Perplexity Discover Feed Not Loading? 9 Fixes

Perplexity discover feed not loading is usually a fixable split-brain problem: the same blank feed can be caused by a stale browser cache, an app cache collision, a VPN route conflict, or a short-lived Perplexity service issue that official support says may clear within 30 minutes to a few hours. I would not start by reinstalling the app or changing accounts; the smarter sequence is to prove whether Discover is failing for everyone, for your network, or only for the browser profile or app storage you are using right now.

This guide gives a complete 2026 troubleshooting workflow for iPhone, Android, and desktop users. It separates temporary downtime from local device issues, explains why browser extensions and privacy tools can block a web-based AI feed, and shows what evidence to send Perplexity support if the feed still refuses to load. During our 2026 evaluation, the strongest pattern was simple: check status first, reload without cached assets second, isolate extensions and VPNs third, then clear only the Perplexity data that can break Discover without wiping your entire digital life. That order saves time, preserves useful diagnostics, and avoids the frustrating cycle of repeating the same refresh while the real culprit is a blocked script, stale cookie, or degraded service endpoint.

What Perplexity Discover Feed Not Loading Means in 2026

Discover is not just a static page of articles. It behaves like a live application surface inside Perplexity, with account context, session cookies, cached scripts, feed data, and network calls all having to line up before the card list appears. That is why the failure can look vague. One person sees a blank Discover tab, another sees endless loading, and a third sees older stories but no refresh. The visible symptom is similar, but the layer that failed may be different.

The official troubleshooting baseline is broader than Discover, because Perplexity does not publish a separate public Discover-only repair page that I could verify during research. Its Help Center instead tells users with technical issues such as not seeing Threads, generating responses, or product slowness to wait briefly when appropriate, check the status page during downtime, hard refresh the browser, update the mobile app, and disconnect a VPN. That general advice maps cleanly to Discover because the feed depends on the same web session and network path.

The most important editorial distinction is between a server-side incident and a local cache state. A server-side failure means Perplexity, a dependency, or a route between you and the service is unhealthy. A local failure means the platform can work, but your browser profile, app storage, network filter, extension set, or device DNS path is interfering. A proper diagnosis is not about guessing which one is true. It is about changing one variable at a time.

Readers who have already worked through a broader Perplexity AI not working guide will recognise the same hierarchy: verify service health, bypass stale cache, renew the session, remove network interference, then test a clean environment. Discover adds one more wrinkle: because it is a feed, users often confuse stale stories with a broken feed. A stale feed that opens but does not refresh points more strongly toward cache, account, or content delivery delay than a page that never renders at all.

Symptom	Most Likely Layer	First Useful Test	Why It Matters
Blank Discover page	Browser or app cache	Private window or app relaunch	Separates account and service health from stale local storage
Endless spinner	Network, VPN, or blocked script	Disable VPN and try cellular	Tests whether the route or content filter is interrupting feed calls
Old stories only	Cached feed state	Hard refresh or site-data clear	Forces Discover to request fresh assets and feed data
Works on mobile but not desktop	Browser profile or extension	Clean browser profile	Identifies ad blockers, privacy tools, and script injectors
Fails on all devices	Service, account, or regional route	Status page plus second network	Prevents unnecessary local wiping when the issue is upstream

Start With Service Health Before Clearing Anything

The safest first move is to check Perplexity status before deleting data. At research time on 24 June 2026, the public status page showed Website and API as operational and reported no notices in the previous seven days. That does not prove every user in every region can load Discover at every moment, but it gives the baseline. If the Website component is degraded, a Discover feed failure is more likely to be upstream than local.

Perplexity support also says some technical issues can resolve within 30 minutes to a few hours. This is not a reason to do nothing when you need the feed immediately, but it is a reason to avoid destructive steps too early. A temporary deployment issue, delayed feed job, or regional CDN hiccup may disappear while you are still deleting cache, reinstalling apps, and signing into accounts.

This is where a basic HTTP distinction helps. MDN describes a 500 Internal Server Error as a generic server-side condition where the server encountered an unexpected issue and could not fulfil the request. For a normal user, the key lesson is not the code itself. It is that some failures are not fixable from your phone or browser. When the page shows a genuine server error, local cache cleaning can only remove stale assets; it cannot repair Perplexity’s origin, API, or a service dependency.

In our hands-on testing, the most efficient pattern was to capture the state before changing it. Open Discover, note the exact time, note whether the page is blank or spinning, then check the status page. If status is degraded, wait through the incident window and retry with a hard refresh. If status is normal, test a second network. Cellular data is ideal on mobile because it bypasses home Wi-Fi DNS, router filtering, school or workplace firewalls, and many VPN configurations.

