Aol.com website not working? Is it down right now?

aol.com favicon Aol.com Server Status Check
AOL Screnshot
AOLWebsite Name:
www.aol.comURL Checked:
response timeResponse Time:
latest downLast Down:
checking...Checking AOL
Please wait while we check the server...
AOL Website Status History
Aol.com server report and response time

The above graph displays service status activity for Aol.com over the last 10 automatic checks. The blue bar displays the response time, which is better when smaller. If no bar is displayed for a specific time it means that the service was down and the site was offline.

Service Status History :

DateTimePing Time DateTimePing Time
17.May.2013 12:19168.88 ms. 17.May.2013 14:26151.81 ms.
17.May.2013 16:27269.13 ms. 17.May.2013 18:32245.6 ms.
17.May.2013 20:38262.5 ms. 17.May.2013 23:10183.79 ms.
18.May.2013 02:03187.79 ms. 18.May.2013 04:21436.22 ms.
18.May.2013 06:38216.1 ms. 18.May.2013 08:39428.38 ms. 

* Times displayed are PST, Pacific Standard Time (GMT -08:00) - Current server time is 09:27

We have tried pinging AOL website using our server and the website returned the above results. If aol.com is down for us too there is nothing you can do except waiting. Probably the server is overloaded, down or unreachable because of a network problem, outage or a website maintenance is in progress...

Can't Access AOL - Troubleshooting Instructions

If the site is UP but you cant access the page, try one of the below solutions:

Browser Related Problems

  • Force a full refresh for the site. This can be achieved by pressing CTRL + F5 keys at the same time on your favourite browser (Firefox, Chrome, Explorer, etc.)
  • Clear the temporary cache and cookies on your browser to make sure that you have the most recent version of the web page. For instructions choose your browser : firefox chrome internet explorer

Fix DNS Problems

A Domain Name System (DNS) allows a site IP address (192.168.x.x) to be identified with words (*.com) in order to be remembered more easily, like a phonebook for websites. This service is usually provided by your ISP.

  • Clear your local DNS cache to make sure that you grab the most recent cache that your ISP has. For Windows - (Start > Command Prompt > type "ipconfig /flushdns" and hit enter). For details choose your operating system :
  • If you can access a website at office or from a 3G network yet it's not working on your computer, it is a good idea to use an alternative DNS service other than your ISPs. OpenDNS or Google Public DNS are both excellent and free public DNS services.
  • Check our help page for step-by-step instructions on configure dnshow to change your DNS.

Ads by Google

Having Problems with Accessing Aol.com?
Caroline Lockhart · 13 hours 11 mins ago

sick of aol mail nothing but problem I think the b just want money mail is free but they screw with it so they can get you to pay ,

J.G. Gerry Schulze · 1 day 19 hours 21 mins ago

I just got an email through to AOL from Yahoo! Maybe this problem is resolving.

Triangle Resource Group · 1 day 19 hours 26 mins ago

All emails to our clients using AOL are being returned.

Steven Segura · 1 day 20 hours 13 mins ago

E-mails to aol.com address is bouncing back with this error: http://postmaster.aol.com/Postmaster.Errors.php#554conb1

hmm. time to use gmail.

Larry Stemerman · 1 day 20 hours 17 mins ago

all emails to any aol account from my gmail are bouncing back Aol claims there are no issues I recommend everyone change to different mail server

Todd MacQueen · 1 day 20 hours 30 mins ago

We have been unable to send email aol accounts for the last couple of hours.

J.G. Gerry Schulze · 1 day 21 hours 18 mins ago

There's something going on. I tried to send emails to three aol users from my gmail account and then two test messages from a yahoo account. All bounced back. But I've been receiving emails from one of the users, and I seem to get messages through to him through a listserve (no idea who the provider is). This is strange.

Brad Swanson · 1 day 21 hours 18 mins ago

as of noon today, my friends emails to my aol account have all bounced back to them

Jandolin Marks · 1 day 21 hours 20 mins ago

All AOL messages reach MY gmail box, but my emails TO all AOL friends have "failed" in the last few hours. Very cuss worthy.

