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Skype is an instant messaging app that provides online text message and video chat services. Users may transmit both text and video messages and may exchange digital documents such as images, text, and video. Skype allows video conference calls.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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Skype Outage Chart 02/18/2026 05:45

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Most Reported Problems

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Live Outage Map

The most recent Skype outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
GermanyHamburg Connection
GermanyHamburg Connection
GermanyBorken Sign in
FranceCaen Video
United KingdomLondon Sign in
United KingdomPoole Connection
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Skype Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • cheryltan88 Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan (@cheryltan88) reported from Manhattan, New York

    That thing where you can’t get #Prokofiev out of your head because of last night’s @nyphil concert so you keep attempting to sing chunks of it, annoying someone so much he shuts down Skype & refuses to speak to you for the rest of the day. #sorrynotsorry

  • diazagista Diaz Rizky Agista (@diazagista) reported from Kalasan, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta

    how to fix every computer's problem by me: nge-skype mas @Coenkcore 😭😭😭

  • juxtapoe 𝒥. 🦢 (@juxtapoe) reported from Washington, D.C., District of Columbia

    @sblueeyez96 it’s so terrible because she’s perfectly nice and even lets me skype Colin whenever/overnight, BUT she has made me realize I’m so much more OCD than I thought

  • SoundBiteATL Dawn Marie G. (@SoundBiteATL) reported from Atlanta, Georgia

    @Alex_Glaze @pmaharry Tagging myself... not like I fixed your Skype issue or directed or anything.. smh.

  • Stuart_Anderton Stuart Anderton (@Stuart_Anderton) reported from Bruton, England

    Messages to “”Everyone” about PC config changes aren’t usually popular. But this week’s instructions for disabling the unbidden and irritating@MicrosoftTeams login at startup has been well received. It’s as bad as @SkypeSupport

  • prawesh1984 Prawesh Kumar (@prawesh1984) reported from Bengaluru, State of Karnataka

    @timesofindia @TVMohandasPai @maruti @TataMotors @anandmahindra @KiaMotorsIN Above is personal choice considering quality ..now next comes my another one ...I had a meeting at ITPL I chose to participate via Skype call ..issue sorted ..it was of value 2 million INR ..by the time the things were discussed I drafted my email ,case was over by EOD ..

  • raphamorims Rapha Amorim (@raphamorims) reported from Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro

    What bothers me most is when clearly isn’t a hardware issue and they keep saying like you have to go to a nearest office to someone fix. No buddy, i don’t think is possible that you can’t help me fix that via phone/skype or whatever

  • nobodylaugh archangel two (@nobodylaugh) reported from Elgin Mills, Ontario

    If it removes a bunch of jerks from the education of children and the kids are biased from under a mile away ANYWAY I don't see a problem. It's a new world and most of this stuff could be done remotely by @Skype. Just saying.

  • JessicaOYeah1 Jessica O Yeah (@JessicaOYeah1) reported from Hermosa Beach, California

    @ImagineWorldas1 @flakingbaking Someone should just stick her in a room with Skype. Problem solved.

  • melchisnall Melanie Chisnall (@melchisnall) reported from Somerset West, Western Cape

    Just had my first business Skype call. Introvert comfort zones are being broken people!

  • DJAMAYAOFFICIAL DJ AMAYA (東京 7/31-1/15) (@DJAMAYAOFFICIAL) reported from Katsushika Ku, Tokyo Prefecture

    scammer on fiverr gets me om skype im broken english wants me to make upwork account and wont say what the project is but really wants to pay me. what joke. so glad my old job was literally dealing with this type of shit so i throw it back at him to waste his time

  • mick_demarco Housty (@mick_demarco) reported from Cardiff, Wales

    Got my flight delayed two hours on the way to a job down in Cardiff which meant I had to do a Skype interview for another job in the airport. Buuuut didn't happen because somebody broke one of the doors going out of baggage and we got blocked in for half an hour.

  • LegitLarkin Daniel Larkin (@LegitLarkin) reported from Iowa City, Iowa

    Hey @Skype just wanting to say **** you and your shitty customer service

  • Simply_BS13 Brandon Smith (@Simply_BS13) reported from Elk Grove, California

    @taaaarzaaaan I’m down for that, I need a friend to play park so bad with 😂 hmu later on Skype and we can switch accounts to get it

  • selenarainxxx selena-rain (@selenarainxxx) reported from Las Vegas, Nevada

    @lydialovexxx when i was younger & use to house sit for these people I would do ***** skype dates with my long distance boyfriend. Found out later down the road they had cameras installed in their house 🙀 lmaooo!!!!