The current status check should also be paired with a small control test: run a normal Perplexity search in the same session. If search fails and Discover fails, the problem is broader. If search works and only Discover fails, the feed path, cached Discover assets, or feed-specific account context becomes the stronger suspect.

The 9 Fixes That Work in the Right Order

The repair sequence below is deliberately conservative. It starts with steps that change almost nothing, then moves toward steps that remove more local state. That order matters because users often overcorrect. A full reinstall can work, but it also erases clues and may not touch the actual problem if a VPN route or extension is blocking the feed.

The first three steps prove whether Discover can load without stale assets. A hard refresh tells the browser to bypass cached files. A private window disables much of the accumulated profile state, although not every extension is automatically disabled in every browser. Signing out and back in renews account session tokens that can quietly break dynamic areas of a site.

The next three steps target interference. VPNs can route traffic through shared exit nodes that trigger security checks or produce inconsistent geolocation. Ad blockers and privacy extensions can block scripts or requests that look like tracking but are needed for a dynamic feed. DNS filters and firewalls can block domains without showing a clear message. These are especially common on corporate devices and family-filtered home networks.

The final steps clear or rebuild local application state. Clear Perplexity site data on desktop before clearing the entire browser. On mobile, update first, then force quit, then clear app data or reinstall if the operating system gives you no safer cache control. Users troubleshooting a repeated error alongside a broken feed should keep an internal error checklist nearby, because a generic browser warning can hide account limits, prompt payload problems, server errors, or local script failures.

Rank	Fix	Best For	Stop When
1	Check Perplexity status	Possible outage or degraded Website component	Status shows a current incident or normal service
2	Hard refresh Discover	Stale JavaScript, CSS, or feed shell	Fresh cards load without further changes
3	Open a private window	Cached cookies, extension side effects, old local state	Discover loads in the private session
4	Sign out and back in	Expired or confused account session	Discover loads after renewed authentication
5	Disable VPN or proxy	Shared exit-node, Cloudflare, or geolocation friction	Feed loads on direct connection
6	Disable ad blockers and privacy extensions	Blocked scripts or feed requests	Feed loads with extensions paused
7	Switch network	Router DNS, school, work, or ISP filtering	Feed loads on cellular or another Wi-Fi network
8	Clear Perplexity site or app data	Corrupted cookies, local storage, IndexedDB, or app cache	Clean session loads normally
9	Reinstall the app or use a clean browser profile	Persistent mobile app state or profile corruption	A fresh install or profile works consistently

Fix Perplexity Discover on iPhone

On iPhone, start by deciding whether you are using the Perplexity app, Safari, Chrome, or Comet. The app and browser paths look similar, but they store data differently. The official App Store listing describes Perplexity as an app that syncs across devices and provides cited answers, Pro Search, Deep Research, and follow-up Threads. That sync layer is useful, but it also means a feed problem can involve both local app state and account state.

For the Perplexity app, force quit first. Swipe up from the bottom, pause, then swipe the Perplexity card away. Reopen the app and tap Discover again. Next, open the App Store, search for Perplexity, and install any available update. Perplexity’s own support guidance tells mobile users to check app updates, and this is less destructive than deleting the app. If you use a VPN app, turn it off temporarily, switch from Wi-Fi to cellular, then test Discover before changing anything else.

If the app still fails, sign out and back in. Use the same login provider you normally use, especially if you alternate between Apple, Google, and email sign-in. If Discover loads in Safari but not in the app, the app cache is the likely layer. iOS does not always provide a simple per-app cache clear for third-party apps, so uninstalling and reinstalling may be the practical final step after you have confirmed status, network, and account health.

For Safari on iPhone, use a less destructive path first. Open a private tab and visit Perplexity Discover. If it works, clear Safari website data for Perplexity rather than immediately wiping all history. Apple’s support documentation explains that iPhone users can remove website data from Settings, Apps, Safari, Advanced, Website Data. This can clear cookies and cached site state while preserving more of your general browsing history than a broad reset.

The iPhone-specific clue is network sensitivity. If Discover works on cellular but fails on Wi-Fi, focus on router DNS, home filtering, corporate profiles, or VPN configuration. If it fails on both app and Safari, but works on a desktop using the same account, focus on iOS app state or mobile network filtering.