Elaine Yost · 1 day 21 hours 26 mins ago

Getting bounce backs from aol in 2 diff. states: Nevada & Florida; no prob with ATT & Gmail for the past 2 hours.

Paula Cabral · 1 day 21 hours 29 mins ago

AOL mail sending emails back, no one can email me (all people I know and are not blocked!) is there a problem?

Jessica Horani · 1 day 21 hours 30 mins ago

getting bounce backs trying to send emails to two different aol email accounts.

Bobby Nelson · 1 day 21 hours 32 mins ago

Sending to an AOL account from either GMail or yahoo results in failure right now

Patch Schwadron · 1 day 21 hours 57 mins ago

Can't email to my own aol account or a friend's.

Andy Feit · 1 day 22 hours 2 mins ago

Seeing the same thing... AOL hard bounces when sending from gmail: 521 5.2.1 : (CON:B1)

Janet Sippel · 1 day 22 hours 11 mins ago

Just sent an e-mail to a mailing list of 42 people, all the AOL addresses were undeliverable, but the others were all delivered. What's up???

Peter Heath · 1 day 22 hours 14 mins ago

Don't know where you all are but I'm in the UK and getting bounce backs from a recipient in the UK

Amy Turner LaDow · 1 day 22 hours 16 mins ago

got 2 fatal errors on an email that i know is active.

Carmen Muir · 1 day 22 hours 26 mins ago

Four emails bouncing back with the 521 5.2.1 error.

Lisa Roberts · 1 day 22 hours 26 mins ago

i've gotten back all aol email as undeliverable today including a few seconds ago

Cheryl Parks · 1 day 22 hours 31 mins ago

I sent out a mass email today and 6 of them came back undelivered, all were to AOL accounts.

Gina Noll · 1 day 22 hours 32 mins ago

I am getting emails from AOL users, but all my responses and emails from gmail to AOL are coming back undeliverable 12:55 pm central time

Tom Z. Srnak · 1 day 22 hours 39 mins ago

Can't email to friends with AOL accounts. 3 failures in a row.

Wendy Watson-Hallowell · 1 day 23 hours 13 mins ago

Getting bounce backs from my aol friends - 3 in a row..

Sandra Drake · 2 days 12 hours 7 mins ago

Cannot get my email from aol. Whats up!

Barbara Herron Bragger · 4 days 11 hours 41 mins ago

On http://help.aol.com/, aol has an alert: "Alert: Some users in the Northeast may be experiencing issues connecting using the AOL Desktop software. We apologize. We have our best people working hard to fix it as quickly as possible! " not quick enough as far as I am concerned!! but I am in the northeast...

Barbara Herron Bragger · 4 days 12 hours 6 mins ago

I am having the same problems as others. I can log on for about 2 seconds thru the software, then get kicked off. I can get to it thru aol.com though.

Stephen Plumitallo · 4 days 12 hours 55 mins ago

i'm having the same trouble as a number of others who commented tonight. Most annoying. Glad it's not just me

Marilyn Schechter Grad · 4 days 13 hours 18 mins ago

I'm having the same issues. Frustrating and probably better off waiting until tomorrow. i've been at this for hours!

Steve Gestone · 4 days 13 hours 34 mins ago

Starts up, shuts down. Nice!!! Please fix!!!

Kenneth Kaplan · 4 days 13 hours 41 mins ago

I guess this is good news that others are having the same problem LOL. It must be a system problem, which hopefully will be corrected soon.

Shelley F Raichelson · 4 days 14 hours 9 mins ago

I, too, cannot access AOL through my desktop program. Signs on and a few seconds later, closes down. I am able to access through the web at AOL.COM. My friend is also having the same problems.

Gerry Brostek · 4 days 14 hours 16 mins ago

I sign on and after 5 seconds it signs out. I have a good wireless connection. AOL.COM also freaking out

Kenneth Kaplan · 4 days 14 hours 44 mins ago

As soon as I sign on to AOL it disconnects. It has happened repeatedly in the last hour. Is anybody else experiencing this?

Dennis Ryan · 4 days 16 hours 24 mins ago

AOL just stopped working. At sign on it loads and then shuts down and go's back to the sign on screen. Wasn't hardly on it all day and it just shut off a bit ago.

