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How do you block someone on Instagram?
We are witnessing the golden years of Instagram. More and more people open a new personal account every day, so companies bet on this platform to advertise through influencers or their own Instagram business accounts. Consequently, ads hog up our stories.
The growth and relevance of Instagram has brought a lot of information to the world. The amount of information available may be excessive, forcing us to decide to block certain Instagram users.
We’ll explain to you in this post how to block someone on Instagram. Would you like to learn how?
Keep reading!
Steps to block someone on Instagram
You got tired of receiving all kinds of notifications, content or messages from certain users, you want to block them, but you don’t know how…
Sometimes you might not take any action to solve this problem, only if you want to avoid reading never-ending articles.
To help you with the process, we have put together these easy steps to block an account on Instagram:
→ Search the user that you want to block
You can do it from the usual search tool, from your list of followers if he/she follows you or from your private messages if that person has previously contacted you using this method.
→ Access and tap the menu
When you enter their profile, you can access the menu represented by three consecutive dots that you find on the top-right side.
→ Tap block
If you tap menu, you will see the option block amongst other actions that you could take.
Easy, right? Once you finalize the process, we ask you… which reasons made you decide to block a profile on Instagram?
Why would we block someone on Instagram?
Sometimes we feel overwhelmed with our accounts on this social platform because we’re so exposed and available. Perhaps, another user is stalking you and you don’t want to know anything about him/her again.
Below, you can find three common scenarios that might make you consider blocking a profile:
🔒 SPAM. There are some profiles where the only objective is to sell and advertise through private messages and comments without your approval.
🔒 Meddling. An Instagram user that you don’t know usually comments on your photos or replies to your stories.
🔒 Harassment. If you feel hounded by someone, a good option will be to block that person. If it persists, you could opt to report it on this same platform.
What happens if you block a profile on Instagram?
Before blocking that profile from your Instagram account, we will tell you what happens if you do it so you can decide whether it is convenient for you to block someone or not.The profile you block …
- Won’t be able to find your account in the Instagram search engine. When they write your name, no search results will appear.
- Can’t see the content you publish on Instagram: Feed posts, Reels, IGTV, stories, nothing. By blocking, you won’t see their content either.
- Cannot contact you through direct messages. Any communication channel between you is eliminated.
- Will keep the exchanged messages and comments before the blocking took place. That is, nothing is deleted before the account was blocked.
Is there any alternative to block a profile?
Fortunately, Instagram offers you ways to privatize your profile without having to resort to blocking someone.
So, what are those alternatives?
✅ Private account. Only users that you previously accept as followers will be able to see your profile.
✅ Share stories. Instagram stories can be sent through private messages, if you don’t allow it, nobody will be able to share your stories.
✅ Comments. You can filter comments through settings. Choose which words can or cannot appear on your wall.
✅ Replies to stories. Select who can reply to your stories: Everyone, people you follow or deactivate this option all together.
This is a great alternative to keep your privacy if you don’t feel comfortable blocking someone.
How do you unblock on Instagram?
You have two options available in case you want to unblock a user and interact with them again:
➡️ Search their profile. Instead of the option “follow”, you will see “unblock”. Simply tap it and it’s done.
➡️ Access your profile settings that you can find by clicking the three horizontal lines on the top-right side of your wall. In ‘Privacy’, go to ‘Blocked Users”. In this section you will find the profile you want to unblock.
Do you have any other questions? If someone is a nuisance, don’t think twice about blocking them.
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