Instagram users woke up this week to a strange surprise—old stories from 2020 and 2021 resurfacing at the top of their archive or story feed, completely unprompted. Dubbed the “Insta Flashback Glitch,” this bug is showing people photos with exes, awkward selfies, and forgotten memes from years ago.
While some users were nostalgic, many were horrified, sharing reactions like “Why is Instagram emotionally attacking me today?” and “I just saw my lockdown phase again—I didn’t ask for this.”
Meta hasn’t officially commented, but tech insiders believe this might be a bug related to archive memory testing or auto-reminder features being soft-launched.
This glitch has now become a meme trend, with people screenshotting their worst flashbacks and captioning them with “No thanks, 2020!” or “Instagram has no chill.”
Want to avoid this? You can:
- Disable story archive auto-reminders
- Manually hide old content from memory
- Download and delete old stories in bulk
What started as a bug is now a digital time capsule—and a reminder that the internet never really forgets.
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