As one of India’s most popular e-commerce platforms, it isn’t fairly common for the Flipkart servers to crash. However, such situations are inevitable on the internet. If you ever happen to be facing such a problem, it could either be due to an issue with your hardware and software or server issues at Flipkart’s end.

Although, there isn’t much that you can do in latter situation, you can try out a few fixes on your device to resolve the ‘Flipkart not working’ issue.

In this article we walk you through seven ways to fix the ‘Flipkart not working’ error and a few other pointers to help you out in this situation.

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Clear the app’s data and cache

While clearing the app’s cache or data can help you resolve the temporary bugs, including Flipkart not working correctly. However, keep in mind that removing the data of the Flipkart app will log you out of the app.

Clear Flipkart app cache

Launch the Settings app on your device and follow the steps mentioned below to clear the app’s cache:

Scroll down to Manage apps in the Apps menu and search for Flipkart in the search bar.

Tap on Clear data on the bottom of your screen and select the Clear cache option.
Hit Ok to confirm in the pop-up dialogue.

It is suggested that you opt for clearing the app’s data only when the issues are not sorted even after clearing the app’s cache.

Clear Flipkart app data

Launch the Settings app on your device and follow the steps mentioned below to clear the app’s data:

,Scroll down to Manage apps in the APPS menu and search for Flipkart in the search bar.

Tap on Clear data on the bottom of your screen and select the Clear all data option.
Hit Ok to confirm in the pop-up dialogue.

Check the network settings on your device

If your network connection is not working properly, Flipkart might also have trouble downloading pictures of products and goods.

You can try and reconnect your mobile data or WiFi connection and see if that resolves the issue. You can also restart your WiFi router and even your device, which might solve the issue.

Update Flipkart app

Updating the Flipkart app can most definitely sort the issues related to the server or any other reason. Follow the steps mentioned below to update the Flipkart app on android:

Launch the Play Store on your device and search for Flipkart in the search bar.
Tap on Update.

Restart your device

In case you are facing similar issues with other apps as well along with Flipkart, restarting your device or gadget might bring you up to speed and resolve the issue.

Update your device

This may sound far fetched, but the system and the downloaded apps on your device function a lot better when the device is running on its recently updated version.

Note that you’ll find the system update option only when there is an update available.

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Use a different browser

If you are facing similar issues with the Flipkart website on your PC, you can try and access the website from a different browser than your current one. If you currently do not have an alternative browser on your device, see if you’ve got an update for the current one. If yes, update and try again.

If things still don’t work out and the Flipkart’s still not working, you’ll need to use an alternative browser.

Enable all permissions

Apps require some permissions to function, and the same is true for Flipkart. If the Flipkart app isn’t working for you, try enabling one permission after another or all at once to see if disabling one has caused the issue.

Launch the Settings app on your device and follow the steps mentioned below to enable all permissions for the app on your device:

Head over to Manage apps under Apps menu and search for Flipkart on the search bar.

Tap on App permissions and toggle the switches in the right corner to enable all permissions.

What to do if Flipkart is still not working?

If you have tried all the hacks mentioned above and are still facing the same issues with the Flipkart app then it might be a server related problem on their end.

You can relate your issues with the Flipkart online customer support by clicking the link here.

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