How can the error “Unable to Use This Effect on Your Device” be fixed?
Here are methods that you can use to fix the error of adding a specific effect to your content:
· Check internet connection
The first and easy solution while you cannot add effects to your content on Instagram is checking your internet connection. A low internet connection can cause issues for the app to work properly.
If you are connected to Mobile data, switch it to Wi-Fi and vice versa. If you can resolve the issue, move on to the next solution.
· Update your Instagram app.
When Instagram cannot pop up your loved effect, you must check its updates. Using the old version of the Instagram app doe not allow you to benefit from newly updated features.
To update your Instagram app, open the play store or app store on your phone and search the Instagram app. If the update icon appears below the app, tap the update button.
· Restart your phone
One easy way to fix the glitch of any device is to restart the device. To do this, you need to close all apps running on your phone and restart your phone.
· Reinstall Instagram app
Once the Instagram app has some technical glitches, you can remove them by uninstalling and installing them again.
It does not matter what the type of glitch is; reinstalling the app most of the time is helpful.
· Clear the Instagram cache
If the Instagram app gets full of junk files, it will not work properly. You need to clear these junk files to make space for downloading new effects on the app.