What Happens When You Block Someone on Instagram

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What Happens to Profile When You Block Someone

Instagram gives two options for ignoring someone,mute and block. While mute simply hides their profile from you, blocking is a severe action. So, let’s learn the aftereffects of blocking someone on Instagram in detail before you decide.

Does Instagram Notify When You Block Someone

Nope. Instagram doesn’t send a notification of any sort to the blocked person. However, don’t be too sure and there are some other ways to figure out if you’re blocked on Instagram.

Can Someone Still See You If You Block Them on Instagram

Not really. The blocked person will not be able to see anything on your profile. It’s like your profile doesn’t exist on Instagram. However, sometimes, due to a cache issue, the blocked person might be able to view your profile namethrough search, but that will stop after a few days.

Also, the blocked person can tap on your profile from previous messages but that will also show the No Posts yet screen. But please keep in mind that theblocked user can see your profilefrom a web browser by logging out from their own profile.

Can the Blocked Person See Changes in the Profile Picture and Bio

The blocked person can see changes in your profile picture if the previous message thread is present in their inbox. That’s because the profile picture will change in the message thread.

However, the blocked user cannot trackchanges in your bioas your profile doesn’t open for them.

If You Block Someone on Instagram, Can You Still See Their Profile

Yes. You can see the profile of the person you blocked on Instagram via the blocked list, through search, or messages. However, you will only see the profile picture, number of posts, and bio.

So you can see changes in the bio and profile picture of the person you blocked. You will have to unblock the person to see their followers or actual posts.

What Does Someone’s Profile Look Like When They Block You

As mentioned above, you won’t be able to see the profile of the user who blocked you on Instagram. If you try to access their profile using a username or any other place, this is what you will see:

What Happens to Likes and Comments

When you block someone on Instagram, they won’t be able to like or comment on your new pictures. Furthermore, their likes and comments will be removed from your posts. And if you unblock the user, the likes or comments will not return.

So once blocked, the previous likes and comments are gone from that user. However, the blocked user can still see your likes and comments on posts of public accounts or accounts that you both follow.

Moreover,your likesand comments will not be removed from the profile of the blocked user.

Can a Blocked Person Mention or Tag You

No, the blocked cannot mention you on Instagram. If they try to tag you with your current username, they will get an error saying Can’t mention. Also if you change your username, they won’t be able to mention you as they don’t have your new username. Similarly, you cannot tag the blocked person.

Can a Blocked Person See Online Status

When you block someone, they will be deprived of youronline status(green dot) and so would be you, if it was enabled.

Does Blocking on Instagram Also Block the Person on Facebook

No. Blocking a person on Instagram will not have any impact on yourrelationship with them on Facebook.

Does Blocking Unfollow the Person

Yes. Blocking a person will automatically make youunfollow the person. It will also remove them from your followers. In case you unblock them later, you two will have to follow each other again.

Do Your Followers Know That You Blocked Someone

Nope. Only you and the blocked person will hold this deep, dark secret unless they tell someone. Notably, while Instagram doesn’t tell someone that they are blocked, they might also not know.

What Happens When Your Instagram Profile Is Public

All the above things remain true. The only difference is that the blocked person can create a new Instagram account or use someone else’s profile to view your posts and stories as they are public.

What Happens When You Block Someone on Instagram Messages (DM)

Firstly, there’s only one block on Instagram. So whether you block someone from their profile or via messages, it will block their entire profile including messages and all the things mentioned in this post will hold true.

When you block someone onInstagram Messages, you can’t send them any new messages. You will get an error saying that you need to unblock the person before you can message them.

If You Block Someone on Instagram, Can They Still Message You

Yes and no. The blocked user can initiate messages only if they have the previous message thread in their inbox. However, those messages won’t be delivered to you.

So while it may appear to the blocked user that he/she is sending messages to you, in reality, the messages aren’t actually being delivered to you. Basically, the blocked user cannot message you on Instagram.

Even when you unblock someone on Instagram, those messages won’t come back. The ability to allow the blocked user to send messages is provided so that the blocked user doesn’t know that he/she has been blocked.

Tip:Know what happenswhen you block someone on Facebook.

Does Blocking Someone on Instagram Delete Messages

No, blocking someone on Instagram will not delete previous messages from anyone’s end. The message thread will stay in the inbox until you manually delete it. In fact you can evensee the first message you sentthem.

If You Send Someone a Message on Instagram and Then Block Them Can They Still Read It

Yes, there’s a high probability that the message will be delivered before you block the person. So even if you block the person after sending a message, it won’t help much. If you want to delete messages from both sides, Instagram provides a native feature tounsend messages. Long press the sent message and select Unsend.

What Happens to Group Messages

If the blocked person and you are a member of the same group chat, blocking will not remove either of you from the same group.

However, you will see a dialog box in the group after blocking someone asking whether you want to stay in the group or leave since the blocked person is in the group. If you stay in the group, both of you can see each other’s messages.

What Happens to Story When You Block Someone

Is blocking on Instagram story different? You cannot block someone on theInstagram story. You can onlymute or hide stories. Muting a story will hide the other person’s story from your profile and with the hide option, you can restrict your story from their view.

Can Blocked Accounts See Your Instagram Stories

No, blocked accounts cannot see your Instagram story as your profile isn’t visible to them. Similarly, you cannot see their stories.

If I Block Someone on Instagram, Can They See I Viewed Their Story

If you accidentally viewed your ex’s (or someone else’s) Instagram story and then decided to block them, the blocked user won’t be able to see that you viewed their story.

FAQs About What Happens When You Block Someone on Instagram

While Instagram doesn’t notify the blocked user directly, he/she could get suspicious if they are unable to view your profile.

There are many ways to identify that. For instance, open their profile via tags or comments and see if you get the No posts error. You can also check from a different profile and see if you are able to see the profile that blocked you.

Yes. You canblock someone from commentingon your Instagram posts. Go to Instagram Settings > Comments. Under Block Comments From, add the people who you don’t want to comment on your posts. Please note that blocking someone from commenting on your posts will not block them from accessing your new or old posts, stories, and messages. Their old comments will also stay. The only thing that will change is that won’t be able to make new comments.

Restricting someone on Instagramonly prevents them from commenting and messaging you. The user can still see your profile. On the contrary, blocking a profile completely prevents the user from seeing your profile. Know the detaileddifference between block and restricton Instagram.

No, you cannot know who searched orviewed your Instagram profile.

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Last updated on 24 July, 2024

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