported@Outlook Yet another glitch today. Icon says I have mail but nothing unread in there
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Charlie Stacey (They /Them) (@CharlieStaceyUK) reported@Outlook I’m a sole global admin fully locked out of my business account. The phone number allocated to my case has issues receiving calls. I desperately need this sorted so I can work. Is there anything more I can do, at the very least to change the phone number?
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Fai (@faithedragon) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Not being able to drag and drop emails and attachments into SharePoint is a huge limitation for collaborators. Why can’t a trillion dollar company fix this?
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Chris Pred (@ChrisPred) reported@keeganlanier @Outlook I haven’t noticed it myself as I use Outlook on my iPad Pro with a M365 account. Are you connecting to Exchange server or another email provider such as Google or iCloud? I am thinking it could be a sync issue with IMAP or something along those lines.
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Paul Richardson (@TechboyUK) reportedThat sinking feeling you get when the ~15 emails you had open in Outlook disappear after a system issue😭 @Outlook team, PLEASE make it more robust!
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Saddiq (@philly_lawdog) reported@Outlook Im having a real life issue with my outlook inbox thats bothering me
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Shawn Farrell (@farrellshawnp) reported.@Microsoft .@Outlook hold notices from a public library shouldn't be the innocent targets of your rate limiting. Please fix this!
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M$. FIT (@1BOMBDIGGITYBOO) reportedMy reminders ain’t reminding. Fix it! @Outlook
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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
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Mahmoud Hilal (@gfx_mahmoud) reportedam facing an issue with @Microsoft @Outlook locked out from my email no way to FIX IT !
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Liam Donoghue (@LiamD21) reported@Outlook I am having trouble logging into my account. I changed my password on my desktop yesterday and trying to update on my phone and it won’t work. I then try and log into my desktop and it won’t let me as I have ‘tried to many times’.. this is ridiculous