iPhone continuously asking for outlook.com email password

Bud in PA wrote:

My iPhone 12 Pro running iOS 17.1.1 keeps asking for my outlook.com email password. I have tried deleting the account and re-creating it and also rebooted the phone several times. I also deleted the account and re-created it as an exchange account. The issue is still occurring. This is also happening on my iPad running iPadOS 17.1.1. TIA for any help.

if you're using the apple mail app or any other 3rd party app you probably need to enable two factor authentication by using app specific passwords.

To verify if you account needs that talk to Microsoft support.

If you use the Outlook app you won't need to authenticate as often.

I have the same issues. where did you look to find the bad files? this issue is on my iphone and ipad...wondering where to look.

My phone was also continuously asking for the Outlook password. I fixed it by finding that there was a downloaded file still in queue, and deleting it. Phone immediately stopped asking for the password. I suggest looking for older files or emails not processed and deleting them. Hope this helps.

I’m still on 17.0.3 and am having this same problem. Will be updating to 17.1.1 tonight.