The fact that the two are connected is super helpful, so when it’s not working it’s frustrating. After users noticed that Instagram stories was not posting or sharing to Facebook, we’ve come up with some potential fixes to get it working again.
Facebook and Instagram have been owned by Meta for a little while now. This meant that when you make a post of Instagram Story, you’ll be immediately prompted to post on Facebook as well.
This meant updating your social media is super easy and a lot less time-consuming than doing one then another. However, many users have reported that this function isn’t working.
Users Report Issues With Instagram And Facebook
It’s been happening for a few days now, but many users of the apps are having the same issue.
Despite everything checking out on both apps and having the future turned on, Instagram stories are not posting on Facebook. This is the case even when the user has been notified that sharing has worked.
As people are often friends with different groups of people on both apps, updating them both at the same time saved a lot of hassle. Now, some are worried the feature has disappeared forever.
However, this isn’t the case for the time being and just seems to be a bug affecting the sharing process.
How To Fix Instagram Stories Not Posting Or Sharing To Facebook
Though there may well be issues on Meta’s side, that doesn’t mean there aren’t some potential fixes you can do to ensure everything is working on your end.
First, you’ll want to link your Facebook to your Instagram account again. It may already be connected, but not properly or perhaps doing it again will kickstart it into action. You can do this through your Instagram settings, going into Accounts and then Sharing to other accounts. Here. you’ll be able to select Facebook where you’ll need to enter your credentials and then it will be all set up!
If that doesn’t work, then you should log out of both of your social media accounts. Give it a couple of minutes and then log back in and then link them once again.
You should also ensure you have the latest version of both apps. It’s possible any bugs have been fixed in an update. That may be an easy fix for Instagram stories not posting to Facebook. Wherever you download your apps, you can turn on automatic updates so you never have to miss a new version again.
Clearing both caches for the apps may also solve the problem. It’s possible that an old version of either is running accidentally and that’s stopping Instagram from sharing on Facebook.
Neither Meta, Instagram nor Facebook has publicly addressed any issues. So, although it’s been widely reported, it doesn’t seem to be a big enough issue to flag up issues on the developer’s end.
Hopefully, by trying any of the above your issue should be fixed and you can get back to sharing your posts on both Instagram and Facebook!