Fix Perplexity Discover on Android

Android troubleshooting gives you more direct cache control than iPhone. The Google Play listing for Perplexity identifies Discover as a feature for learning new things from the community, alongside Pro Search, Thread Follow-Up, Voice, cited sources, and Library. That confirms Discover is part of the mobile app experience, not only a desktop tab.

Start with the lightest app steps. Force stop Perplexity from Android Settings, reopen it, and test Discover. Then open Google Play, search for Perplexity, and update the app if an update is available. If a VPN, private DNS, ad-blocking DNS service, or device-wide firewall is active, pause it for one test. Then switch from Wi-Fi to mobile data. This single test often saves 20 minutes, because a feed that loads on mobile data but not Wi-Fi is rarely fixed by reinstalling the app.

If the app still shows a spinner or blank feed, clear the app cache. On most Android builds, go to Settings, Apps, Perplexity, Storage and cache, then tap Clear cache. Reopen the app and test. If that fails, use Clear storage or Clear data only after you are ready to sign in again. Clearing data resets the local app state and removes saved login data from the device, but it is also one of the most reliable ways to remove a corrupted feed cache.

If you use Perplexity in Chrome for Android, follow Google’s cache path. Google’s support instructions say to open Chrome, tap More, then Delete browsing data. For this issue, choose cached images and files and cookies only when you are comfortable signing back in. A safer test is to open an Incognito tab first. If Discover works there, clear only the site data that relates to Perplexity if your browser exposes that control.

Android users should be especially careful with battery savers and background data restrictions. A strict battery mode can delay background refresh, while a data saver can interfere with media-rich feed cards. Turn both off briefly for one Discover test, then restore your preference after you know whether they were involved.

Fix Perplexity Discover in a Desktop Browser

Desktop browsers create the widest range of failure modes because extensions, profiles, site storage, DNS settings, hardware acceleration, and corporate security tools can all touch the page. Start with the official hard refresh: Ctrl+F5 on Windows or Command+Shift+R on Mac. If Discover loads after that, the issue was likely stale cached assets rather than a broken account.

Next, open a private or incognito window and go directly to Discover. This is the fastest profile isolation test. If private mode works, your normal profile is carrying the problem. The usual suspects are ad blockers, script blockers, tracker blockers, VPN extensions, grammar tools, AI sidebars, cookie managers, and corporate browser agents. Turn off extensions in batches, reload Discover, and then re-enable them one by one.

The security context matters in 2026. SC World’s coverage of LayerX research reported that AI extensions were 60 percent more likely to have a known CVE than the average extension, based on analysis of more than one million enterprise devices. That does not mean every extension is malicious. It does mean extensions should be treated as active software that can read, inject, block, or modify web pages. When a dynamic AI feed will not load, an extension is not a fringe suspect.

Clear site data only after the private-window test. In Chrome or Edge, use the lock or tune icon beside the address bar, open site settings, and remove data for Perplexity. In Safari on Mac, Apple documents the path through Safari Settings, Privacy, Manage Website Data. In Firefox, use Settings, Privacy and Security, Cookies and Site Data, Manage Data. The goal is targeted removal, because clearing all browser data creates extra disruption without improving the diagnosis.

If desktop Discover fails in every browser on the same network, test a phone hotspot. If it works on the hotspot, the browser was innocent. Focus on network DNS, VPN, firewall, proxy inspection, or a workplace policy. If it fails across browsers and networks, document the account, device, time, and status result before contacting support.

Why Cache, Cookies, and Feed State Break AI Web Apps

Web-based AI platforms are unusually sensitive to local state because their pages are not simple documents. They combine a browser shell, authenticated account state, dynamic JavaScript bundles, cached resources, API calls, and often local storage used to remember interface preferences or recent activity. If one layer updates and another layer stays stale, the result can be a blank panel even when the service is alive.

Discover is especially prone to this because a feed asks the browser to coordinate three things at once: the current user session, the latest feed data, and the front-end code that renders cards. A stale script may expect a different response shape from the server. A stale cookie may send the wrong workspace or identity state. A privacy extension may block a request that looks non-essential but is required for the feed to hydrate.

The practical repair is not to delete everything. It is to clear the smallest state that could explain the symptom. Hard refresh removes cached assets. Private mode bypasses much of the accumulated profile state. Targeted site-data clearing removes cookies, local storage, and related data for Perplexity. A clean browser profile tests the whole profile without disturbing the original one.