  • CVCResearch CVC Research (@CVCResearch) reported from Melbourne, State of Victoria

    $MSFT Skype #skype has to be the worst ******* app ever. If you know your password, just answer 19 questions. If you don’t, no problem, just tell us when you lost your virginity, her name & 3 facts abt it. Seriously WTF. I need to make a call but will create a non-Skype account

  • BJP109 brian Healy (@BJP109) reported from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

    @Jim_Stone12 @CONDESCENDANT @rockdaboatNL I guess his going over there will frighten them into hurrying it up. Why not stay home, sit on his arse, and use Skype. If you were an electrical engineer at MF ,your problem is you were and maybe still are afraid to think. Your concrete block is on its way.

  • The_McJones Tim McJones (@The_McJones) reported from Brisbane, State of Queensland

    @TaniaWalker I’ve never done video calls with but voice works fine on Skype with the iPad. Most of my VoIP calls across the various services (Skype, Discord, Zoom, etc) are done on my iPad now. I am more and more often travelling just with my iPad and rarely hit any issues.

  • BHdreamteacher Brandon Hauser (@BHdreamteacher) reported from Austin, Texas

    Hey @blogtalkradio I’ve been trying to get support for weeks, but I’m still having issues using direct connect with one of the mics you even suggested. Considering I pay every month for my show, I hope someone gets back to me with a fix. My last few shows sound awful w/o Skype 😣

  • Ashabadash Ace ❤️ (@Ashabadash) reported from Pacifica, California

    Issue one: when one student ignored the sign on my office door saying I was on a Skype call, came into my office and then decided to contribute to the conversation I was having on said Skype call

  • amaranise Anthony (@amaranise) reported from Memphis, Tennessee

    @q_professor In today’s age of email, Skype / Zoom, etc., you’re definitely not too far to be of help. I’m trying to put together a rough idea outline in the next couple of weeks. Perhaps we could exchange some thoughts on it around then. I would very much value your input

  • kane Kane (@kane) reported from San Francisco, California

    God grant me the confidence of Skype for Business assuming I want it to open on login.

  • baralheia Baral'heia Stormdancer (@baralheia) reported from Flynn, Oklahoma

    @Inkblitzer @RenTradewind Kinda sorta... MS is trying to push everyone to Teams (ugh), but Skype for Business will still be supported for a while... SfB Online is being shut down at the end of July 2021, but the on-premises server has support through October of 2025. #itnerd

  • LaWoolly LAWoolly (@LaWoolly) reported from Upton Pyne, England

    I was interviewing a board level dude today... via Skype... this effing bag farted it’s way thru the interview. I considered explaining but then thought nah.. I’m styling it out.. think I might ask him if he has a flatulence problem when i see him 😂😂#wasntme #blamethedognotbag

  • OpenMindMH Rachel (@OpenMindMH) reported from Stratford, England

    @RosieMorshead I just sat in a lunchtime Skype meeting about our Welsh language policy and the tech was terrible and everyone was cold and hungry

  • slimegoon ☠️sammy☠️ (@slimegoon) reported from Le Mesnil-Amelot, Île-de-France

    Im a nonthreatening feminist boy, come talk to me on Skype! talk to me on skype about your problems as a woman i sympathize i’m taking womens studies. I took women’s studies I know what ‘systematic’ means. Man I’m so horny today. Sorry. I’m sorry. I feel so bad. I just came out a

  • mudbunny74 Marcel Beaudoin (@mudbunny74) reported from Gatineau, Québec

    @Amoebic Skype call test service.

  • Dani_Barrington Dr Dani Barrington-Francis (@Dani_Barrington) reported from Leeds, England

    @PhilPurnell If I could get Eduroam to work in my office then I could Skype from my phone, which would help... @BEonthetoilet

  • Peter__Wood Peter Wood (@Peter__Wood) reported from Maidens, Scotland

    @benedictevans Seems to me some hardware companies have the opposite problem today. Their gadgets last too long, so they upgrade the operating systems to the point where the hardware becomes obsolete e.g. my perfectly good iPad II can no longer run Skype because the OS has maxed out.

  • GertsenPR GertsenPR 🇩🇰🇪🇺🇬🇧 (@GertsenPR) reported from Canterbury, England

    @pickledpuffin @ElliotElinor We Skype weekly and often have problems it stops you can’t hear et