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Why is outlook not syncing emails on iphone?

Are you currently unable to sync your Hotmail account on the iPhone? Do not worry, that might be happening because of incorrect username or password issue. Besides this, if you haven’t configured the outlook account properly. your phone won’t be able to sync to the mail servers.
So here in this blog, I am sharing the quick techniques. Through which, you can easily sync issue without more delay.so apply these techniques on your devices.
How to fix outlook not syncing emails?
Method 1 – check the internet connectivity-
Whenever iPhone is unable to connect to the mail server. first thing, you need to do is, check the internet connectivity. There are high chances of no internet connectivity on the phone. So check the mobile data or wifi settings, which method, you are using for the internet connectivity.
Method 2- update the password-
Once you have internet on the device, next thing you need to do is, update the outlook password on iphone. May be the phone is using an old password or incorrect password. that’s why outlook is not authorizing the access. So you need to go to the mail settings on the iphone and click on the outlook settings. now remove the current password from the device and enter the new password. finally, your device will start working fine.

Method 3- enable the auto syncing option-
When auto sync settings are not turned on. You may have the syncing related issues. In that case, you need to open the settings on the iphone again and click on the mail settings. now double tap on the outlook account and press the turn on auto sync option.
Method 4- reconfigure the outlook account-
If you have already changed the outlook settings but still your emails are not working fine. you need to remove the current outlook account from the phone and re-add it on your device using the correct outlook settings on your phone.
Method- 5- Use outlook app-
Sometimes, an out dated email app can cause not receiving emails problem on hotmail account. So you should try to update the mail app first.
So you should try to update the mail app first. If that doesn’t work. You should install the outlook app and start using it on your phone.

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