instafollowers.co is now famety.com! 20% off with NEW20! instafollowers.co is now famety.com! To celebrate; Get 20% off all products with NEW20 for one month!
More

Why Is Instagram Location Feature Not Working Properly? (2025)

If Instagram’s location feature isn’t working, the issue is often related to your device settings rather than the app itself.

To fix this, go to Settings > Location and ensure location services are enabled. Also, check that Instagram has permission to access your location.

If the problem continues, try restarting the app or your device. Updating or reinstalling Instagram may also help resolve the issue.

Instagram Location Feature Not Working

Instagram Location Problem

If you can’t report your location on Instagram, several factors could be causing the issue. First, check if your location is up to date and registered on the map. Also, verify whether others are experiencing the same problem.

We will tell you how to fix Instagram Location Feature Problem. Go to Settings on your device and choose Location. Check it if its turn on or not.

If not, you need to try different methods for this.

  • Check your allowed apps section on your location settings.
  • Be sure that the Instagram app is on this list. If not, add it!
  • Check your internet connection. If you use wifi, try to use your 3G connection. Sometimes it may depend on the internet connection.
  • Restart your mobile device
  • Delete the Instagram app and reinstall it again. This may work!

These steps should help restore the location feature on Instagram. You can also try the Famety Buy Instagram followers service here!

Still Having a Problem? Here’s the Final Step

If you’ve tried all the methods and the problem persists, the next step is to contact Instagram support. Report that you’ve attempted all troubleshooting steps, but the issue remains unresolved.

RECENT POSTS
How to Find a Reel You Watched on Instagram
How to Find a Reel You Watched on Instagram

Instagram Reels are a fun way to discover short-form content on pretty much anything. Well, there is one problem: sometimes you just can't find a Reel...

100+ London Instagram Captions to Capture the Magic of Your Trip
100+ London Instagram Captions to Capture the Magic of Your Trip

From the iconic red buses to the majestic Tower Bridge, London is a city filled with history, charm, and endless photo opportunities. Whether you're s...

If Instagram support cannot fix the location feature issue, the last option may be to try using a different device to see if the problem is device-specific.

To Conclude Instagram Location Feature 

Now that you can add geolocation to Instagram posts, how will you use them in your marketing campaign activities? Do you have other ways you use to rise your engagement and marketing campaigns up? Share your strategies in the comments to let us know too! 

Frequently Asked Questions About

Instagram tags the location of your photos if the photo map is enabled. So if your profile is public and your photo map is enabled, anybody can see the precise location of where you are posting from.

If locations aren’t appearing when you upload a photo and try to add a location, make sure that you have location enabled for Instagram in your phone’s settings. To do this, leave the Instagram app and go to the Location services section of your phone’s settings.

The Instagram location algorithm gets your location from your mobile phone’s GPS and location systems. So the accuracy of Instagram Location depends on your connection quality, internet access (for further precision), etc.

The method to fix the problem is to enable Instagram in your phone’s location settings. For iOS: Simply go to Settings, Privacy, Location Services, Instagram. Under ‘Allow Location Access,’ choose ‘While Using the App.’ For Android: Head to Settings, Security & Location, Advanced, Location, Turn ‘Use Location’ on.

Adding location information to an Instagram photo or video can be useful for letting your followers know where you’ve taken the picture, without stating it in the caption. It also helps your engagement rate rise on Instagram, and it’ll give you more exposure, attracting customers with minimal effort.

James Orublig

Posts: 391

Hi, my name is James but my friend calls me JamesTheNews since I always have the latest news about social media. Follow my blogs to learn every bit of trickery there is to social media.

RECENT POSTS
27 Comments on Why Is Instagram Location Feature Not Working Properly? (2025)

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

(Total: 29 Average: 4.9 )

27 Comments

  1. Kristy Porter
    Kristy Porter

    What if the problem happens on EVERY mobile device? I’ve done everything listed (several times in fact), used Android and Apple devices, and “No results found” is the result no matter what. I haven’t been able to tag locations for weeks now.

  2. Jon
    Jon

    Hi Kristy, I have exactly the same problem. The location of my restaurant CITRON in Tokyo has disappeared a week ago. Since then, no customer nor myself (being the manager of my page) cant “check in” at CITRON on Facebook, nor Instagram. Both SNS ignore my messages (so who should I contact??) and I am getting really stressed as some “new” locations are appearing when the main one is gone. Can you guys please help? Anyone I should contact at Facebook (which seems to be the parent company managing locations)?

    • YL
      YL

      Are you using ads manager? Is it possible that you did something wrong when you trying to do the “add new store” into your facebook ads manager. (Or maybe someone did if you hiring anyone else do the social work for you)

  3. Nikita
    Nikita

    It’s been weeks since my location feature on story is not working at all. Already have uninstalled and reinstalled, then rebooted my phone, but nothing is working at all. Already checked the permission on my phone, but nada.

    • Jonathan
      Jonathan

      I have the same issue. I cannot find a way to fix it ?

