Thousands of Instagram users are furious because Meta is having a major outage
Is your Instagram offline?
If so, please visit the Instagram help page.
There you will find several available options in the panel on the left side of the page.
Select ‘Known Issues’.
Any issues Instagram encounters should be listed there.
Can you use Instagram without an account?
No – due to an Instagram update in 2020, you can no longer browse Instagram without logging into the platform.
If you try to view Instagram profiles, posts, or stories, you will automatically be sent to a login page when you try to view Instagram profiles, posts, and stories.
Other ways to refresh your feed
Instagrammers can also clear the Instagram cache in Storage Settings by finding Instagram in the list of apps in Settings and pressing ‘Clear Cache’.
The error could also have appeared because IG thinks you are a bot. To prove you’re real, you can use your Facebook account:
- Click on the three lines in the top right corner of your profile page on Instagram
- Open “Settings” and select “Account”
- Click ‘Share with other apps’ then press ‘Facebook’
- Log in with Facebook credentials.
What to do when Instagram is offline
The best thing you can do is restart the app.
Force close Instagram by sliding up and then closing the app so that it closes completely.
See if it loads again.
It could also be a problem with your connection, so see if something else, like a web page, loads for you. If that doesn’t load, there’s a problem with your internet.
And if you’re still having problems after all this, it’s time to find out if you’re on your own.
Search Twitter to see if others are complaining about the same thing.
If you see a bunch of tweets about Instagram going down, you have your answer.
In that case, the only thing you can do is wait until the problem is resolved and check the above options for updates.
This is how you check if Instagram is offline
Firstly, you can visit the Instagram Help page.
There you will find several available options in the panel on the left side of the page.
Select ‘Known Issues’.
Any issues Instagram encounters should be listed there