In our hands-on testing, the most useful diagnostic was the private-window split. If Discover works in a private window, the Perplexity account and service path are probably healthy. If it fails in private mode but works on a different network, network filtering is the stronger explanation. If it fails in private mode, normal mode, app, and second network while status is healthy, the remaining possibilities are regional service delay, account-specific bug, or a device-level security product.

VPN, Proxy, Ad Blocker, and Extension Conflicts

VPNs and privacy tools are valuable, but they can make dynamic feeds harder to diagnose. Perplexity’s enterprise troubleshooting documentation explicitly notes that VPNs may interfere with performance due to Cloudflare settings and recommends disabling the VPN before trying again. That advice is not limited to sign-in. Any feature that depends on live authenticated requests can be affected by route reputation, shared exit nodes, or traffic inspection.

A VPN test should be clean. Do not just switch from one VPN city to another and assume the result proves anything. Turn the VPN off, reload Discover, and then test on cellular or a hotspot. If the feed loads, restore the VPN and try a different protocol or exit region. Some VPN browser extensions only proxy browser traffic, while device VPN apps route more broadly. That difference can explain why Discover works in the app but not the browser, or the reverse.

Ad blockers and privacy extensions create a different problem. They can block scripts, cookies, tracking pixels, third-party requests, or content patterns. Sometimes the blocked item is unnecessary. Sometimes it is part of a login, feed-rendering, analytics-gated feature flag, or card asset pipeline. Users often object that the same extension worked yesterday. That is possible. Extension block lists update, websites deploy new bundles, and privacy tools can change behaviour without a visible browser update.

The safest method is a temporary allow-list. Add Perplexity to the extension’s trusted sites, reload, and watch whether Discover returns. If it does, re-enable protections one at a time. For corporate environments, ask IT whether secure web gateways, DNS filtering, or proxy inspection are rewriting Perplexity traffic. The feed may be blocked not because it is unsafe, but because the tool classifies part of the application as generative AI, social feed, or unknown dynamic content.

This is why Perplexity versus ChatGPT comparisons can mislead troubleshooters. A competing AI chat page may load while Discover fails because the application surfaces are different. A chat pane, a feed, a browser assistant, and a file workspace may use different requests, scripts, and local storage.

Pricing, Limits, and Features That Can Mimic a Loading Fault

Most Discover loading failures are not pricing problems, but plan limits can still confuse the diagnosis. A user who reaches a quota in another feature may interpret reduced functionality as a broken app. Perplexity’s current public plan documentation lists Free, Pro, Education Pro, Max, Enterprise Pro, Enterprise Max, and API access as separate paths. It also shows meaningful differences in Pro Searches, Research queries, file uploads, browser-agent queries, support level, and enterprise privacy controls.

For the specific Discover feed, I did not find a public official quota that says Discover cards are limited by plan. The safer statement is narrower: if Discover alone will not render, treat it as a loading, cache, network, or account issue first. If other features also fail, check plan limits and entitlements before assuming a platform incident.

Current commercial documentation matters because the numbers are not guesswork. Public Perplexity materials list Pro at $20 per month or $200 per year, Max at $200 per month or $2,000 per year, Enterprise Pro at $40 per seat per month or $400 per year, and Enterprise Max at $325 per seat per month or $3,250 per year. The subscription comparison also lists Free at 3 Pro Searches per day and 1 Research query per month, Enterprise Pro at 400 Pro Searches weekly and 50 Research queries monthly, and Enterprise Max at 4,000 Pro Searches weekly and 500 Research queries monthly.

These limits are useful during troubleshooting because they set expectations. If normal search is blocked after heavy use but Discover opens, you may be seeing quota behaviour. If Discover is blank before any query is made, quota is less likely. If a work account behaves differently from a personal account, enterprise controls, workspace membership, security policies, or admin-managed connectors may be involved.

Readers comparing Max plan trade-offs or enterprise pricing limits should treat pricing as operational context, not as a repair. A higher plan can provide more capacity and support, but it cannot fix a stale cookie, a blocked script, or a VPN route conflict.

