Instagram Not Working? Here are 9 Easy Fixes Which You can Try.

Instagram is one of the most famous social media platforms across the globe when it comes to sharing photos and videos online. With having around 2 billion active users. Instagram is owned by a company called ‘Meta’ Previously known as ‘Facebook’. With so many users and working with across multiple platforms like Andriod, iOS, Web versions. Instagram handles a lot of user traffic every day. In today’s time, many small and large-scale businesses rely on Instagram for marketing and promotion of their products and services. With a boost in Influencer marketing, Instagram is growing fast.

With so much user involvement in this platform, It is frustrating to know that your Instagram account is unable to operate. This is because of many uncertain reasons, like a server issue, Maintenance period, Or any other problem from the user side.

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1. Check if Instagram is offline.

Sometimes Instagram is down for maintenance or other technical reason, In such situations, you don’t need to panic, If the server is down then you’re not the only one facing this problem. The first thing you need to do is check your internet connection. Try launching other applications like Google chrome or try running Youtube. You can also check the internet speed on the browser. If you want to double sure you check the OutageAlert’s Instagram page, Where it tells you if the Instagram is down or not.

2. Re-open the application.

Because of a software bug or minor issues, your Instagram application may get crash or froze, In such situations, you can try Restarting the application. To do so, you first have to completely force stop the application. Then launch again to check if the problem got solved. You can also try logging out of your account and login in back after some time. You can also try Reinstalling the application. First, uninstall the application completely and install the application again. If there’s something wrong with the application reinstalling the application might fix the problem.

3. Check for available updates.

If you have the older version of Instagram running on your phone, then it might get problematic sometimes. The older version starts to get glitchy and buggy as you continue to use it. In a situation like this, you can try re-installing the application or try manually update it. As new, the company adds new features in the application, The old version might face some problems. If your phone has any new software update available then you have to first install the software update.

4. Check app permissions.

If your Instagram application doesn’t have the required permissions to work then the application might malfunction. Permissions to use Camera, Microphone, Location. Should be enabled for the Instagram application. The Instagram application needs camera permission to capture photos and videos. In case you’ve not given the camera permission then the application won’t be able to function properly.

5. Delete the cache.

The cache stores the commonly used data and uses it when needed, Every application stores cache to function properly making the use faster, But sometimes this cache could be problematic, the cache memory could get corrupt and make the application crash every time you try to open it. You can manually delete the cache or use a dedicated application to delete the cache. Try clearing the cache and reopening the application.

6. Instagram user policies.

Instagram has set some strict policies if its users. With an increasing number of active users and growing businesses, many people started doing false practices to build their profiles, Therefore has introduced some policies for users, Instagram has limited the number of accounts one can follow to 7,500. If you’re a heavy Instagram user and you follow many accounts and now you’ve reached the following 7,500. Then Instagram will not allow you to follow any other account. If you want to follow someone first you have to unfollow someone.

There’s one more common reason Instagram temporarily restricts your activity If you’re using the application for many hours continuously without taking any break. Then Instagram blocks your access to the application.

7. Try Web browser.

You can also try launching your account from web browsers like Safari or Google chrome. Many times your mobile application might face some problem logging into your account cause of corrupt cache data or older versions. You can directly go to Instagram’s official website and directly login into your account from there. Instagram has recently started the messaging feature on their web version.

8. Try another device.

If you’ve tried many solutions to resolve the problem. Now you have to try logging in to your account from a different device. Cause your mobile device could have some problem restricting it from launching the application.

9. Report to Instagram.

After trying every possible solution if you’re still facing the problem then its time to contact the Instagram support team, All you have to do is open the Instagram application then open the setting and click on the ‘Help’ tab there you can find ‘Report a problem’ from there you briefly explain the problem that you’re facing, Also you add screenshots of the issue. Instagram will address your problem and will contact you through E-mail providing you the solution for the same.

Conclusion

Instagram is one of the most famous and big photo and video sharing platforms across the world, With having a huge user base the company has to introduce new features and functions now and then, To engage the audience. With the introduction of every new feature and function, Instagram rolls out a newly updated application through App Store and Play store. To avail, those new features users need to keep their application up to date. Older versions of applications start facing bugs and glitches. Therefore having an updated Instagram application will fix your problem. If that also doesn’t fix your problem then you need to check things like Internet connection, Application Permission, Cache memories. Also if you have a VPN application running n the background then that also could be the reason. With Instagram’s new user policies, you have to monitor the time of your activity on the application. Instagram’s support team is highly responsive if you report any problem they will address it as soon as possible.

by Ramon Tatum

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