Instagram Won't Refresh

It says 'couldn't refresh feed' everytime I want to view my Instagram profile - Tried restarting my phone, reinstalling the app. Can anyone help me? Here are my possible solutions for this.

Solution 1 – Check if your Instagram app is up-to-date. There may be a known bug or another issue that could be causing that error message to show up. Always keep your app updated by downloading the latest release from the Google Play Store.

Solution 2 – Internet connection. Is your Internet even working properly? May be your WiFi just went down? A quick check would be to open Google on a browser to see if that is even working. In such cases where your Internet is down, Instagram shows this very same error message when it couldn’t load your timeline.

Solution 3 – Switch to mobile network – 2G, 3G or 4G. You can switch your mobile network and see if that would work with Instagram. You never know this could fix your “Couldn’t Refresh Feed” error.

Solution 4 – Clear cache and data. Go to Settings > Applications, and look for the Instagram app. Then clear the app cache and also “Clear data”. This will log you out of the app and clean any saved data into your phone. You can log in again and see if you can now browse through the app without having to see that “Couldn’t Refresh Feed” error again and again. This is applicable for Android phones.

You might have to troubleshoot a few things to get the app to work properly again. Obviously make sure that you are not having any connectivity issues.

It might have something to do with not having the latest version or update - always make sure both your phone and Instagram are updated to their latest versions.

It might be worth clearing the app’s cache and data as well. This sometimes causes the app to not work optimally and could resolve the problem.

More Tips:

Give this a try it worked for me. I went through the exact same issue on my iPhone.

—>Logout from ur own account which has the problem.
—>login with some different account (friend's or make a new one).
—>In this alternate account (which will work without any problem) go to setting and click Add account.
—>now add your own account.

After you are logged with both accounts keep refreshing feeds and surfing on alternate account and switch to your own account after few mins. This should get your account working as well. This won't work on first switch so give 4–5 try's.

Once you have your account working you can logout of ur alternate account.

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