Of all the leading social media sites that exist, Instagram has the most problems. It shows more errors than Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you’re using Instagram on a daily basis, you’ll definitely come across errors especially when you’re operating a business account.
There are problems here and there when using the app or even when you’re using the web version. One of the errors shown to Instagram users these days is the “This page is already linked to Instagram” error, it pops up when you try to link a Facebook page to your Instagram account.
It’s really simple to connect a Facebook page, but if you’re unlucky, you’ll end up with different errors while trying to connect your Facebook page or account.
Other problems users face that are similar to this error are when sharing posts on Facebook from their Instagram account or when they’re trying to unlink a Facebook page, most of the time errors arise due to technical problems.
In this post we’ll address the error “This page is already linked to Instagram”, we’ll talk about possible causes and then share how you can fix the error and link your Facebook pages successfully.
Causes Of This Page Is Already Linked To Instagram Error
The page has already been linked to Instagram
Even the error message points out that the Facebook page has been linked to Instagram. It could be the account you’re using or someone has linked the page on their Instagram account without you knowing it.
If it’s a Facebook business page where multiple users have access to the login of that particular account, chances are they’ve already used the page on another Instagram account. It can also be that someone accessed your account in the past and has connected your Facebook page especially when your Facebook messenger app is already logged in.
Whatever it is, you should check and see if the account has already been linked to your Instagram account.
Another Facebook account is logged in on the device you’re using
If it happens that there are multiple Facebook accounts logged in, you can face this error when you’re trying to link a Facebook page.
You have to make sure only the account you’re trying to link the page is logged in. If the other account that’s logged has a page linked to Instagram, even if it’s another account, you might end up with this error.
That’s why as part of the fix to the error “This page is already linked to Instagram”, it’s required that you sign-out of all your Facebook accounts and then login again.
You Don’t Have Admin Rights On Facebook
You might already know that multiple users have access to a Facebook page, but not everyone has admin privileges. Anyone that has been given access, it’s not necessary they’re allowed to connect the page on Instagram.
This issue is mostly experienced by business owners, they might have acquired a new business and the admin privileges aren’t set by the new manager of the Facebook accounts.
If you know that your task is just to edit or post content on the Facebook page, you’ll have to contact someone to give you access or let them connect the Facebook page from their side.
The page has an invalid name
If it happens that the page you’re trying to import has some special characters that aren’t supported on Instagram, you might end up with the error “This page is already linked to Instagram” while trying to connect the account. Even if your business or page name has special characters, you need to find a word that will replace that special character.
In an attempt to fix this error you should check the page name by logging into your Facebook account, and later on, you can try linking the page to your Instagram account.
These are the known causes of the error “this page is already linked to Instagram”, there could still be other potential reasons such as technical problems and so on. Let’s now talk about how to troubleshoot this error.
How To Fix This Page Is Already Linked To Instagram
Logout of both Facebook and Instagram accounts
This is the first to do when you encounter the error “This page is already linked to Instagram” on your device. We’ve already explained how logging into multiple Facebook accounts can cause problems. You need to sign out of your Facebook Messenger app, and if you’re using a browser, you should log out of your device.
For the Instagram app, you need to sign out also, and then logging again, after signing in, make sure to appropriately select the correct account you would like to link to the Facebook page.
We’re saying this because Instagram supports adding more than one account on the app, if you’re using multiple accounts, you always want to ensure the username of the account is displayed at the top with the profile picture. After logging into your Facebook and Instagram accounts but the error persists, you can then apply another troubleshoot.
Restart Instagram and Facebook apps
Temporary glitches can occur while using both Facebook and Instagram apps, you just need to close Facebook and Instagram. Make sure to close every instance running in the background. Just closing the app window won’t terminate the processes of these two apps, they’re still running in the background.
You can force close the apps from Settings, click on “Apps” or “Apps Manager” to find both Instagram and facebook messenger. When you tap on each, you can see the option to close them.
Preferably, after closing the apps, you should restart your device as well. After the restart, you can then launch the apps again and login to see if the error is fixed.
Downgrade from business to Personal account
Since you’re trying to link a Facebook page, chances are your Instagram account is a business account. It’s possible at the time you upgrade your Instagram account, you’ve already added the page you’re trying to link.
Once you roll back to a personal account, you should unlink every page attached to the account. After unlinking the accounts, you now upgrade to Instagram business again, and in the process, you can link the Facebook page you want to use. Here is how to roll back to Instagram personal account;
- Open your Instagram app and login.