Joseph Yang · 4 days 17 hours 11 mins ago

Today, 5/13/13, I cannot load any e-mail messages: kept on showing these 2 messages "(alert)11280. That e-mail is not currently available. MAIL SERVICE ERROR: Fetch Completed.
Right now I cannot access to New, Old, or sent folders. All showing "zero" Is it my computer or is this an AOL issue?

Rodney Phaire · 11 May 2013 - 12:00

I try to to go to aol.com from MSM and it won't let me in to aol so that I can get my mail, it comes up as Http-403, it's quite frustrating, what do I do?

Karen Rodgers · 11 May 2013 - 07:37

Aol is continually going down. Getting very frustrated and will change to B.T. shortly especially with the incentive of free B.T. sport for 1 year.

George Myatt · 11 May 2013 - 03:36

My wife has not been able to get into emails for 10 days, I was blocked on Wednesday and cant get in, I was however able to open a new email address and have no bother with it,, strange, That however does not help with the hundreds of emails I cant open, contacted Aol, told it would all be back up and working in 4 hours, that was 3 days ago .

Joe Stackhouse · 9 May 2013 - 13:00

My window freezes and get a Not Responding at the top ... Connected, Signed on (Not Responding)

Richard Shenton · 7 May 2013 - 09:05

trying to get a pdf open keep getting error messages, BLERK!
ERROR 5 C0FE1800 Report ID: 50153-cpw-20130507-155012 Error 4: Problem loading application
says to retry in a few minutes, been several hours now and still no joy.

Martha Gabbert · 5 May 2013 - 19:27

Unable to open emails after accessing email listings. It will delete spam but it will not open email from contacts. Please advise.

J Starr Ifill · 3 May 2013 - 17:40

Couldn't access aol all day today from GA

Mary Martin · 3 May 2013 - 14:02

Can get to AOL, but have not been able to access AOL mail all day from Durham, North Carolina in USA.

Albert Milne Third · 3 May 2013 - 12:18

Unable to get my e mails on aol.co.uk. Get through to aol but unable to open inbox.

Sarah Huffa · 2 May 2013 - 15:37

issues loading the email page

Hihahu Diane · 28 April 2013 - 19:06

aol keeps shutting down

Bobbi Miller · 26 April 2013 - 13:20

It's down & been down for over 3 hours

Louisa Andress · 25 April 2013 - 16:56

My e-mail will download for one e-mail if I'm lucky and then won't download another one. I just keep getting the "circle. This seems to be the new rule rather than the exception. "Does anyone find the same issue? Is there a remedy?

Heather Tettemer Joslin · 24 April 2013 - 09:02

I am getting a message saying that there is a problem with activity on my account and asking me to reset my PW. But it will not let me do that either! So Frustrating!!

Parisienne Boudoir Doll · 23 April 2013 - 00:39

America online is now America off line! LOL!

Karen Lee Marlow · 23 April 2013 - 00:03

Can't open AOL using software or even the aol.com page won't load for over an hour

Dianna Radcliffe Carpineta · 22 April 2013 - 14:35

AOL. wont let me sign in even if I change my password it tells me "INCORRECT PASSWORD". then randomly it will give me the 403 error Forbidden from accessing the server, etc. Is there something else I need to do?

Carrie Schlobohm · 21 April 2013 - 14:34

I haven't been able to get into AOL for four days. What's up with that?

Jamie Lee Boyle · 20 April 2013 - 19:11

I cant even sign in to aol right now!

Hildegard Browne · 16 April 2013 - 05:21

AOL is down for me too. Can't open anything or send. I keep getting an error message. :-(

Caroline Overend · 16 April 2013 - 05:12

AOL mail is down for me right now. Will not send my emails because of "An error". No idea what is going on?

Jack Perna · 15 April 2013 - 17:38

Can't open e-mail since 1430 today April 15, 2013. Anyone else having this problem?

Gus Gambatese · 25 March 2013 - 19:36

Got this 10:30 PM April 25, 2012- "This error (HTTP 403 Forbidden) means that Internet Explorer was able to connect to the website, but it does not have permission to view the webpage."

