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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 (23%)
- Errors (21%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
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Errors | 1 day ago |
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Sign in | 3 days ago |
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Sign in | 3 days ago |
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Errors | 3 days ago |
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Sign in | 4 days ago |
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Sign in | 4 days ago |
Community Discussion
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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N8 (@nathane10422899) reportedThe new @Outlook is terrible, you can’t even respond to original emails sent to you if someone that was cc’d sends a response to that email and you press reply as well it will never go back to the original email it will only respond to the person that responded. Terrible update
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peter wilson (@wilsonpeter48) reported@Outlook help I need to send a video in an email buts it's telling me it can't can't due to size but I had this issue before and shrunk the video to nearly nothing but still won't work so how do you manage it pro do it
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Geekhead (@itsgeekhead) reported@Outlook should really fix your search, its so bad that people make a living off instagram reels about how terrible it is
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Shoes (@J_Keith101) reported@MSFT365Status @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook I am still unable to get into my Hotmail account after 3+ days on ANY device or app and internet. Please take these issues seriously and fix this. This is NOT an intermittent problem, it is an OUTAGE.
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Beer stein of the void (@beer_and_mtg) reported@Microsoft @Office @Outlook guys, I don’t know what the problem is but you need to red team your outlook search. It is such a train wreck you are for sure leaving billions of dollars of global economic development on the table from this one single thing
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Seren Söyler (@soylerseren) reported@Outlook Outlook won't accept the images, even though they are very small. I'm wasting a lot of time. It's an incredibly primitive issue.
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Sparky (@Jouler8) reported@Outlook My iPhone has been harassing me daily to "log-in" despite me never having logged out. you keep trying to push me to your broken "Authenticator App", no good. My password, set up 15 years ago, now doesn't work. Screw it! Screw you! Deleting the app is easier.
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Ms.Tab00 (@MsTab00) reported@Outlook Posting while your servers are down is asinine behavior 🥴
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Zemen Berhe, PhD (@zemensberhe) reportedMy outlook doesn’t work since yesterday on my iPhone and iPad and I see others have similar issues! What can we do @satyanadella @Outlook 🤔
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MGG_Tx_xT_ (@MartGHtTx) reported@Outlook I am tired of that add E-mail to protect your account sh!!!t. I can not sign in you should stop that sh!!!t.
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B. (@Drum_y) reported@Outlook hello, still not able to have access to my email. Can you fix it?
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onelove (@brummy1978) reported@Outlook locked out of account and verificatiin is not sending code to my phone get the code to back up mail but when i select phone get error frustrating
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Finchwizard (@Finchwizard) reportedWe’re in 2026 and @Outlook still can’t fix notifications and badges on iOS. It’s NEVER RIGHT. Always get these mystery notifications. Telling me 2 new emails and there’s only 1. Most frustrating thing. #outlooksucks
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Charlie (@Charles2982708) reported@Outlook this update that sends everything to my Draft folders automatically is complete BS Please change this! It doesn’t save any time and causes way too many problems. The majority of people using outlook for work Multi task and end up having all these emails disappear. When it’s out of site it’s out of mind. That’s not a good thing.
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Hakan (@Hakan1630386105) reported@wasbeermeneer @Outlook Had this issue; TysonNerd on X sorted it.
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jen (@JackalopePoop) reported@Outlook wtf is going on with email login -- why is the valid password with the special characters that you made me specifically choose not enough for me to login from the same exact laptop I use every day?
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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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Jeff Wolfe (@JeffWolfeCRE) reported@Microsoft @Office @Outlook I have been waiting for 24 hours for someone to contact me about my email issues. Please dm me today.
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SkyBaum (@SkyBaum1) reported from City of Longwood, Florida@Outlook account verification is broken. Please fix it so I can get back into my account. Thx
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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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Andrew (@andrewrdn463) reported@Outlook 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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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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Rant Man (@adultcrybaby) reported@Office @Outlook Worlds largest Email client and cannot fix POP IMAP which even Ai cannot fix. If anyone believes Ai is next frontier for Microsoft, No its fixing basic email configuration and servers. Failed at everything and Pain customers can't get out of..Shame
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TONY SANDERSON (@EMANONF1) reported@Outlook I can not believe the incompetence at this company, my email is still down, they just will not send me a code to reset my work/private account. I have just had to wait a full 7 days to try again, nothing and now they want me to wait 28 days!!!
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Timothy Nichols (@nichols_ti28279) reported@jorgemarketer @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps Volan_xyber can fix this.
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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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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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Bonynea (@Bonynea) reported@Outlook It’s been days of failed recovery attempts, unanswered requests, and no real support. I completed the forms, followed every step, and still have no access to my recovery emails. At this point it feels like customers are being ignored instead of helped. Please escalate this issue.
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Kiera (@kiera34670) reported@Outlook I have had no access to my emails for 3 days now, I have tried from my phone, I have tried from my laptop nothing is working. When you google the outage it says that the issue has been resolved. Please can someone help me. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Oktay (@OktayAykut1) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Microsoft @Outlook Update: I finally managed to recover my account. I had to install the Outlook app on iOS and go through the “forgot password” process there. Somehow the verification (robot test) worked there, and I was finally able to reset my password. This just shows how broken the system is — the same process didn’t work anywhere else. Also, Microsoft’s support is even worse than the system itself. No real help, no human support, just useless automated responses. This experience was extremely frustrating.