Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Thousands of people across the world just had their Instagram account suspended, locked, or deleted, without any explanation as to why. Luckily, there’s a solution.
First, when your account is suspended, you’re going to receive a notification. That notification will tell you they suspended you account on 31 October 2022, with 30 days to disagree with this decision before their account is fully deleted.
The reason given is that the account doesn’t follow community guidelines, and the account needs to be confirmed.
Meta, the app’s owners, have yet to comment on why the issue is happening, or if the accounts will be reinstated, but the notification also gives a way to reinstate your account.
Want to fix it? Here’s how.
How to get your Instagram account reinstated after suspension
- Close the app, get off, and then log in to your account
- At the bottom of the suspension click the ‘Disagree with Decision’ option.
- If it lets you do this, enter all the relevant information and submit, as Meta is likely already working to get these accounts back.
- If this option gives you an error, visit the Instagram Help site here.
- Next, you can contact them directly via email [email protected] or via phone +1-650-543-4800.
- Nothing getting through? Wait shortly until Meta comments on the error, as the error is affecting thousands across the world and thus likely will be fixed in due course, as it is likely just a glitch.
Instagram is down across the world
“A friend of mine was literally sending kitten videos when her account got suddenly blocked for violating community guidelines,” said Andrea, a Dubai resident. “Everyone is panicking.”
The issue apparently started at around 4:30pm GST, when users across the world took to downdetector.com and twitter to report the issue.
The notification is telling users that they suspended their account on 31 October 2022, with 30 days to disagree with this decision before their account is fully deleted.
So don’t stress too much, as your account is not fully gone for 30 days.
|Did anyone else’s Instagram just get suspended for no reason? And now Instagram won’t even bother to let you appeal it just gives you an error?” wrote one Twitter user.
“Is my account really suspended?” wrote another.
We’ll keep you posted as the situation unfolds.
In the mean time, we’ll see you on Twitter, everybody.