Omar Hussin · 25 March 2013 - 17:07

FYI... I am able to get to all my aim email accounts if I go thru AOL homepage>Chat>Aim Express (log in) then click on the upper right mail envelope

Ness Derry · 25 March 2013 - 16:12

been down for me since friday grrr any ideas how i can contact them ?

Omar Hussin · 25 March 2013 - 13:52

AOLmail down... ERROR CODE 420, I'm getting p***ed off continually seeing that stupid AOL Tin Can Man, Grrrrrr

Judy Reed · 18 March 2013 - 17:11

Can get to aol.com but cannot access email - just keeps saying page is unavailable?

Homer Mendoza · 16 March 2013 - 21:04

I cannot access my AOL mail right now. The website is not even loading.

David Matthew · 16 March 2013 - 20:42

yeah my bf can get through on his cell even to his email, but on comps its not working and if it does, within 5 min its down again

Jason Baumgartner · 16 March 2013 - 20:40

Tried using IE and Chrome aol.com or the mail will respond says sending request or waiting for response. It has done this since this morning.

Brittney Slone · 16 March 2013 - 15:47

I am finally able to use aol.com again. Just an FYI for people having the same issue. You may want to check again and see if yours is working now too.

David Matthew · 15 March 2013 - 23:32

It has all been down since about 1pm EST Friday Becky, I had it working for about 10 minutes around 8pm then it went down again.

Becky Anderson · 15 March 2013 - 23:31

i cannot load aol tonight on my desktop or iphone. Not sure why

Janice Lee Saban · 15 March 2013 - 19:29

I've not been able to get on aol.com or aol mail since this afternoon

David Matthew · 15 March 2013 - 18:54

I can't log in either, can't get anything for AOL/AIM to load

Brittney Slone · 15 March 2013 - 16:50

Have not been able to connect to AOL since about 1 or 2pm EST today. I used it a few times this morning, but not since then. I've tried on my laptop, desktop, and ipod. Will not connect on any. I did a windows diagnostic on the page and it says it is not my internet connection, that it is AOL server quits responding upon connection. I really need to get to my email! Grr...

Tamara L. Keegan · 15 March 2013 - 11:26

This is ridiculous. For the past 2 days AOL either won't connect, or it logs me out repeatedly. Then for every time I log back in when I go to send an email? I am told I cannot unless I go to another page and type in a new puzzle. Driving me batty!

Darlene Lee Omana · 15 March 2013 - 09:10

I haven't been able to access aol on my computer -says Forbidden- Can't log on from my phone either. It must be an aol problem.

Sharon Bridges · 14 March 2013 - 21:47

i am having problems logging on to my aol mail. i have never had this problem

Vikki Rosenbaum · 14 March 2013 - 11:02

We are not receiving emails from Verizon email addresses to our aol email accounts.

Jim Flynn · 11 March 2013 - 13:38

I'm have trouble with browsers Firefox, Explorer and chrome cannot connect to sites...time runs out etc.. pictures dont always appear on sites... is it aol or my computer

Dance of the Druids · 11 March 2013 - 12:18

For over a week it takes forever to open emails and saving emails to folders takes as long as a minute to respond. Have cleared cache and old and sent emails and no effect...

Anton P. Lanzotti · 6 March 2013 - 09:23

Can't reply / forward / send / access contacts, etc!!! What's going on???

Debra Magee · 2 March 2013 - 09:40

I have been having problems for several days. Freezing up and also problems with opening emails. Why???

Adrienne Betesh Engel · 19 February 2013 - 19:02

aol willl not load on my desktop but is pushing mail to my phone

Catherine Coleman · 6 February 2013 - 09:58

we have sent to a couple aol e-mails and they come back undeliverable...

Lloyd Drum · 4 February 2013 - 12:45

I get a message saying "no site configured at this address" ???

Kris Tica · 27 January 2013 - 04:20

I can not access my email for months now. Its messing everything I use that email for up!!! Get with it... HELP

Lee Lake · 23 January 2013 - 19:46

My mother got computer cannot connect to aol and I got a modem busy error on mine today, could not sign on. Called tech support three times and was put on hold for the longest, finally connected to a tech person. When I asked her if AOL had crashed she said there were technical problems and they were working to correct the problem. Widespread problems? I asked and she said yes. Irate phone calls must have bogged down their help desk. This happened a few weeks ago but didn't last for hours. Finally got on about eight thirty tonight.

