How to know if someone has blocked you on Instagram

Instagram is one of the most popular social networks in the world, the app Meta It has more than 2,000 million active users, in the case of Spain, this figure exceeds 24 million users per month, reaching a penetration of approximately 50% of the Spanish population. But can you know if you have been blocked on Instagram?

When a user blocks another on their Instagram profile, the other user’s profile, posts or stories will not be accessible, but they will not receive any notification of the block, therefore, many users wonder if it is possible to know if They have been blocked on the social network.

There are several ways to notice a blockage. For example, if you enter a user’s profile and it does not appear in the search engine, it is an indicator that you could be blocked. To know for sure you can access Instagram, through the web browser and without entering credentials. If when you search for the person’s name or username the account does appear, you can confirm that you have been blocked.

Another indicator to know if someone has blocked you is direct messages. If someone blocks you on Instagram, you will not be able to send them messages. If you cannot interact with the user through messages in the app, they have blocked yousince the option will no longer be available.

How do I know if they blocked me or deleted their account?

An account can disappear from your Instagram feed for many reasons, it is not necessarily a ban, since users could also have deleted or deactivated their account.

For example, if when searching for the account through the web browser, and without credentials, the account still does not appear, it may be because the user has deleted their Instagram profile, or even has been suspended.

How to block and unblock someone on Instagram

When you block another user on Instagram, that person will not be able to see your information or activity on the social network. Additionally, when a follower is blocked, they will disappear from your follower list, but they will not receive any notification about the block. Find out how to block or unblock someone on Instagram.

How to block a user from the profile

• Access the Instagram app through your mobile device
• Click on their username in their feed or story post, or go to the search engine, and enter the username to go to their profile.
• Click at the top right, then press “Block.”

How to block a user from chat

• Access the Instagram app through your mobile device
• Select the send message icon, which appears in the shape of a paper airplane
• Click on the chat with the person you want to block, and select the “more information” icon at the top
• Press the “Lock/Unlock” option and do it again to confirm the action

It is important to keep in mind that If you’re in a group chat with someone you’ve blocked, A dialog box will appear asking you if you want to stay in the group or leave it. If you decide to stay in that group, you will both be able to see your messages. Also, if the person you’ve blocked has multiple Instagram or Facebook accounts, you may have to block each of them.

How to see who you’ve blocked or unblock someone

• Click on the menu icon on the Instagram profile, and access the “Settings” section.
• Click on the option «Blocked accounts», located under “Who can see your content.”
• There you can see the complete list of blocked users. To unblock a user, you will have to press the “Unblock” option.
• Click «Unlock» in the account you want to remove from this list to confirm the action, and from now on you will be able to access your content again.

What happens to interactions when you block another user?

When a user is blocked on Instagram, you must keep in mind that Your likes and comments will be removed from photos and videos shared on the profile. Conversely, if the lock is later removed, previous interactions will not be restored. But, blocked people will still be able to see “Likes” and comments on posts shared by public accounts or accounts they follow.

In addition, blocked users will not be able to mention the username or tag the profiles of those who have been blocked. As for direct messages, messages that have already been shared through “Direct” will remain in the inbox, but new messages cannot be sent.

«If the person you have blocked sends you messages in Direct, you will not receive them or they will be delivered later if you unblock them. When you block someone, this person will not be able to join the rooms you create when they log in to their Instagram account,” they explain from Meta.

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How to block a user from stories

Stories are one of the most popular features of this social network. Through this, users can share photos and videos that will disappear from your profile 24 hours after publication, except if they add them to the featured stories section on their profile.

Within Instagram’s privacy measures, a user can restrict who accesses this content, and can even hide their stories from certain users. To hide your story from someone you just have to follow the following steps:

• Select the menu in the Instagram profile and then enter Settings
• Choose the “Hide story and live videos” option under the “Who can see your content” section.
• You can select the people you want to restrict in the “Hide history and live videos to…” search engine. To stop hiding your story from someone, tap to uncheck that person.

In this way, users will no longer have access to your stories, without being blocked from your Instagram, so they will be able to continue seeing your profile and other publications in the social network’s feed.