  4. Sanjana
    Sanjana

    Location is appearing and disappearing on instagram story from past 3 weeks, I uninstalled and reinstalled,checked location settings ,reboot the phone.. Everything I did the problem is still there.. Please help me with this

  5. kim
    kim

    Same thing as well. our workplace location got merged into another property’s location, when their guests tag their property, it appears in our location story and whatever place that we tagged on our ig photos, it’s all wiped out and keeps disappearing. Facebook or ig support are not helping as well. we created another location and merged them into one page but once merged, the location tag will be gone. we searched for our property location on Facebook and when the result comes up, it shows our display picture but the page name would be another property’s name.

    • Raquel
      Raquel

      Did you solve this situation? Same thing is happen yo my business on Ig & Fb, since a week ago more or less. I don’t know what else to do!

  6. Elizabeth Coveney
    Elizabeth Coveney

    Mine to. It use to work now when I try to add a location to my story I click the location, add it then it goes to the pic n disappears. Annoying. I’ve tried all their suggestions. Even the “new phone”. It’s their app.

    • Aarati Jagdeo
      Aarati Jagdeo

      this has been happening to my instastories for MONTHS!!! the only thing I haven’t tried is logging into my account from an I Phone and adding a story from it. I have complained several times and reported the bug countless times. no response and no change. SO FRUSTRATING!
      It works fine on Facebook stories just not on IG.
      any help other than these pointers that has worked is very welcome!

  7. Divya Pinto
    Divya Pinto

    Please don’t blame the mobile device!!! If all the apps work in a cellphone except the instagram, that means there is a problem in instagram app. So try to find out the solution in app. Everytime I upload the post it takes the location while posting. But if I see the same post after some weeks or months, I could notice that there is no location!!!! Please don’t do partiality atleast in social networks. Treat evryone equally instagram!!!!

  8. Andrew
    Andrew

    Hi all, I encountered the issue after connecting a FB business profile which kept giving me an error.
    As soon as I unlinked the account In my insta settings it works again!
    Its in linked accounts. Make sure there is no errors and that worked for me.
    Hope this helps!

  9. Riri
    Riri

    Same problem with mine. Help please.

  10. Justyna
    Justyna

    Hey I’m having problem with location on instragram already 3 days. I’ve tried everything and it didn’t work. My phone is pretty nee so I don’t think it’s the problem. Is anyone having same problem? Can u pls advise me something?
    Many thanks
    Justyna

  11. Mila Filim
    Mila Filim

    Hi, I am wondering if it’s just in Germany or everywhere else that instagram removed the option of seeing “location” and “hashtag” stories since the end of October.. And why would they do that, ig kinda became less interesting (at least to my friends and myself) without being able to check out who is at our favorite spot or being able to share our stories with greater audience.

  12. Liam Constantine
    Liam Constantine

    You can’t click on a venue or location and view the sorties that people have tagged at that spot in the past 24hrs anymore – this changed about a month ago and is very frustrating, especially for venue owners

  13. Bret
    Bret

    I kept getting the Instagram location feature not working problem until applied the steps above. It really does work.

  14. Andrew
    Andrew

    Hi, my problem is that only MY business location is not showing up.

    It has been for weeks, but suddenly it stopped. Strangely enough, my old business appears at the top most of the time. I still see locations besides my own business appearing and they are accurate, so the GPS is working, its something else related to my business specifically.

    Thanks

  15. chris
    chris

    i can tag my business location when i am at my location but not when i am at my house, 10 miles away, it does not show up…any help would be appreciated

  16. Tintoybrasa Parrilla Argentina
    Tintoybrasa Parrilla Argentina

    I can’t set up the location for our restaurante in the history. Could you please help us?

    • Maggie Whitewater
      Maggie Whitewater

      Hi,

      Sorry to hear that. Have you tried contacting Instagram support?

  17. Jeremy
    Jeremy

    I recently got a few Instagram scams and am worried. It says my insta location is in a completely different state but clarified that it is “this iPhone”. Is this a location bug or is someone at that location logged into my Instagram?

    • Jack
      Jack

      I post on my Instagram page put showing wrong location

  18. Sheila
    Sheila

    I cannot get my Instagram location to work. My settings in my phone are set for Instagram to use my location. It still doesn’t work. It started not working yesterday….suddenly….it has been working fine prior to yesterday

    • Yasmin Talley
      Yasmin Talley

      Have you tried the solutions we mentioned above?

  19. MT
    MT

    Was having this same problem. For some reason, kept showing “No Results” when trying to use the location tag in Instagram. I noticed it happened after I accidentally shared the story to Facebook story.

    I then went to Facebook and noticed that I could still use the location tag on that platform. To fix, I posted a story with the location tag on Facebook and then shared it with Instagram. After that, I was able to use the location tag again on IG.

  20. Emily
    Emily

    I’ve tried everything—checked my location settings, reinstalled the app, even restarted my phone multiple times, but Instagram still won’t show my location! It used to work fine before, so I have no idea what changed. Super frustrating! Has anyone else faced this issue and found a fix? 😩