- Tap on “Settings” and choose “Account” from the options menu.
- Under “Accounts” you can see the option “Switch To Personal Account”.
- After downgrading to a personal account, you can link the Facebook page and when the page has been linked successfully, you then upgrade to business. This trick has also worked for some users, and you need to give it a shot.
- To upgrade your account back to business, you need to go back to “Settings” and tap on “Accounts” as you did previously, and select “Business”.
Reset Facebook Password
When you receive the error message “This page is already linked to Instagram”, it’s possible someone has access to your password and might make unnecessary changes.
You might also log into your Facebook account on other devices that you can’t remember. Resetting the password will sign you out of all devices and Instagram will be logged out as well.
Change your password and make sure it’s entirely different than the previous one. Here are the steps to change your Facebook password;
- Launch the Facebook app and login into your account.
- Tap on the three-bar icon that’s placed at the top.
- From the options, you tap on “Settings & Privacy”.
- You then select “Settings” and the followed by “Security & Login.
- You now see the option “Change Password”.
- Type your new password and then save your settings.
- You have now changed the password and all devices will log out of your Facebook account, Instagram will also ask to login again.
- You should now attempt to link the page that’s showing errors to see if it’s resolved.
Disconnect Cross-Post From Facebook To Instagram
Instagram is owned by Facebook and you’re aware that you can cross-post between these two platforms, you have to connect your account before you could share content posted on one platform to another.
Some Instagram accounts might cause problems after connecting them, and hence when you’re trying to link a Facebook page, you end up with an error message like “This page is already linked to Instagram”. What you’re going to do now is to disconnect from the Facebook’s website and here are the steps;
- Visit the Facebook website on your browser.
- Click on “Settings”.
- Click on the Instagram account connected to Facebook, it can be seen from the left sidebar.
- You’ll see the option “Disconnect when you scroll down, you should click on it to disconnect the Instagram account.
Check for special characters
We’ve talked about them in the causes, when there are special characters in the page name, you’ll have problems linking it on Instagram. You need to recheck and ensure that only supported text and characters are included. If there are special characters and you need to modify, you’ll do that on Facebook and then open the page to modify the name.
Request for administrative rights
If you’re not the admin of the Facebook page as mentioned, you have to request permission for linking on Instagram. Contact the page admins and see if they can help you fix the error you’re experiencing while trying to link the Facebook page on Instagram.
That’s it on how to fix “This page is already linked to Instagram”, another important thing to note is that you have to make sure no one has linked the Facebook page on any Instagram account.
You can talk to users you believe might have linked the page to another account, and see if they can unlink it to allow you add it to your Instagram account. Let’s now talk about the problem of sharing posts from Instagram to Facebook.
How To Fix Instagram Not Sharing To Facebook
Facebook and Instagram and always linked together and that’s because Facebook owns Instagram. On Facebook, you have the option to connect your Instagram account. Likewise, on Instagram you have the option to connect your Facebook account and import data from your pages.
Most important of all, you can share content between the two, that’s the post on Instagram and be shared to Facebook and vice versa. Even after connecting the accounts and all settings are made, you might find that you’re not able to share content posted on Instagram to Facebook. Some of the reasons that prevent sharing from Instagram to Facebook include the following;
- You have not properly linked your Facebook account on Instagram, you might think that you have done so but you actually haven’t configured things properly.
- You have disabled the sharing feature in your Instagram account; Just by connecting your Facebook account on Instagram, the content will not be shared automatically, you have to configure sharing options.
- Facebook is temporarily unavailable at the time you posted on Instagram.
- The Facebook account is temporarily disabled for some reasons and that’s why you’re not able to post content from Instagram.
- A bug with your Facebook app, if there are technical problems, the app won’t work properly, this applies to both Instagram and Facebook.
Fixing Instagram Not Sharing To Facebook
All the troubleshoots for fixing “How to Fix This Page Is Already Linked to Instagram Error”, can also be applied to fix the problem of Instagram not sharing to Facebook.
You should start by making sure that sharing options are configured properly on Instagram from your account settings, and then you log out of your account and login again.
Disconnect your Facebook account on Instagram and connect it again, if the problem isn’t solved, you should roll-back to your Instagram personal account and upgrade again. Just apply the fixes outlined previously and you’ll definitely take care of the problem “Instagram not sharing to Facebook”.
That’s it for the post, let’s hear from you in the comments on how things work out for you or if you have other solutions to share with our readers.