LinkedIn says its social network should work again after a crash, but it may seem confusing for some – here's a tip you can use to get LinkedIn to work again

• LinkedIn faced a failure on Wednesday.

• LinkedIn confirmed that he was facing problems with Business Insider, but said the problem was now resolved.

• Some commentators of the Down Detector website suggested pressing the "Control" and "F5" keys at the same time to allow Windows PCs to solve the problem. The equivalent command for Mac computers is "Cmd" + "Shift" + "R."

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According to our own experience, LinkedIn experienced a downtime on Wednesday, as well as reports on social networks and the Internet Detection Down Detector website.

LinkedIn confirmed the problems to Business Insider and said the problem was now resolved.

However, despite LinkedIn's comforting comment, it may still seem derisory to some. The company suggested to clear the cache, which you can do on Windows computers by simultaneously pressing the "Control" and "F5" keys.

The equivalent command for Mac computers is "Cmd" + "Shift" + "R." The key combination worked for three different business insider colleagues.

Users reported that LinkedIn served as a mostly blank page with the LinkedIn logo and some hyperlinks, as in the screen capture below:

According to the data from Down Detector, it appeared that breakdowns were affecting the most the United States and parts of Europe.

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