5 Ways to Fix Facebook News Feed Not Updating

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Basic Fixes

Fix 1: Adjust Facebook’s Feed Preferences

Sometimes, your feed updates fine, but you continue to see old posts and updates, which gives the impression that the news feed is not updating. To fix that, adjust your Facebook news feed preferences, and you’ll get the relevant most recent post at the top.

Step 1:Open Facebook > click on yourprofile photo> selectSettings & Privacy>Feed.

Step 2: Under Manage your Feed window, you can:

Note: The options remain the same on mobile except that you tap on theSettings iconafter tapping on yourProfile imageand chooseNews Feedunder Preferences.

Fix 2: Update and Reinstall Facebook

At times, the issue occurs because of the outdated app, and Facebook has updated how it shows the feeds. It’s best to try updating the app from the Google Play Store or App Store first. If that doesn’t work, you must uninstall and reinstall it.

Fix 3: Try Facebook Lite

Facebook offers a lite version of its app, which works well when you have slow or limited bandwidth for iPhone and Android. If the original feed takes longer to load, the lite version might help you there.

Fix 4: Re-Login to Facebook Account

You may trysigning out of your Facebook accountusing the app on your mobile phone. This will not delete any cache or app data; it will only break the session link between your mobile and Facebook servers.

From your Android or iPhone, sign out of the Facebook app, restart your mobile, and sign back into the Facebook app, starting a new session.

Fix 5: Clear Cache and Data

Even if you have enough RAM and CPU power under the hood, it can helpclear cache memoryand data of the Facebook app. If you don’t have enough, this step can do wonders.

Step 1:OpenSettings> tap onInstalled Apps(or wherever you can find a list of all your apps).

Step 2:Search forFacebookand open it.

Step 3:Tap onClear dataat the bottom > tap onClear cache. Once done, selectClear all data.

Relaunch the Facebook app, and hopefully, the Facebook news feed should appear and load seamlessly again.

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Last updated on 29 April, 2024

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