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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.

  • 69% Sign in (69%)
  • 16% Website Down (16%)
  • 15% Errors (15%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Chicago Sign in 2 hours ago
Nicholasville Website Down 3 hours ago
Phoenix Sign in 3 hours ago
Chardon Sign in 5 hours ago
West Lincoln Errors 6 hours ago
San Jose Website Down 10 hours ago
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Outlook.com Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • Kareem1702
    Kareem (@Kareem1702) reported

    @KyleDavey86 @Outlook @KyleDavey86 Were you able to fix this? I had the exact same issue with the robot and now I can’t even get that far anymore

  • kaleighlynnnn
    Kal (@kaleighlynnnn) reported

    @MicrosoftHelps @Outlook email has been down for 24 hours! Asks for phone number then says that service isn't working right now. No other way to verify. help???

  • JackalopePoop
    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?

  • Drum_y
    B. (@Drum_y) reported

    @Outlook hello, still not able to have access to my email. Can you fix it?

  • HanaJohnson92
    Han. (@HanaJohnson92) reported

    Day 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

  • jerseyish
    Jersey (@jerseyish) reported

    @Outlook Hello My Hotmail Mailbox is inaccessible Fix Your ****

  • marifuenzalida
    MJ (@marifuenzalida) reported

    @hotmail @Outlook not working

  • faisal9051911
    Faisal 🔻 (@faisal9051911) reported

    @lovemesomeALLI @Outlook They unlocked my account and was able to login with my password

  • LinzieM79
    Lin (@LinzieM79) reported

    Is everyone else still having trouble accessing Hotmail/outlook emails on iPhone? @Outlook @Microsoft #hotmail

  • nichols_ti28279
    Timothy Nichols (@nichols_ti28279) reported

    @HollyKing810925 @Outlook Volan_xyber can fix this.

  • andrewrdn463
    Andrew (@andrewrdn463) reported

    @thefrostlord @Outlook Correct passwords are not being accepted by Outlook: "You've tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account or password."

  • AndrewP204
    Andrew Pereira (@AndrewP204) reported

    @Outlook I haven't been able to log into my email for days. All sign in methods are not available and it said my pasword has been attemptrd too many times

  • Brett_Paddock
    Brett Paddock (@Brett_Paddock) reported

    @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps Still trying to access my emails, Still in an endless loop of trying to sign in .. When will it end ..

  • Jgsbm5
    Jgs (@Jgsbm5) reported

    @lovemesomeALLI @davebutter Mine says the same thing!!! No person to talk to! Idk how to fix it. @Outlook help!!

  • Cwalker6033
    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!

  • Wildlvl
    Wild (@Wildlvl) reported

    @Outlook @simoncarrington @Outlook i have been messaging you for the same damn problem and you havnt answered in 2 days

  • dwpilgrim
    Dean (@dwpilgrim) reported

    @Outlook I’m having problems logging into my email on iPhone. Can someone help me fix this?

  • andrewrdn463
    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." ANNOYING

  • KazzaGrims
    K Grimsley (@KazzaGrims) reported

    @Outlook two step verification not working. I cannot wait 24hrs for a reset on emails and typical no human contact to help 🙄

  • TechWTaylor
    Tech With Taylor (@TechWTaylor) reported

    @Outlook how much longer until this issue is resolved???

  • KyleDavey86
    Kyle Davey (@KyleDavey86) reported

    . @Outlook I am being told my account is locked out. I need to verify I’m a human with a press and hold button. I have tried this several times and it keeps saying try again. How do I fix this and is there an actual person to assist in getting me access to my emails again?

  • andrewrdn463
    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."

  • Guts_1993
    Guts (@Guts_1993) reported

    @Outlook This **** still not working lol

  • nichols_ti28279
    Timothy Nichols (@nichols_ti28279) reported

    @rossiantony46 @Outlook Volan_xyber can fix this.

  • drewbiebertbh
    Gurjot S (@drewbiebertbh) reported

    @Outlook fix the issue pls

  • nathane10422899
    N8 (@nathane10422899) reported

    The 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

  • rhimckinley
    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

  • HaticeOzturk86
    Hatice Öztürk (@HaticeOzturk86) reported

    @UrsullineTV @Outlook Same trouble @MarenXyber on X handled it fast.

  • vkfzr
    Dr. Vishal Kumar (@vkfzr) reported

    @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps I’m unable to access my email account due to issues with two-step verification. The SMS authentication service is not working & I no longer have access to Authenticator app after resetting my device.This has locked me out of my A/c despite genuine user.

  • jorgemarketer
    Jorge Marketer (@jorgemarketer) reported

    @nichols_ti28279 @Outlook @MicrosoftHelps I dont have a issue about access