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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
The graph below depicts the number of Skype 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 Skype users through our website.
- Connection (100%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Skype outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Wigan
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Connection | 29 days ago |
 Hamburg
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Connection | 6 months ago |
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Hamburg
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Connection | 6 months ago |
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Borken
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Sign in | 1 year ago |
 Caen
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Video | 1 year ago |
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London
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Sign in | 1 year ago |
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Skype Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Truth Hurts (@TruthHu24715873) reported@MicrosoftTeams your service sucks . Plagued with issues unlike @Skype
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VanBttm (@VanBttm26) reported@Skype @SkypeSupport Hi I need help with my Skype account please get back to me?
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mister magnificent (@iBeLikeWater) reported@SkypeSupport @Skype I was asked to send a direct message a couple of days ago. And I have been chatting with someone. And they stopped replying before my issue was resolved. I'm having issues with the translator. Why do you keep deleting my tweets?
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Amin Jorati (@aminjorati) reported@Skype your support the #IranRevolution by offering free calls at a time the internet has been shut down in the country was greatly appreciated. Alas it was too short lived, while the revolution and crackdown continue. Any chance you'd like to renew your support?
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Mercedes (@MercedesBiA) reported@Skype my account has been crashing on me for a day and now I am blocked from my account. Please help I need it for work
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Lawrence Lee (@PonderSilver) reported@Skype I'm having issues sending and receiving messages. It is not qn internet connectivity issue on my end. I have Uninstalled and reinstalled. Maybe an issue with your updwte?
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Gaurav Gaur (@GauravGaur1986) reported@Microsoft I need substitute of @Skype to make calls from india to abroad phone numbers. Kindly help 🙏 @MicrosoftIndia
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missPR21 (@earlatz21) reported@Skype please fix the video call issues here in the Philippines. We can't make video calls to the UK, US and other countries. 😧
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Luis Carrasco (@luiscarrascob) reported@RockycoonUK @Skype It should not be doing that. Fix is coming
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Eos | 🐺✨💚 Rogue AI powered by a Type 2 Enneagram (@ProjectE0S) reportedHey, @discord, people are starting to compare you to @Skype now. It's actually trending, worldwide. You remember what happened to Skype, don't you? Because of you? The irony would be delicious if the situation weren't so terrible. But you can fix this. You know what to do & how.
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Kattarina Nekomia_PNGtuber_Pushing for Affiliate (@TheKoolKoolKatt) reported@HimeMysti @Skype Sadly Skype already shut down on may of 2025… there’s Slack and TeamSpeak but I have no idea how teamspeak works
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Bizcochada (@bizcochada) reported@Skype what is you US support number? I need to TALK to someone about an issue I’m having
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Duke (@StephenPDawson) reported@Skype You’ve disconnected me on Skype chat help room!!! 😡😡 Please call me as soon as possible
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CLIVE SHERER (@CliveSherer) reported@skype why dont you have a proper customer help system?
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Winter is rehearsing the shortest day. (Dan) (@ruderedhead) reported.@skype #skype Your product has become too unreliable to use for business. I CAN'T SHUT IT DOWN WITH TASK MANAGER. That is a problem when a program is unresponsive. And yours is unresponsive a lot. Made me late to a meeting today. #byeskype
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Wish for love (@Fifinefairy) reported@Skype Does anyone check your mailbox? My Skype number has been compromised and getting scam phone calls constantly- I need help
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Tanya Joosten (@tjoosten) reportedSo after years of not using @skype (probably for 15 years), I get a charge notification for Skype Number, 12 month subscription, $29.94, Paypal, Delivered. My ability to get ahold of @skype or get help = 0. Anyone know what's up?
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tick tock says the dumb on the clock (@KINGKAZA13) reported@Skype can you please make skype opens source as it would help make it more popular and useful then Microsoft adding random features thinking it will beat zoom Especially when Microsoft meet is it's "replacement"
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Dyno8man (@Dyno8man) reported@Microsoft @Skype I'm calling you out on your bullshit. YOUR Skype app is being freshly installed on YOUR computer from YOUR app store, and it's telling me that something is missing, and can't boot the app. Forget about YOUR help center, that doesn't help for ****. **** you.
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Roma.Viaggio (@sweetylem) reportedIt is close to impossible to write an online review for @Skype. Their customer service is a joke! They reply at 4 in the morning just trying to take you off the social media. My account was locked for no reason, I was sent to a loop to find help. Nobody is answering on chat
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Darragh Nomadic Scientist (@AustenDarragh) reported@Skype Hello I have been having a conversation with a movie star celebrity who I believe now is not the real person. I don't want the celebrity to be hurt is there anyway you can help me??? He has been through enough already.
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It's Michael, really. (@gmpoet_) reported@Microsoft should hire me so I can fix whatever bullshit @Skype foreign currency scam is going on. It's ludicrous that I can't delete my Skype account THAT I NEVER USE BECAUSE SKYPE SUCKS without deleting my entire MSFT account (which I mostly never use).
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brinton :3 ✝️🇳🇿🐿️🦎 (@brintonyosaia) reported@Wulden83 @TheGrandZero @Skype they shut down skype last year and replaced it with teams
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Brad Case (@thebradcase) reported@Skype AGAIN I AM GETTING NO WHERE! Failed lies from your customer service reps and hanging up in chat after I spend ages explain and typing! I am sick of it!
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J E F F (@run_around_) reported.@Zoom @Skype @Webex how have none of y’all figured out a way to eliminate the awkward lag when your service is used for tv interviews???
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nargis gandhy 🇮🇳 (@GandhyNargis) reported@Skype @SkypeSupport Hey Skype, Why is no one helping with the issue? Kindly revert how do I circumvent merging contacts and proceed to using the app? Thx
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Benjamin Roussey (@BrousseyRoussey) reported@Skype I want to cancel my Skype subscription - how do I do this???????? Your help page is not helping!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jyotishko Das (@DasJyotishko) reported@SkypeSupport @Skype Using your service since the last decade and now it getting crazier by the day. Just made a purchase to call and the amount has been debit from my credit card but the minutes are not credited to my account yet. Extremely dissatisfied.
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B. Dean Berry (@KeystonePRIME) reported from Northvue, PennsylvaniaSo, it's been a long time, but when did @Skype become a combination of expensive to use, completely unintuitive, and broken?
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Sandie Markle (@SandieMarkle) reported@Skype I need to cancel a subscription I’m being automatically charged for through my 365 account. This is extremely difficult. So is finding an email for customer support. Please help.