Check recent sign-ins on your Microsoft account

If you get an unusual-sign-in email, or you just want a periodic check, look at the official page instead of clicking a link in the message.

1. Type account.microsoft.com/security in the browser and sign in.
2. Open Recent activity. Microsoft shows when and where the account was used in the last 30 days. Expand an item to see more detail, such as IP address or browser.
3. If you see an Unusual activity section, expand the item and choose This was me or This wasn’t me. Those buttons appear only in that section, and Microsoft asks you to respond.
4. If something in Recent activity looks wrong, use Secure your account. Change the password and review your security info.

Locations can look off when a mobile connection routes through another city, so use the time, device, and whether you were actually signing in as the guide, not the map alone.

If you think someone else got in, use Sign out everywhere from the additional security options on your Microsoft account. That can take up to 24 hours to sign you out of browsers and apps. Then see Getting MFA prompts you didn’t ask for? or I clicked a phishing link. Now what?.

For a work or school account, review mysignins.microsoft.com and tell IT rather than using the personal account pages above.

Sources checked

• What is the Recent activity page?
• What happens if there’s an unusual sign-in to your account
• How to sign out of your Microsoft account everywhere