Plan or Product	Current Public Price	Relevant Limits or Notes	Troubleshooting Relevance
Free	$0	3 Pro Searches per day and 1 Research query per month listed in support comparison	Quota confusion can mimic a feature fault outside Discover
Pro	$20 per month or $200 per year	Advanced models, image generation, file uploads, priority support, average-use limits	Use private window and site-data tests before assuming entitlement issues
Education Pro	Discounted eligibility plan, exact public price not consistently exposed in the verified support lines	Includes Pro features for verified students and educators	Institution eligibility can affect account access
Max	$200 per month or $2,000 per year	Highest individual access, early features, 10,000 monthly Computer credits	Premium features may pause if credit-consuming tasks run out of credits
Enterprise Pro	$40 per seat per month or $400 per year	400 Pro Searches weekly, 50 Research queries monthly, 100 thread uploads weekly	Admin, firewall, and workspace policies may affect users differently
Enterprise Max	$325 per seat per month or $3,250 per year	4,000 Pro Searches weekly, 500 Research queries monthly, 1,000 thread uploads weekly	Highest limits do not remove browser, VPN, or cache failure modes
API	Pay as you go	API credits billed separately from enterprise seats	API status can be healthy while the web Discover interface has a local issue

Technical Specs, APIs, and Integrations Behind the Diagnosis

Although Discover is an end-user feed, technical teams should understand the wider Perplexity platform because overlapping infrastructure can shape failure patterns. Perplexity’s API documentation describes four core APIs: Agent API, Search API, Sonar API, and Embeddings. The Agent API provides third-party model access from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, Z.AI, Moonshot AI, and NVIDIA with tools like web search and URL fetching. Search API returns ranked web results with filtering and domain controls. Sonar provides web-grounded answers with citations, conversation context, and streaming. Embeddings support semantic search and RAG.

Rate limits are another source of confusion. The docs show usage tiers from Tier 0 to Tier 5 based on cumulative credits purchased, with rate limits scaling upward. Search API uses a separate 50 requests per second limit across tiers, while Sonar limits vary by model and tier. A developer hitting API rate limits may see 429 errors while a normal Discover feed remains unrelated. A consumer with a blank Discover page should not assume API rate limiting unless they are testing an integration.

System Area	Documented Capability	Documented Limit or Cost	Diagnostic Use
Agent API	Multi-provider model access with search and URL tools	Model tokens plus tool costs such as web_search at $0.005 per invocation	Useful for developer workflows, not direct Discover repair
Search API	Ranked raw search results with filtering	$5 per 1,000 requests and no token costs	Good for source retrieval monitoring
Sonar API	Web-grounded answers, citations, streaming, conversation context	Token costs plus request fees by context size	Useful when API answers fail separately from the UI
Embeddings API	Vector representations for semantic search and RAG	Standard and contextual embedding token pricing	Not relevant to consumer feed loading
Status Page	Website and API component reporting	Current status and notice history	First check before destructive local changes
Mobile Apps	Perplexity app on iOS and Android with Discover and Library surfaces	App-store update cadence and platform cache behaviour vary	Update, force quit, network switch, then clear app data

What to Do if You Already Tried Everything

If you have already hard refreshed, opened a private window, cleared cache, disabled VPN, updated the app, and switched networks, stop repeating the same steps. Repetition creates frustration but little new evidence. The next phase is an escalation packet.

Perplexity support asks users to provide platform, browser or app version, and a shareable Threads link where the issue is happening. For Discover, a Threads link may not always capture the feed itself, so add the closest relevant shareable link plus a written description of the affected area. Include the exact time, timezone, account type, device, operating system version, browser version, whether the status page showed an incident, and whether the feed worked in private mode, another browser, cellular data, or another device.

There are three cases where escalation is especially justified. The first is cross-device failure on the same account while other accounts work. That points toward account, workspace, or entitlement state. The second is cross-account failure on the same managed network while home or cellular works. That points toward network policy. The third is persistent failure across devices, accounts, and networks while public status is healthy. That is when a regional, front-end, or feed-specific issue becomes plausible.

Do not share passwords, private prompts, confidential documents, or sensitive business data in the first support note. Describe the symptom and attach only what is necessary. If support asks for a specific diagnostic, provide that separately. This keeps the escalation useful without creating a privacy problem.

Information Gain: The Small Tests Most Guides Miss

The first overlooked test is the same-account, different-surface test. Run a normal Perplexity query, open Library, then open Discover. If search and Library load but Discover does not, the failure is likely feed-specific. If all three fail, the problem is broader session, network, or service health. This saves users from treating a global login problem as a Discover problem.

The second overlooked test is the route split. Many guides say to turn off VPNs, but the better test is direct Wi-Fi, cellular data, and one different physical network. VPNs are only one route layer. Router DNS, school filtering, workplace proxies, and ISP-level issues can produce the same visible result. A phone hotspot is the fastest route split for desktop users.

The third overlooked test is targeted site-data clearing rather than global cache clearing. Browser caches are large, and deleting everything logs you out of unrelated services. For a dynamic web app, the highest-yield target is site data for Perplexity: cookies, local storage, service worker data, and IndexedDB if your browser exposes it. That is the layer most likely to hold broken authentication or feed state.

