In this modern era, social platforms are highly used for entertainment and information sharing purposes. Instagram is one of the most popular social platforms used across worldwide or across the world. Instagram has many user-friendly features that help people make videos, edit reels, create stories, and post highlights and stories. Along with all these features, we have issues, like every other app. One of those issues is the story being unavailable. In day-to-day activities, many people will share reels and stories with their friends and family. As it is commonly used, it can be frustrating at the same time if we come across such issues again and again.
What Does “This Story Is Unavailable” In Instagram Mean?
Instagram is one of the most popular and trending platforms to watch stories, reels and feed posts. You post stories on Instagram, you tap on a story at the top of your Instagram feed, but it is blank and throws a message as “This story is unavailable”.
Why Do You See “This Story Is Unavailable” on Instagram?
While browsing through Instagram, You’re eager to watch some stories and meanwhile you encounter a message stating “this story is unavailable”. This may be disappointing to you to repeatedly see this message but it's not a serious problem. There are few reasons behind this error that could be restricting you from accessing the story.
1.Story Has Expired
Instagram has featured stories to last till 24 hours from the time of upload. Which is similar to whatsapp status. Unlike posts and reels,stories will disappear. Later it will be moved to the archive and can only be viewed by the creator. If you click on the stories that have been expired you will get a message as “This Story Is Unavailable”.
2.Story Has Been Deleted
If the creator has posted the story and deleted it after some time then some will be able to see the red circle of the stories on Instagram and when you click on such stories you may get a message as “This Story Is Unavailable”.
3.Story Is Hidden From You
When posting stories on Instagram, there is a setting chance that can be done for the stories posted that can be restricted to selected people from viewing. The hidden person will receive the message as “This Story Is Unavailable”. Similarly other persons also can hide stories from you viewing it.
4.Users Has Switched to a Private Account
You visit an unknown profile and whom you don’t follow. If the one whom you are not following posts a story and if the creator has set his account to private then you receive such a message as “This Story Is Unavailable”.
5.You Might Be Blocked
If you have been blocked by someone on instagram from viewing their profile, posts, reels, stories then you will see a message as “This Story Is Unavailable”.
6.You Muted Someone on Instagram
In a scenario, when you have muted someone on Instagram, you can’t view their posts, stories or incoming messages. In order to view stories you need to unmute the account. The steps to unmute the account are In Accounts username>click following>tap mute>click on button next to stories.
7.Instagram Has Removed the Story
There are possibilities that Instagram may remove stories that have been posted. It is only when the stories violate the Instagram terms and conditions. When Instagram removes you will find such a message.
8.Deactivated Instagram Account
For temporary reasons, if you have deactivated the Instagram account, then the stories will not be able to be accessed. Not only stories, also profile, posts, reels etc. It will not be accessed until you long in back.
9.Instagram Glitches
In a rare scenario where there are chances that the message “This Story Is Unavailable” may be due to technical reasons encountered from the app. You can uninstall and reinstall the app to fix it. Also check if Instagram is down.
10.Poor Network
More likely chances are you may encounter Internet connection issues. In such a scenario instagram may fail to load stories or you may get stuck from watching. Reconnect Wifi or switch to different networks and try again.
How Can You Fix the Error
Here are several steps you can take to resolve the error message “This Story Is Unavailable”.
- As you keep browsing over Instagram for a long time. The data gets accumulated in Instagram and can sometimes lead to app glitches. Clearing the app’s cache helps refresh the app and is likely to resolve the error.
- Due to Instagram app glitches you may sometimes encounter errors and it may seem very unusual. Logout of Instagram account and log In back again. You can also update the app and check.
- Very simple and effective way to resolve the error is to refresh the Instagram feed. On the top right corner of the Instagram of your app and scroll down to the bottom to refresh the content.
- Make sure the story is not expired. If it expires, you can do nothing to view it.
- Change the region on your phone and restart your device.
Conclusion
The message “This Story Is Unavailable” is due to the disappearance of the story. The story disappears when instagram fails to identify the deleted stories and instgaram marks it in a red circle around their profile picture. Make sure you are always using the latest version of the Instagram app. Updating the app may likely resolve the error. Hope now you know the possibilities of the error and methods to overcome it. Have a positive experience browsing through the Instagram app.
