Microsoft Outlook is very strict in keeping its products and services up to its policies. If Microsoft finds any suspicious and unusual activity on Windows Live! the account then it will strike out the access to the service. To help protect your account from fraud or abuse, Microsoft Hotmail might temporarily suspend your account. The access may be blocked for a temporary period until the account is verified using a code.
The following activities may lock down your account which may last from a minute to 24 hours depending on the behavior of your account usage detected by the system.
- Receiving, deleting, or downloading large amounts of mail via POP or IMAP in a short period of time.
- Sending a large number of un-delivering messages
- Account access to third-party apps causing misleading activities without your concern
- Using Windows Live at many locations.
How to Unblock your Locked Microsoft Account?
Method I
- Log in to your suspended Microsoft account.
- When prompted enter any phone number to receive the security code. The phone number may not necessarily be the one registered with the account.
- After you enter the security code you received on your phone, you’ll need to change your password to complete the unlocking process.
- Make sure you enter a unique and strong password.
Microsoft Security Code in body of message
Method II
Actually, every time you sign in to your account, cookie data is taken up by the MSN Hotmail and is stored on its servers. These cookies and cache data help for further references for log-in. But when you enter incorrect password cookies undergo deletion and when the limit number of attempts are crossed the cookies expire. Thus locking your account.
You can access your locked Windows Live Hotmail the account just by signing in using a different Microsoft server. These servers do not have any knowledge of cookies expiration and lock on your account hence can be used for login. New servers are fresh and thus, you can view and access your account.
Method III
- Remove IMAP and POP settings made from your email software.
- Close all open Gmail instances in your devices and browsers
- Revoke access to third-party apps and software
- Remove all the browser extensions.
- Clear cache of your browser and Log-in again
Note & Conclusion:
I hope you were able to unblock your temporary suspension by these methods. If they don’t work you have no other option then waiting for 24 -36 hours. If the waiting period doesn’t work then drop your problem with Microsoft Outlook.
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its a pain in the butt when they tell u that u have to wait 24-36 hrs ive been waiting 3-4 days and still cant get on to my hotmail account its been temp suspended and was wonderin if there is any way to get it taken off since ive waited the length of time that they tell me to wait id just like to be able to have it back
Fuck this retarted assholes dont use any microsoft app or service remove win10 and use linux or ark os !!..
I am having exactly the same problem and I still cant get on to my account! it has been 4 days! fed up with this terrible system.
Hello !
please help me and unlock my yahoo email please help me because very important.
this is my yahoo email address :
[email protected]
I been locked out since Feb 8th 2017 I have tried everything and I can’t get into a very important email
me also…my account was suspended how i can get my old outlook id anyone know the information please intimate me..
Please help me to unlock my yahoo mail because I use it to find job and there are important information . my email address is
[email protected]
I don’t remember the phone that I used for this account number but I remember my password and the email username I have a new number
i cant get into my yahoo mail it look somebody have have been using my account every time i log in telling me wrong password or phone number please help me my bussness mails are on there
When I bought this tablet one year and some months, I used my finger print as my log in. How can a print change??
My account has been temporarily suspended for some reason.
I’ve tried putting in multiple phone numbers (the phone numbers belong to my relatives) and it keeps saying that they can’t send it to the phone number..? All the phone numbers I tried are valid, it should work..
I get this message
Account temporarily suspended
Applies to: Microsoft account
If you tried to sign in to your account and received a message that it’s
temporarily suspended, that’s because activity associated with your account
might violate our Terms of Use. We know that having your account suspended
can be frustrating, and we apologize for the inconvenience, but it’s an
important tool to help us protect all our customers, including you.
To contact support and receive updates from them, you’ll need to sign in to a
valid Microsoft account other than the one that’s blocked. A valid Microsoft
account includes any accounts for services like Windows Phone, Xbox LIVE,
OneDrive, or Outlook.com. If you don’t have another Microsoft account, you
can create a temporary account.
After you sign in, you can contact support by entering some info into an
online form. When we receive your info, the system will send you an email
with a ticket tracking number. A Microsoft customer service representative will
contact you via email within 24 hours, either with instructions on how to get
back into your account, or requesting further info. You’ll get further emails
with updates until your account is restored.
I dont know when they will restore my account
This is embarassing
same for me too.. How long we have to wait to get back into our account.
Also locked out of my outlook account. Had it for one day and it suspended it b/c I “violated the terms of agreement.” By communicating with my family members? I will be using any other service not associated with microsoft from now on.
Microsoft is reading your emails. They are NOT PRIVATE.
Is microsoft reading your emails? Find out when they suspend your account because they don;t like its content!
Its very disgusting that nothing is working to restore the suspended account. Whenever i try to unlock i get “You’ve requested too many codes this week. Please try again in a week”. How many days, how many weeks i have to wait. I should not have created an account with outlook.
I have been locked out of my account for 4 days if there is a solution to this problem please let me know. If this is a problem that happens al the time why have it not been fixed? Microsoft can updated your system anytime it wants to but cannot help me with this problem. we need a contact number please.
Printer was working find and then a few days ago I can no longer print anything. Help
I really dont knw what is going on, they accusing me of junk mails and that is not true and i dont think that someone is using my email but just me… anyway, finally when I get unlocked by using someone else phone’s number 2 hours later they block me again so I have to find a new number everytime and thats annoying tbh. Support says the same thing that i need use a any phone to unlocked and blah blah, but i dont want use hundreds phone’s numbers to log in me aeverytime
Because my Spectrum e-mail isn’t working due to setting changes Spectrum made to their webmail and I can neither send nor receive e-mail messages via Spectrum, I created a new Outlook.com account on 11/14/2019. Naturally, I was anxious to let people know my new outlook.com address. I was able to send only two e-mail messages of four to distribution lists before Microsoft locked my new account for “suspicious activity.” The only suspicious activity was me trying to inform my friends of my new e-mail address. I don’t own a cell phone and live alone., so I can’t receive a texted code with which to verify my account. I have gone round and round with Microsoft tech reps and Microsoft Services and Subscriptions, where they have an old e-mail address for me which I also can’t change. How can I resolve these issues without a cell phone or another working address?
A few days back I can’t log in into my account. I tried to find out the problem but couldn’t get it. I shared a lot of email information from my institution as well as from other organizations. So far I lost meaningful & critical information. Please help me to fix the problem and get back to my account.
My account is locked tried everything but no response from Microsoft please help
I’ve been trying to recover my outlook account for a month. All that the suggested solutions do is plunge me deeper into despair. I’m 84, disabled and vulnerable and greatly reliant on my mail account to maintain social contact. I’m a county chess player and used to complicated situations but Microsoft, I hand it to you, you’ve confused me to the point of total defeat. There’s no answer.
I have the second layer of security on my account where I get a text messaged code every time I sign in. Any way yesterday I was really busy so signed in 15 times (15 separate codes).
I now can’t sign in, there is no ‘suspended message’. Everything looks normal until I type the last 4 digits of my registered phone number.
Then I wait for a text with a code but I’m not getting it. It’s been 36 hours now!
I can’t even reset my password.
After my domain suspended my bulk emails, now using window 7 and my outlook professional 2010 cannot sent mails, but can receive mail only. The sent mail box said email sent but never delivered to recipients, and no error or undelivered message received