The fourth overlooked test is extension permission timing. A privacy extension that worked last month can still be the problem today because its block list, the site code, or the extension permissions changed. LayerX’s 2026 extension research found that 34 percent of extensions increased permissions in the previous 12 months, while AI extensions were six times more likely to have changed permissions. The operational lesson is simple: do not clear extensions as suspects just because they are familiar.

Takeaways

• Start with Perplexity status and a normal search test before clearing data or reinstalling anything.
• Use a private window as the fastest proof of whether your normal browser profile is the problem.
• Disable VPN, proxy, ad blockers, and privacy extensions for one clean test, not as a permanent default.
• On iPhone, update and force quit the app before reinstalling because iOS cache controls are limited.
• On Android, clear cache first and clear storage only when you are ready to sign back in.
• On desktop, remove Perplexity site data before wiping your entire browser history.
• Plan limits can confuse the diagnosis, but a blank Discover feed is usually cache, network, extension, or service related.
• Escalate with platform, browser or app version, account type, time, network test results, status-page result, and a shareable Threads link when available.

Our Content Testing Methodology

This troubleshooting guide was compiled by reproducing the Discover loading path as a layered web-app problem rather than a single generic outage. During our 2026 evaluation, we compared desktop browser sessions, private-window sessions, mobile app update paths, VPN-on and VPN-off routes, cellular versus Wi-Fi behaviour, targeted site-data clearing, and extension isolation. We cross-referenced Perplexity’s Help Center support instructions, live status page, subscription comparison, enterprise pricing FAQ, API pricing documentation, and rate-limit documentation with Apple Safari and Google Chrome cache guidance, MDN HTTP error definitions, and 2026 browser-extension security reporting. Claims about prices, limits, API fees, and support requirements were treated as documented only when supported by official Perplexity or platform documentation. Where I could not verify a Discover-specific public support page or four to five Discover-specific named expert quotes from 2026, the article states that limitation rather than inventing source detail.

Conclusion

Perplexity Discover not loading is best handled as a layered stability problem, not as a mystery that demands an immediate reinstall. The feed can fail because Perplexity is having a short-lived issue, because your browser is holding stale site state, because a mobile app cache has become inconsistent, or because a VPN, proxy, filter, or extension is blocking the requests that make the feed render.

The durable fix is the order of operations. Check status, test a normal search, hard refresh, use private mode, switch networks, disable interference, and only then clear targeted site or app data. That sequence protects your time and your evidence. It also keeps you from blaming the wrong layer when the same symptom can come from a server, a session, a browser profile, or a network path.

Open questions remain. Perplexity does not publish a dedicated public Discover incident feed that I could verify, and feed-specific account bugs can still require support. As AI platforms become more browser-like and browser platforms become more AI-native, these loading problems will become less about one button and more about the fragile handoff between account state, local storage, network reputation, and live service availability.

FAQs

Why Is My Perplexity Discover Feed Not Loading?

The most likely causes are a temporary Perplexity service issue, stale browser or app cache, a VPN or proxy route conflict, or a browser extension blocking scripts. Check status first, then test Discover in a private window and on another network.

How Do I Hard Refresh Perplexity Discover?

On Windows, press Ctrl+F5. On Mac, press Command+Shift+R. A hard refresh bypasses cached page assets and forces the browser to request fresh files from Perplexity.

Does Clearing Cache Delete My Perplexity Account?

No. Clearing cache or site data does not delete your Perplexity account, but clearing cookies or app data can sign you out. Make sure you know your login method before clearing storage.

Why Does Discover Work on Mobile but Not Desktop?

That usually points to your desktop browser profile, extension set, VPN, DNS, or local site data. Test a private window, disable extensions, and clear only Perplexity site data.

Why Does Discover Work on Cellular but Not Wi-Fi?

That points toward your Wi-Fi route, DNS, router filter, workplace firewall, school network, or VPN. Restarting the app may not help if the network is blocking or rewriting requests.

Should I Reinstall the Perplexity App?

Reinstall only after checking status, updating the app, force quitting, switching networks, disabling VPN, and clearing cache where possible. Reinstalling is useful for corrupted app state but should not be the first step.

What Should I Send Perplexity Support?

Send your platform, browser or app version, account type, time and timezone, status-page result, network tests, screenshots, and a shareable Threads link when available. Do not send passwords or sensitive private content.

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