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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 (67%)
- Website Down (17%)
- Errors (16%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Bengaluru
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Sign in | 17 minutes ago |
 Twinsburg
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Sign in | 5 hours ago |
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Grand Marsh
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Sign in | 1 day ago |
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Greensburg
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Sign in | 1 day ago |
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Twinsburg
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Sign in | 1 day ago |
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Minneapolis
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Sign in | 2 days ago |
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Jacob McClellan (@JacobAMcClellan) reported@Outlook Fix outlook on iPhone. Been down for over 12 hours now. Worry about this other stuff after you fix existing services.
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Wild (@Wildlvl) reported@Outlook WHAT ARE YOU DOING???! WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR YOU TO FIX THE ISSUE!! MY WORK DEPENDS ON IT
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Phil Hutchings (@PhilHutchings14) reported@MrJoeRobinson @Outlook @Microsoft I feel your frustrations Joseph hopefully you get to the bottom of this issue sooner rather than later and get back logged in #prayforjoe
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RAV3N9999 (@rav3n9999) reported@MSFT365Status Hi @Outlook and @MSFT365Status It has been >24hrs and lots of us did the steps you listed. I myself just tried to access my email accounts a minute ago through ios email app and also Outlook email app. This is still NOT working! It keeps asking for entering the captcha codes and not excepting the entered password! Can you please prioritize the resolution of this access issue?
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rhiannon ☕️ (@rhimckinley) reported@marlermelanie @Outlook having the same issue for 24hours. they told me it was “account specific” and that it’s a user error. still no answers and no fix. @MicrosoftHelps
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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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Jane Darling (@janeydarling1) reported@outlook down again? This is ridiculous
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Kelsey Goodwin (@kelseyg2010) reported@Outlook @Microsoft @MicrosoftHelps will you please fix the iPhone email problem already?!? Some have said theirs is fixed yet mine is still not working 😑
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Travis Braman (@michkid) reported@Outlook We can’t even login
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Max (@Dobbie_88) reported@MSFT365Status @Outlook @MSFT365Status still not working 24 hours+ later?? It’s not fixed. I just want to be able to log into my account normally, without having to authenticate how many times I breathe per day!
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Mark Young (@2_youngy) reported@kaleighlynnnn @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook Mine still down
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James Alexander (@justjamess87) reported@Outlook why is outlook STILL down? Have some very important emails ( like many others around the world ) please get it together. This is ridiculous now 24 hrs and STILL GETTING NOTHING!!!! #outlook #outlookdown
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KEN IN SA (@SAsportshonk) reported@Outlook So when are you going to fix your crappy service? Can’t get codes to access my account or reset password. Thanks!!! Great job. 👏
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Dodgy Anon (@DodgyAnon) reported@Outlook 4 inscrutable puzzles to help you fight “the robots” only for it to encounter an unexpected error and have me do it again. Useless anti-user company. Absolute out of touch disgrace.
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alli. (@lovemesomeALLI) reported@faisal9051911 @Outlook I'm having the same issue! 21 years too!
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eloise (@eloisecampbel45) reported@Outlook @danamckayradio I am having the same issue aswell I have dm d you. It’s not allowing me to reset password either keeps saying try again tomorrow
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Greggy Ramone (@GreggyRamone) reported@heartisgone @Outlook Yes it’s Microsoft Exchange on your phone where it says add an account choose from list the exchange instead of outlook see if it lets you login there.
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jonathan hopley (@jonathanhopley) reported@lovemesomeALLI @Microsoft @Outlook Try the following. Login using any mobile number linked to email. Instead of email address. With current password.
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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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BennyTheJet✈️ (@bennythejet_55) reported@Outlook How about fix your ****** platform smh. Have had nothing but issues for 2 straight days. Can barely work because it doesn’t load worth a ****. Check connection with ISP. All good. You gonna reimburse everyone for these disruptions. It’s a joke at this punt
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DP (@Dportz11) reported@nickdent1990 @Outlook Big issue
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Kimberley Treece (@T25Kimi) reportedCome on @Outlook sort the issue out. Haven’t been able to access my account on any device for nearly 24 hours now. Mega frustrating when I’m waiting for an important email!!!
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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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Luke Hearns (@LHearns2) reported@RginaG @Outlook @Microsoft Yup. Same here. And all steps that some people have said fixed the issue for them, have not worked for me either.
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Jenny (@Rinatiic) reported@Outlook I genuinely don’t know if I was hacked or bc of this outage please fix it my god
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Dyspocito / dyspocito.bsky.social (@dyspocito) reportedSo I’m just completely locked out of my @Outlook account with no possible way to login.
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Taz 泰秀樂 (@tazorack) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Microsoft you guys need to fix @Outlook across the online the desktop program and whatever other incarnations like the phone app. Outlook is awful.
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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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Jeff Fox (@Fox32Mode) reported@craigtbfc @Outlook Have you been able to sign in yet? I’m having same issue.
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John Alex (@mgrjohnalex) reported@Outlook Hi, I’m locked out of my Outlook account. Unable to reset password, get a code via SMS and reached the limit of account recovery requests for today. Anything else I can do? Can you help please? Looks like it was a synch issue which caused this initially.