{"id":4404,"date":"2022-07-10T13:05:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T13:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=4404"},"modified":"2022-07-10T13:05:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T13:05:59","slug":"how-to-block-someone-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-block-someone-on-instagram","title":{"rendered":"How to Block Someone on Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a073e6f76f33\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a073e6f76f33\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a073e6f76f33\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-block-someone-on-instagram\/#How_to_Block_Someone_on_Instagram\" title=\"How to Block Someone on Instagram\">How to Block Someone on Instagram<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-block-someone-on-instagram\/#Unblocking_someone_on_Instagram\" title=\"Unblocking someone on Instagram\">Unblocking someone on Instagram<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-block-someone-on-instagram\/#Reporting_inappropriate_posts_on_Instagram\" title=\"Reporting inappropriate posts on Instagram\">Reporting inappropriate posts on Instagram<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-block-someone-on-instagram\/#Blocking_someone_on_Instagram\" title=\"Blocking someone on Instagram\">Blocking someone on Instagram<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-block-someone-on-instagram\/#Effects_of_blocking_someone_on_Instagram\" title=\"Effects of blocking someone on Instagram\">Effects of blocking someone on Instagram<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Block_Someone_on_Instagram\"><\/span>How to Block Someone on Instagram<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"how to block someone on instagram\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/AqZmQkM.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering how to block someone on Instagram, you aren&#8217;t alone. This article will walk you through the process. You can unblock them or report inappropriate posts, as well as see how blocking someone on Instagram affects their profile. Keep reading to learn more. In the meantime, feel free to report inappropriate posts on Instagram, too! We&#8217;ll cover all of the basics. Now, you can stop a person from bothering you and your friends!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unblocking_someone_on_Instagram\"><\/span>Unblocking someone on Instagram<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unblocking someone on Instagram is easy. First, you need to find the person who has blocked you. If you know the person&#8217;s username, you can tap their profile picture and click on the &#8220;Unblock&#8221; button. Once you&#8217;ve clicked &#8220;Unblock,&#8221; you&#8217;ll no longer see their posts and messages. But, if you don&#8217;t know the user&#8217;s username, you can always use the &#8220;@&#8221; symbol to contact them.<\/p>\n<p>The next step is to sign into your Instagram account. First, you&#8217;ll need to sign in to the website or mobile app. Once you&#8217;re signed in, you can search for the person you&#8217;d like to unblock. Once you&#8217;ve found the person, you&#8217;ll see their username as hypertext. Then, tap on that hypertext to visit the user&#8217;s profile page. Once there, you&#8217;ll see a menu of options. Choose &#8220;Unblock&#8221; as the first option on the menu.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reporting_inappropriate_posts_on_Instagram\"><\/span>Reporting inappropriate posts on Instagram<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re sick of seeing posts and comments you don&#8217;t like, you can report them on Instagram. Unlike comments, you can report entire accounts, or just individual posts. By reporting inappropriate content, Instagram can take steps to ensure that it&#8217;s not repeated or shared. You can also report an account if you&#8217;re concerned that someone is engaging in identity theft. Instagram is a public digital service and is responsible for ensuring that users don&#8217;t post content that is inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>You can report inappropriate content on Instagram by using the &#8220;Report&#8221; button located under any post. The report button will notify the Instagram team anonymously, which means that the person who posted it won&#8217;t know who reported it. Instagram will review your report and take appropriate action if necessary. Follow the steps below if you&#8217;re using the iPhone application. You can also refer to the Instagram community guidelines and spam policies for more information on how to report content.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blocking_someone_on_Instagram\"><\/span>Blocking someone on Instagram<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To block someone on Instagram, you have to go to their profile. You&#8217;ll find the profile in the bottom-right corner of your screen and tap on the three lines icon. From here, you can choose your privacy settings. You can then view the list of blocked users. If you&#8217;d like to unblock someone, you can do so by tapping on their name. However, blocking someone doesn&#8217;t make you invisible on Instagram &#8211; you can still comment or like their posts.<\/p>\n<p>To unblock an account, go to their profile and tap the menu button. You&#8217;ll see a confirmation box, confirming that you blocked them. If you don&#8217;t like what you see, click &#8220;unblock&#8221; and return to the account&#8217;s page. You can also choose to block or unblock an account from your profile at any time. The confirmation box will allow you to confirm the block before it becomes official.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Effects_of_blocking_someone_on_Instagram\"><\/span>Effects of blocking someone on Instagram<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Blocking someone on Instagram means they cannot see your posts or stories. The only posts they will see are those that you have posted yourself. You will not be able to see what they post, but they can still see your profile data and comments. If you are blocked, your Instagram activity will stop. However, if you block someone on Facebook, their activity will not stop. This means that you will be able to see what they post, but not theirs.<\/p>\n<p>If the person you&#8217;ve blocked isn&#8217;t a friend or family member, you&#8217;ll still be able to view their Stories and Snaps. If you&#8217;ve blocked them from seeing your Stories, you&#8217;ll be able to see the people you&#8217;ve been in contact with in the past. You&#8217;ll also be able to view their saved messages and history of previous chats. If you&#8217;re in a group chat, you won&#8217;t have to worry about your friends seeing your messages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Block Someone on Instagram If you&#8217;re wondering how to block someone on Instagram, you aren&#8217;t alone. This article will walk you through the process. You can unblock them or report inappropriate posts, as well as see how blocking someone on Instagram affects their profile. Keep reading to learn more. 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