Facebook Down? Free Tips to Fix Facebook Down Outage Easily

Facebook has always been an irreplaceable social platform for many people. It provides a place where you can share with or connect to friends, family members, and grasp the news happen everyday from all over the world in time. So when you find that Facebook down issue occurs or it fails to work normally, you will be hard to bounce back.

If you want to fix Facebook down outage, you need to check why would this happen first. Is it just you suffering from this? To help users figure out the problem and decide a way to solve it, we’ve sorted this guide out. Keep on reading.

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Part 1. Reasons for Why Facebook Down Outage Occurs

The occurrence of Facebook down outage can be concluded into two main types - Facebook internal problem and user-end problem.

Facebook Internal Problem

As it happened on March 13, 2019, Facebook and Instagram down for a period. This was not just you who suffered from, but all users fail to access to Facebook services. Facebook has turned to Twitter and informed users that they were trying to recover the Facebook down outage.

This situation mostly happens due to Facebook internal error. Under this circumstance, actually, we have no solutions to deal with. All we can do is just to wait for Facebook technical team to recover the error.

User-end Problem

If Facebook down problem only happens on your device, then it may be something wrong with your app or devices. These user-end problems that can lead to Instagram down condition are concluded as follows.

1.Poor Network Connection

The unreliable network connection would result in the failure of loading Facebook pages and contents. A unstable VPN may also lead to this problem. So when you find Facebook down and you can’t load anything, check the network connection first.

2.Shortage in Storage Space

Loading Facebook contents need to download cache data automatically on your device. So when the device doesn't have enough storage space, the cache can't be stored, so Facebook contents fail to show normally.

3.Outdated Facebook App

The latest Facebook App version would keep fixing the bugs occurred in last ones. Besides, the old ones may get incompatible with your device system as it updates. Therefore, Facebook down issue can easily happen when you keep using an outdated Facebook App.

Part 2. 4 Tips to Fix Facebook Down Issue

When you figure out that the Facebook down issue doesn't happens because of Facebook internal problem (it means that the problem only happens on you), you can try these 4 little tips to fix it by yourself.

Here we go.

Tips 1. Check Your Network Condition

Simply check the network condition when you find Facebook down and all the contents on it can not be loaded. If you are connection to a Wi-Fi, switch to a faster one or restart the route to improve the network condition.

If you are using mobile data, try to enable Airplane mode and turn it off, enabling your device to re-connect to the mobile data. After doing this, re-launch Facebook to check whether your Facebook down problem is fixed.

Tips 2. Reload the App

After checking the network connection, close the Facebook App running in the background and reload it again. You can also turn off your device and start from the very beginning - turn on the device, and reload Facebook.

Tips 3. Turn on Automatic Update

Facebook would frequently releases its update version which covers some bugs fixed and security updates. So keeping your Facebook App up-to-date can actually solve many Facebook bugs that are contained in the old version. When you discover Facebook down issue happens, go to App Store or Google Play Store to check whether you can update the application to the latest version.

By making sure Facebook is up-to-date, turn on the Automatic Update function on your potable device can easily help and save much time. For iPhone users, go to Settings > iTunes&App Store to enable auto update.

NOTE: Low power mode would prevent you from enabling auto update on iPhone. So you should turn it off first.

Tips 4. Clean up Cache Data/Browsing History

As mentioned above, when your device has low storage space, which is not enough to collect cache data and browsing history, you would fail to load Facebook contents and it seems that Facebook is down. So if you are accessing Facebook with browser app, try to clean up cache data and browsing history of the browser as well as device can certainly help.

Generally, Facebook down caused by Facebook internal problem would not happen frequently. So users can easily follow these simple tips to deal with the Facebook down situation that happens to individual. Grasping these solutions can help you deal with the problem easily when you encounter with it without wasting so much time. If you have more solutions that want to recommend, welcome to share with us.

Published on March 16, 2019