No longer seeing posts from a particular person in your Instagram feed? She no longer responds to your private messages? It’s very likely that she blocked you so that you can no longer see her account. But how can you be sure?
Weird. It’s been days since you’ve seen his stories or his other posts on Instagram. However, even if you like him, you have often noticed that you see a little too much of this person’s photos in your feed. An idea suddenly crosses your mind: “ What if she had blocked me? »
Faced with this terrible hypothesis, there remains only one solution: to be certain of it. Numerama helps you check it in just a few steps.
How do you know if you are blocked on Instagram?
- Search profile on Instagram
This will be the first major indication that we will attempt to confirm later. If you remember exactly the name their profile used, now is the time to enter it into the app’s search bar. The account is not displayed at all? This is a first good indication of a possible blockage. Let’s go on. - Go through your old messages
Have you had direct interactions with the person concerned? If she blocks you, your correspondence will not disappear and will remain displayed in the “Messages” section. Go to the chat and see if you see any blocked symptoms, such as new, unread messages, an inaccessible profile picture, or “user not found” in place of their name. - Where are his comments?
Do you remember for sure the comment that person left on one of your posts? Go find him. If it no longer appears among the others, this is yet another indicator of a blockage. Cross-reference this with comments left on other posts. Better yet, check third-party user posts that this person had also commented on. If his messages no longer appear there either, the noose tightens. - Do you have another account?
Switch to this profile and do exactly the same operation as indicated in step 1. Can you find it? The chances are now extremely high that your other profile has indeed been blocked. Can’t find it? Two solutions: either the account in question was in fact deleted, or its owner was smarter than you. It is in fact possible for him to block all accounts associated with a telephone number; in this case, this technique does not work. - Use a web browser
As in the first step within the application, search for the profile in question from the web version of Instagram, but do it without logging into your account. Better yet, if you still remember their username, try accessing it directly by entering the URL like instagram.com/username. If the profile appears, again everything indicates that the person has blocked you. To find out for sure, connect now to this same web version of the social network. His profile has disappeared? Doubt is no longer really allowed. - Call a friend
Do you have any friends in common? Ask them to access the person’s profile in turn. Is he still online and even posting new stories? Here again, it is difficult to doubt that something other than a blockage is the cause. Important clarification to conclude: when the blocking has just been carried out, it is likely initially that you will be able to access the profile in question, but in this case neither its publications, nor its subscribers and subscriptions will be accessible to you.
An important caveat, however: all of these tips are only intended to know for sure if someone has blocked you, in order to remove any doubt. This should neither lead you to spy on him nor annoy him. If she did it, it was for a reason of her own. This is never a pleasant observation, but it is respectable.
What are the consequences of blocking your account?
When you are blocked on Instagram, you can no longer see the profile, posts, comments and stories of the person who blocked you. Additionally, you can no longer search for this person on the app or send them direct messages. Your profile will also be unsubscribed from theirs.
Can you see a story while blocked?
No, you can’t see the stories of someone who blocked you on Instagram. When you are blocked, you can no longer access the profile, posts, comments and stories of the person in question.
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