By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR

Published: 11:04 EDT, 18 September 2025 | Updated: 12:05 EDT, 18 September 2025

Google has been hit by a widespread outage that has locked users out of their email and other services. 

Downdetector, a site that monitors online outages, shows issues hit the tech giant around 10:30am ET on Thursday.

Google, Gmail, Google Workspace, Google Cloud, and Google Drive are all experiencing outages, with major cities like New York, Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco among the hardest hit. 

Among Gmail users, the most common problem has been connecting to the server. 

Many are unable to send or receive emails, access their inboxes, or use Gmail-linked features like scheduling events, managing contacts, or joining video calls. 

Google Cloud users have experienced the same issues with logging into their accounts.

The cloud is a set of online tools and services provided by Google that helps businesses, developers, and individuals store data, run apps, and perform tasks over the internet instead of on their own computers or servers.

‘Google login servers are nuked for my school right now,’ one person revealed.

Google and its various services have been affected by a widespread outage in the US on September 18 (Stock Image)

Google and its various services have been affected by a widespread outage in the US on September 18 (Stock Image)

Despite widespread reports of login issues, Google’s Workspace Status Dashboard is not displaying any problems.

The website tracks all Google services, including its Chrome browser, Google Docs, Gmail, and the company’s AI chatbot Gemini.

However, many Google users disputed the dashboard’s claims, as more problems across the US began to emerge.

‘Their status page shows no incidents… but… we all know there’s a problem,’ one person commented on outage tracking site Downdetector.

Many of the people affected by the outage were working in or attending class in schools throughout the US.

One person claimed that the issues with Google were not affecting anyone who was already logged into their accounts before the outage began Thursday morning.

‘All I can say is don’t log out if you have logged in successfully already,’ the Google user added.

By 11:30am ET, issues were also being reported in Texas, Oregon, Virginia, Idaho, Colorado, and Alabama. 

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