Instagram being the most popular social media app having over a billion downloads is now glitching for some users. As per the report, there are many Instagram users who are complaining that whenever they are sharing any reels with their friends over DM, the reels thumbnails are not appearing. Instead of the thumbnail of the reel, they are getting a plain background with the Instagram logo. 
If you are also facing any issue similar to this on your Android phone, then here is a quick guide on how to fix the reels thumbnails not appearing in DM. Even though Instagram hasn’t released any official statement about this, we might have a workaround that should work.
How To Fix Instagram Reels Thumbnails not Appearing
- This might be an issue with the Instagram app version you have installed. So, uninstalling it and then installing an older version might help
- First, you need to uninstall the Instagram App from your phone.
- Now, download an older version of the Instagram App APK from here. You can download any version and try if it works for you. The latest version is 276.1.0.26.103.
- Once you have downloaded the APK, now install it and try to log in to your account and check if it works.
- Also, don’t forget to disable automatic updates of the Instagram app from the Play store.
- That’s it, hope this fixes your issue.
Also Read- How To bring back the Instagram reels Button
This isn’t an official or confirmed method of fixing the reel’s thumbnail not appearing error. Instead, this is just a workaround and it might work for some and might not work for others. Sure you can give it a try. Most of the time Instagram App updates are server-side and are usually account based. This means the same issue would not be there on a different account despite using the same app. Lately, the Instagram app has become a big mess, a lot of users can’t even see the reel option.
Conclusion
This was a quick tutorial on how to fix Instagram Reels Thumbnails not Appearing in Dm while sharing the reels with friends or groups. This can be annoying and a lot of people have been complaining about the same over other social media platforms like Twitter and Reddit.