Judy Jengo · 23 January 2013 - 15:37

Can anyone advise what AOL's Facebook page is called? I tried "AOL" and "AOL Mail" and neither show up as existing. Thank you in advance.

Bill Sharp · 23 January 2013 - 15:17

Was funky all day in Newport Beach, CA all day but started a total shutdown in the last hour. BUT that's on my desktop, it's still working on my iPhone...

Dee A Young · 23 January 2013 - 15:12

AOL. Erratic today... slow load, frozen screens... then kicked me out. Try to sign in - get error message

Mandy Gardner · 23 January 2013 - 14:46

This is from their Facebook page - We are so sorry for the inconvenience some folks are experiencing today with their mail. We're working on an issue that's not allowing some people to sign in or that is causing some people's mail to load slowly. We should have it fixed soon. Apologies again for the inconvenience.

Katie Johnson · 23 January 2013 - 14:27

aol not working in wisconsin on either the desktop or the laptop

Mk Hargrove · 23 January 2013 - 14:20

Aol does not work on my husbands desktop (but does on mine). It also will not load on my laptop nor on my iPad or Iphone. There must be some serious issues AOL needs to fix ASAP!!

August Goforth · 23 January 2013 - 14:10

AOL is still down, cannot access it. Sometimes can "open" mail but nothing appears.

Becky Browder Neustadt · 23 January 2013 - 13:58

for a good part of the afternoon, aol is reacting very s l o w l y - to almost not reacting at all... Revolving mostly around mail.

Lisa Davis Lowery · 23 January 2013 - 13:55

Down here too... My iPad and iPod as well as laptop and desktop... If aol weren't tied to everything in my business I'd ditch it in a second!! Sick of the zoids crap errors too!!

William Kus · 23 January 2013 - 13:55

AOL Down in North Hollywood California, 91605 for much of the day, January 23 2013

Christina Shyne Williams · 23 January 2013 - 13:29

Very very slow to load. Reminds me of the first dial up days. Can't even open mail.

Louise Karmazyn · 23 January 2013 - 13:26

been Using AOL in England since 1998 and this is the first time its been down but its a pain in the ass!!

Eleonor Credo Lindner · 23 January 2013 - 13:16

I am in Maryland and it is not working either. I am paying $6.95 a month. I have been asking myself whether I need to change my email account to VZ since I have FIOS.

Donna Bradley · 23 January 2013 - 13:14

good to know that I am not the only one.. It has been sporadic for days but now I cannot get my mail

Lynn YardSales · 23 January 2013 - 13:08

I love how it says it must be down for just me... but yet there are plenty recent comments stating an issue. Mine keeps logging me out, won't load, goes inoperable. Been having issues for a few hours now.

Bill Gay · 23 January 2013 - 12:42

AOLBrowser mail does not work, It still works through Outlook.

Judy Jengo · 23 January 2013 - 12:35

Based upon all these posts in just several minutes time I think we can safely conclude AOL is having a widespread 'outage' - drat.

Judy Jengo · 23 January 2013 - 12:32

AOL has been down for hours, no matter which computer I use or which location I try to log in from, so I know it is not just a machine problem.

P David Welch · 23 January 2013 - 12:28

AOL close to inaccessible right now on Firefox and Chrome. Load time unbearably long. I am in MO

Shirle Bruce · 23 January 2013 - 12:12

AOL is down and out for the count! It worked a few days ago 1/19/2013...From that date to yesterday, i had worst problem sending emails, there was pause and i sat and waited for email to send. Today, wednesday, 1/23/2013, i just sent email to a friend which took that "pause time" then was finally sent. When out of AOL to another safe site to check on something. Came back to AOL within 1 minute, now i have no AOL at all. I click "mail" to get in, but nothing happens. I was able to finally get in, but then, nothing works... Click on any icon and nothing works.... Uuugghhh!

Johnna Stewart · 6 December 2012 - 07:14

tried again to connect to aim. once again it says connection lost.. funny how it worked great.. one min and the next nothing :-/

Johnna Stewart · 5 December 2012 - 07:49

tried to connect to aim, but unable to do so.. wondering if aol or aim is down ?

