I can only view one recent sign in activity

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I can only view one recent sign in activity

Tai Zentek 0

I keeep getting emails from microsoft support about unusual sign in activity on an email I do not recognize. When I check out my sign in activity, there is only one sign in listed on my actual microsoft account. It does not show any history of successful or unsuccessful sign-ins

Tai Zentek 0 Reputation points

2026-03-03T23:34:08.0166667+00:00

Update*. The email I receive the notification from comes from ******@accountprotection.microsoft.com. It appears to me to actually be from microsoft.

When I go to recent activity on the microsoft account that I received the notification on, it only shows one recent sign in for my current session. I always used to have dozens of unsuccessful attempts from other countries. I have very secure passwords and use 2 factor or passkey etc. But I am now wondering if someone could have gotten into my account and just deletes the recent sign ins?
Hornblower409 5,875 Reputation points

2026-03-05T10:25:12.48+00:00

@Tai Zentek said

recent activity on the microsoft account .. only shows one recent sign in ... used to have dozens of unsuccessful attempts ... someone could have gotten into my account and just deletes the recent sign ins?

You don't see any recent unsuccessful sign-in attempts because Microsoft nerfed the Recent Activity page. It is now almost useless.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-my/answers/questions/5766221/cannot-view-more-account-activity-in-the-option-to

All it's good for now is to check for a "Successful Sign-In" that wasn't you.

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Tai Zentek 0 Reputation points

2026-03-03T23:34:08.0166667+00:00

Update*. The email I receive the notification from comes from ******@accountprotection.microsoft.com. It appears to me to actually be from microsoft.

When I go to recent activity on the microsoft account that I received the notification on, it only shows one recent sign in for my current session. I always used to have dozens of unsuccessful attempts from other countries. I have very secure passwords and use 2 factor or passkey etc. But I am now wondering if someone could have gotten into my account and just deletes the recent sign ins?
Hornblower409 5,875 Reputation points

2026-03-05T10:25:12.48+00:00

@Tai Zentek said

recent activity on the microsoft account .. only shows one recent sign in ... used to have dozens of unsuccessful attempts ... someone could have gotten into my account and just deletes the recent sign ins?

You don't see any recent unsuccessful sign-in attempts because Microsoft nerfed the Recent Activity page. It is now almost useless.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-my/answers/questions/5766221/cannot-view-more-account-activity-in-the-option-to

All it's good for now is to check for a "Successful Sign-In" that wasn't you.

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Hi, I'm John! I will help you with this.

The official Microsoft address for account security notices is:

1000008401

The one you shared does look genuine, especially since it’s coming from @accountprotection.microsoft.com, which is an official Microsoft domain. However, the most important part is confirming whether you actually made this change or not.

Reference: "Can I trust email from the Microsoft account team?" https://support.microsoft.com/account-billing/can-i-trust-email-from-the-microsoft-account-team-685fd302-f52f-1a9f-cc13-065dec46fe25

To help narrow down the issue:

Did you recently add a passkey or make any security changes to your Microsoft account?

If yes, then you can safely ignore the email.
If no, don’t click any links in the email just to be safe. Instead:

Open a browser and go directly to the Microsoft account website by typing it manually or use https://account.microsoft.com
Sign in and review your Recent activity https://account.live.com/Activity to check for any unfamiliar sign-ins.
Review your security info and account aliases to make sure nothing was added without your knowledge: https://account.live.com/SignInPreferences
If you see anything suspicious, change your password immediately and remove any unknown security methods.

To be safe, I recommend:

Don’t click on any links or download anything from that email.
Go directly to the Microsoft Account Activity page https://account.live.com/Activity and check your recent sign-in activity. If there’s nothing unusual there, then the message most likely isn’t from Microsoft.
If you didn’t request any changes and the email is not officially from Microsoft, it’s a good idea to ignore or report the email as phishing.

I really hope this information is helpful.

Let me know if you have any further questions or concerns.

Click "Add comment" to let me know.

Regards,

John J.D.

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