Instagram Search Bar Not Working Error Explained And Problem Fix

Instagram Search Bar Not Working Error Explained And Problem Fix

Recently, we have seen all social media platforms are facing a few problems. Lately, there was a problem with TikTok and now it’s Instagram with the search bar not working

These past days, a few Instagram users have encountered many issues in the app and now a new issue has surfaced which is that ‘the search bar’ of the Instagram isn’t working.

Famous photo sharing app is trending for all the wrong reasons due to its latest glitches. One of the main persistent issues with the platform is its dark mode feature, which is enabling itself even if the users don’t want it to.

Instagram Search Bar Not Working Error And Problem Fix

A few more issues that surfaced in the past few weeks include blurry stories, crashing the app, logging out of the account on its own, and many more.

Instagram’s Search Bar Isn’t Working

The search bar of the photo-sharing platform is not working for many users across the world as the app appears to be experiencing an outage.

However, the feature is working while you use the app. On the other hand, if you access Instagram through a browser, then the search bar feature isn’t working.

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Although the app is still showing the suggestions after searching for a certain thing such as name of hashtags, the error is showing when users are doing the same via Personal Computer or Phone’s browser.

They are getting the result for search which shows that, “No results. We couldn’t find anything for that search”.

At the time of writing this article, Instagram hasn’t officially made any comment or hasn’t addressed the new glitch meanwhile the users from different parts of the world are still complaining.

Clearing the app cache could resolve the issue.

For Android users, Go to settings >> Find Instagram App >> Tap on clear cache. Instagram App cache will be cleared.

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For iPhone users, Go to iPhone settings >> Go to General >> Tap on iPhone Storage >> Find Instagram App and click on that >> Tap on Offload App button >> Again Reinstall Instagram app.

What’s Instagram’s down trend?

Due to the persistence of these issues, Instagram users have come to resort the problem with a trend “#InstagramDown” which is trending right now.

One user took to his twitter account and tweeted, “I can’t search for anything on IG, so I came here to see if it was down and it looks to me, it’s been happening for days…. #instagram down”

Other Recent Issues

A week ago, complaints about Instagram flooded Twitter when the platform users realized that they weren’t able to send or receive DMs.

However, Instagram has not addressed the issues, many believe that it’s probably the glitch followed by the latest update as both Android and iOs users reported the issue.

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