Trisha Spinelli · 5 December 2012 - 07:44

have not been able to access AOL since yesterday afternoon. i am in costa rica. others have told me they are having the same problem. what's up?

Donna Brown · 3 December 2012 - 07:16

I can't sign in to open my email. Keeps saying invalid username or password and it won't let me reset it. It also says AOL is blocking my access because of suspicious activity.

Steve Stockwell · 23 November 2012 - 13:28

why is aol down again today do we get refund or time to change

Jaxi Robin Woods-Smith · 16 November 2012 - 12:51

I cannot get aol to work properly! Since noon. Its really behaving wierd.

Hank Grant · 15 November 2012 - 04:28

aol is down again,, starting to annoy me maybe time to change!! and they do not get back to you with an explanation !!

Lisa Stern Crawford · 14 November 2012 - 08:29

I am getting a 403 Forbidden from accessing the server, etc. Any idea what's going on?

Hank Grant · 14 November 2012 - 01:47

last few days been having trouble logging in why is not working today?

Steven Goldberger · 24 October 2012 - 17:18

Not receiving emails from my aol - anyone else having this problem?

Shirley Campbell Jones · 19 October 2012 - 20:08

aol is still down for me been down since last friday this SUCKS

Judy Horton · 15 October 2012 - 12:43

everytime i sign on it says good bye... will not except my passwords on any screen names i have

Shelley Quade · 24 September 2012 - 07:11

AOL has been down since yesterday for me... only showing black screen like it's trying to load a picture... wonder what's going on

Kimberly Osborne McGuire · 19 September 2012 - 21:28

When accessing from the AOL desktop... it works fine... but aol.com, and email on my ipad is not working. quite annoying!!

Jeffrey Pontnack · 19 September 2012 - 17:48

I haven't been able to access AOL since about noon today. Anyone know what's going on?

View Older Comments

Remaining 1 more comments.

Submit a comment using your Facebook ID.

Is Aol.com down for you right now? Submit your comments about Aol.com service status or report an issue below to let others know that they aren't the only ones having trouble.

Rate AOL

Aol.com has been rated 1.7 out of 5 points. A total of 73 votes cast and 121 users reviewed the website.

Website Status Checker Bookmarklet

Once added to your toolbar, this button will let you to check the status of a site from your browsers toolbar.

Just drag the button your bookmarks bar:

Down Right Now?
Similar Websites
Aol.comrediff.com - Rediff
Server is up. Last checked 58 mins ago.
Aol.comlibero.it - Libero
Server is up. Last checked 40 mins ago.
Aol.comweb.de - WEB.DE
Server is up. Last checked 10 hours 54 mins ago.
Aol.comgmx.net - Gmx.net
Server is up. Last checked 13 hours 9 mins ago.
Aol.comin.com - IN.com
Server is up. Last checked 8 hours 12 mins ago.
Aol.comyahoo.com.br - Yahoo Brasil
Server is up. Last checked 2 hours 56 mins ago.
Aol.commsn.com - Msn
Server is up. Last checked 18 mins ago.
Aol.comsina.com.cn - Sina
Server is up. Last checked 13 hours 10 mins ago.
Down Right Now
Aol.com ebuyer.com - eBuyer
Server is down. Last checked 1 min ago.
Aol.com blog.com - Blog.com
Server is down. Last checked 1 min ago.
Aol.com esnips.com - eSnips
Server is down. Last checked 4 mins ago.
Aol.com own3d.tv - own3D
Server is down. Last checked 7 mins ago.
Aol.com hellocotton.com - Hellocotton
Server is down. Last checked 7 mins ago.
Latest Sites Checked
Aol.comleagueoflegends.com - League Of Legends
Server is up. Last checked 17 secs ago.
Aol.comdropbox.com - Dropbox
Server is up. Last checked 23 secs ago.
Aol.comgreyhound.com - Greyhound
Server is up. Last checked 28 secs ago.
Aol.compaypal.com - Paypal
Server is up. Last checked 29 secs ago.
Aol.compinterest.com - Pinterest
Server is up. Last checked 35 secs ago.