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Is Square down?
Up · checkedNo, Square is not down right now: squareup.com answered our check at 18:06 UTC, and Square’s status page reports no problems.
Square makes point-of-sale software, card readers and online payments for businesses.
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Square is up
squareup.com answered our last check in 204 ms. The official status page reports no problems.
- Last checked
- Response
- HTTP 200 · 204 ms
- Checked from
- New York, London and Stockholm
- Uptime since 26 Oct
- 100%
Official status: All Systems Operational
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Having problems with Square?
Tell us what isn’t working. Reports are anonymous and show up here within about a minute, so everyone can see whether Square is failing for others too.
What isn’t working?
Reports, last 24 hours
Per 15 minutes, in UTC
- Last hour
- 0
- Usually per hour
- 0
- Last 24 hours
- 0
No problems with Square reported in the last 24 hours.
//_02 Common problems
Square not working? Common problems and fixes
What usually helps when Square fails for you while it works for others.
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The card reader won’t connect
Turn Bluetooth on, keep the reader charged and close to the device, and update the Square app. Square’s status page above shows problems with payments and its apps.
Taking payments while the internet is down
Turn on offline payments in Square Point of Sale before you need them. They are processed when the device is back online and expire if they aren’t uploaded within 24 hours.
A payout is late
Payouts depend on your bank, weekends and holidays. Square can also hold funds for review and says why in the dashboard.
//_03 Last 24 hours
Square response time
How long squareup.com took to answer our checks from New York, London and Stockholm, averaged per 15 minutes.
- Average
- 159 ms
- Slowest
- 301 ms
- Failed checks
- 0
//_04 Uptime
Square uptime, last 90 days
- 24 hours
- 100%
- Since 26 Oct
- 100%
//_05 Outages
Recent Square outages
Since we started checking Square on 26 Oct 2026, our checks every 2 minutes have not found Square down. Square’s status page reported no incidents in that time.
- Outages in our checks, since 26 Oct
- 0
- Downtime, since 26 Oct
- None
- Longest outage
- –
- Status page incidents, since 26 Oct
- 0
Outage timeline
No outages of Square, in our checks or on its status page, since we started checking it on 26 Oct 2026.
Open on Square’s status page
No open incidents on Square’s status page right now.
Every Square outage since our checks started, with start, end and duration, and an Atom feed for your reader or Slack.
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//_06 Is it just you?
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About Square outages
Is Square down right now?
No, Square is not down right now: squareup.com answered our check at 18:06 UTC, and Square’s status page reports no problems.
When was Square last down?
Our checks haven’t found Square down since we started checking it on 26 Oct 2026.
How often does Square go down?
Since we started checking Square on 26 Oct 2026, our checks every 2 minutes have not found Square down. Square’s status page reported no incidents in that time.
How does Uptimecheck check Square?
We request https://squareup.com/ every 2 minutes from New York, London and Stockholm. Any answer below HTTP 500 within 10 seconds counts as up, since large sites often answer automated requests with 403. A failure only counts once a second check confirms it. We also read Square’s official status page every 2 minutes.
What can I do when Square is down?
Check Square’s official status page for updates and try again in a few minutes. If squareup.com works for us but not for you, try another network or browser, or clear your DNS cache. If your own product depends on Square, tell your customers on your status page before they email support.
Why is Square not working for me when it is up?
Our check shows that squareup.com answers. Your own network, a VPN, browser extensions, an outdated app or a problem with your account can still break Square for you alone. The common problems on this page list what usually helps, and when many people report the same problem, it shows here.
Can I get an alert when Square has an outage?
Yes. Start a free trial and Uptimecheck watches Square’s official status page for you and alerts you by email, SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram or webhook when it reports an outage, and again when it is resolved.
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