{"id":19454,"date":"2022-07-18T05:22:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T05:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=19454"},"modified":"2022-07-20T06:50:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T06:50:27","slug":"why-cant-i-add-music-to-my-instagram-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-cant-i-add-music-to-my-instagram-story","title":{"rendered":"Why Can&#8217;t I Add Music to My Instagram Story?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e2337e47cee\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e2337e47cee\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e2337e47cee\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-cant-i-add-music-to-my-instagram-story\/#Why_Cant_I_Add_Music_to_My_Instagram_Story\" title=\"Why Can&#8217;t I Add Music to My Instagram Story?\">Why Can&#8217;t I Add Music to My Instagram Story?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-cant-i-add-music-to-my-instagram-story\/#Update_your_Instagram_app_to_enable_music\" title=\"Update your Instagram app to enable music\">Update your Instagram app to enable music<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-cant-i-add-music-to-my-instagram-story\/#Check_your_app_cache\" title=\"Check your app cache\">Check your app cache<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-cant-i-add-music-to-my-instagram-story\/#Check_your_countrys_availability\" title=\"Check your country&#8217;s availability\">Check your country&#8217;s availability<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/why-cant-i-add-music-to-my-instagram-story\/#Pay_for_royalty-free_music\" title=\"Pay for royalty-free music\">Pay for royalty-free music<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Cant_I_Add_Music_to_My_Instagram_Story\"><\/span>Why Can&#8217;t I Add Music to My Instagram Story?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-height: 370px; max-width: 44% height:auto; margin: 0px 10px; width: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NI9gKW4.jpg\" alt=\"Why cant I add music to my Instagram story\" align=\"right\"><\/p>\n<p>Are you frustrated with your lack of music in your Instagram story? You&#8217;re not alone. You&#8217;re probably also curious as to why it won&#8217;t work for you. Here are some possible reasons why you can&#8217;t add music to your story:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Update_your_Instagram_app_to_enable_music\"><\/span>Update your Instagram app to enable music<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To enable music in your Instagram story, you must have an up-to-date app on your phone. If you&#8217;ve recently updated your Instagram app, you&#8217;ll need to sign out and sign back in using the same credentials. Once you&#8217;ve signed back in, you can check whether music is working or not. If it&#8217;s not, you can try reinstalling the app. If you&#8217;re still unable to find the option, contact Instagram customer support.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t find the &#8220;Music&#8221; option, try clearing the app cache. This will also fix the issue. If you&#8217;re using an older version of the Instagram app, this can be caused by an old song or by a bug. If you&#8217;ve tried these steps and nothing has changed, you may want to try switching to data mode or force-close the Instagram app to see if this resolves the issue. If all else fails, you can download a free Spotify app for iOS.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Check_your_app_cache\"><\/span>Check your app cache<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re having trouble adding music to your Instagram story, try reinstalling the app. Sometimes, this is enough to fix the problem. But if the problem still persists, you might need to contact the Instagram support team to fix it. There are other fixes as well. Read on to learn how to fix the &#8220;No Results Found&#8221; error message and get music added to your Instagram story.<\/p>\n<p>Clear the cache memory on your device. A large cache can cause issues with Instagram Stories. To clear it, go to Settings &gt; Apps &gt;&gt; Show All Applications. Scroll down until you find the Instagram icon. Tap it and confirm clearing your cache. Then, force-close the app. Your Instagram story should now work again. It may take a few days to load, so be patient and wait for it to fully load.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Check_your_countrys_availability\"><\/span>Check your country&#8217;s availability<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you want to use music in your Instagram story, you&#8217;ll first need to check the availability of the feature in your country. While most countries have this option, not all of them do. This is because copyright laws apply to certain content, and the music feature might not be available in your country. In such cases, you&#8217;ll need to update your app to enable the feature. If you&#8217;re having trouble adding music, you can try using a VPN to access Instagram&#8217;s servers.<\/p>\n<p>The Instagram music sticker is available in select countries, including the USA, UK, and Canada. However, before the company started rolling out the feature to other countries, it was only available in six countries. Instagram hasn&#8217;t publicly stated when it plans to roll out this feature to all countries. You can also try using a VPN to bypass the geo-restrictions and add music to your story in your country.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pay_for_royalty-free_music\"><\/span>Pay for royalty-free music<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are many options to pay for royalty-free music for your Instagram story. For example, you can use Spotify to add music to your Instagram stories, but you&#8217;ll need to use a video editing application to add it. While you can use the music from the Instagram library, copyrighted music can cause problems. To avoid this, use a royalty-free music service such as Facebook Sound Collection. Facebook has more than 9,000 songs, and you can find the perfect music for your story.<\/p>\n<p>You can find royalty-free music from a variety of sources, including royalty-free sources. Royalty-free music comes with all the necessary rights for video ads, meaning you can use it as much as you want. Royalty-free music also comes with a unique price that does not increase based on how many times you use it. So, while free music is great for a few seconds, it can easily become a huge expense.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"margin: 0px auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j3ITPJuDtI0\" width=\"366\" height=\"204\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Can&#8217;t I Add Music to My Instagram Story? 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