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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 | 2 months ago |
 Hamburg
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Connection | 6 months ago |
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Hamburg
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Connection | 7 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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Shah Zahid (@zahid_9217) reported@Skype "I am having trouble resetting my password for my Skype account as I have forgotten it. Can you please assist me in the process?" It would be your most kindness Regards
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Lidia R (@lr123456789101) reported@Skype I DMed you 2 days ago and haven't heard back. Please check your messages as I had to set up a Twitter account just to contact your customer service - your live chat doesn't work nor does Facebook. I need help with canceling a subscription.
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Celeste Bright❤️ (@Celestebrightt9) reported@timvdhk @Skype Talk to @keldrip1 they helped me when support services wouldn’t help me🥺..
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Autistic Addie 🍉😷🇵🇸💜 (@ghostonthstereo) reported@Skype @GroupMe please help
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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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Itzel Alcaraz (@Luniitzy) reported@Skype Hi, I have trouble viewing received messages. Can u help me?
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Ó Gaff Mór (@Cocavan11) reported@Skype General Question to the TwitterVerse: Is Skype support as incompetent and as utterly unreachable as it seems to be or is there a secret to getting a human to deal with what Skype has made into an absurdly complex problem?
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vishal shukla (@ivishalshukla) reported@satyanadella @Skype same on you due to your technical issue I missed my 15 year old number,as per your Skype policy in before April auto recharge should be there and fund was available in my account but due to your technical glitches I lost my number,please open your eyes.
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Jimmy Tighe (@jimmytighetighe) reportedHey, @ATT, I'm currently abroad and trying to get a hold of you to help unlock my device. Been trying to call through @Skype
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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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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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Roma.Viaggio (@sweetylem) reported@Skype @Deepakbayofads My account is locked too for no reason. The chat kept me waiting forever and I never got to “chat”.You have a terrible new team at Skype. I use my account to call my elderly mother. She doesn’t have internet access and you cut off my only communication route. Brutal brutal brutal
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Steve Green (@ukitspecialist) reported@Skype can you tell me when you will fix the problem of video calling from UK to Philippines. This has been down for over 3 weeks, reported to you and no response
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Sarah Moser (@pixistik04) reported@Skype I don’t have Skype on my iPhone yet when I accept Skype on my MacBook, it keeps trying to connect to the camera on my iPhone. Why and how do I fix this? It’s annoying.
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Pooya (@Pooya78_45) reportedMy account has been blocked for no reason while I have spent 40 pounds on my subscription. As Skype support is worst in the world I had no any other ways except informing you on twitter Please help with my issue @Skype
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CLIVE SHERER (@CliveSherer) reported@Skype Why don't you have a decent customer support service? Or ANY support service.......
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Brad Case (@thebradcase) reported@Skype I purchased a Skype number but have been getting calls from the old adverts of the previous number owner. It's been a constant pain and I'm unable to use this number for my business! I can't seem to get anyone for months via help!?! What can I do?
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Marc Lee (@marc_lee123) reported@Skype your services have been down for almost a week? I can call my friends and family on their land line or mobile using my credit. I have now missed my mum's birthday and my parent's anniversary This is unacceptable!!
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Rahman Rezaei (@RahmanRezaei15) reported@Skype #robbery #theft report: I had a 60 min sub. After talking only 20 mins on the phone my credit ran out! I sent DM to @SkypeSupport and reported the issue, and they directed me to an imaginary non-existing team. If you like your money, avoid using #Skype. their reply:
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Unlimited_Investor 🇧🇯 🇳🇬 (@Investor_hifex) reported@Skype please help me, am in your Dm
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Yeki (@JustGotHere2016) reported@Skype We cannot contact our families in Iran as the internet is shot down by IRI. Will u support #IranProtests2020 by making calls to lines and cells in Iran free of charge? #مهسا_امینی
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Dhiraj Matai (@DhirajMatai) reported@MicrosoftHelps @Skype Incoming calls turns out to missed calls, none is able to reach me on Skype call, outgoing calls working well. Pls help, tried “Report a problem” but no luck.
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Dave (@David30193807) reported@wanderleihuttel @Skype @Microsoft sorry about that mate,I also had same issue😥support team couldn't help me but thanks to metafix_101 0n Instagram and telegram he helped, me reach out to him.
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Spirou75 (@Spirou1975) reported@Skype is there something goin' on with your web app? is it down??
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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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O.T Sumi (@Adegox) reported@Microsoft has this terrible habit of signing me out of my accounts and then requiring a code to log back in. The problem is that they never send the code!!! I’m ******* locked out of @Skype and I need it for work! 🤬
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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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Tyler Whitten (@TylerWhitten4) reported@Skype What the hell is going on with your sign up? I’ve had to do verification after verification for 30 mins now and I’ve passed every. single. test. Gotta fix it.
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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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Punished Seidhr (@PSeidhr) reported@TheGrandZero @Skype No, it was terrible.