{"id":8360,"date":"2022-07-13T05:56:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T05:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=8360"},"modified":"2022-07-13T05:56:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T05:56:04","slug":"how-to-block-someone-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-block-someone-on-youtube","title":{"rendered":"How to Block Someone on YouTube"},"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-6a055e55ec14a\" 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-6a055e55ec14a\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a055e55ec14a\" ><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-youtube\/#How_to_Block_Someone_on_YouTube\" title=\"How to Block Someone on YouTube\">How to Block Someone on YouTube<\/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-youtube\/#Unblocking_a_YouTube_channel\" title=\"Unblocking a YouTube channel\">Unblocking a YouTube channel<\/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-youtube\/#Unblocking_a_YouTube_user\" title=\"Unblocking a YouTube user\">Unblocking a YouTube user<\/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-youtube\/#Alternatives_to_blocking_a_YouTube_channel\" title=\"Alternatives to blocking a YouTube channel\">Alternatives to blocking a YouTube channel<\/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-youtube\/#Hide_certain_viewers_from_the_rest_of_your_channels_audience\" title=\"Hide certain viewers from the rest of your channel&#8217;s audience\">Hide certain viewers from the rest of your channel&#8217;s audience<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Block_Someone_on_YouTube\"><\/span>How to Block Someone on YouTube<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/egucMjJ.png\" alt=\"how to block someone on youtube\">  <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever found yourself wondering how to block someone on YouTube, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. YouTube&#8217;s recommendation algorithm does a lot of things right, and it does them wrong, too. If someone&#8217;s videos are making your playlist a little boring, you can easily block them from your channel so they don&#8217;t see your content anymore. Here are a few ways to do it. 1. Hide certain viewers from the rest of your audience<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unblocking_a_YouTube_channel\"><\/span>Unblocking a YouTube channel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are one of the many YouTube users who are blocked by another user, you might be wondering how to unblock them. While you can block anyone, you can also unblock a specific channel. Having blocked someone means that they will not be able to comment on your videos or send you private messages. Here&#8217;s how to unblock them and get back to having a productive online community! Here are a few of the ways to unblock a YouTube channel:<\/p>\n<p>First, find the YouTube user that you wish to unblock. You can do this by searching for the user&#8217;s name in the search bar. Next, open the channel&#8217;s page. Click on the flag icon to open the channel&#8217;s page. This will prevent you from leaving comments on videos that they upload. Next, select the Unblock icon and hit &#8220;Submit.&#8221; If you want to unblock the person again, repeat the steps above.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unblocking_a_YouTube_user\"><\/span>Unblocking a YouTube user<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t leave a comment on a YouTube video, the user may have blocked you. You can try to contact this person offline if you believe you&#8217;ve been blocked. If you&#8217;re sure the person is actually blocked, however, don&#8217;t contact them on the website. It&#8217;s not worth their time and it will only make things worse. Here&#8217;s how to unblock a YouTube user:<\/p>\n<p>First, you have to go to the person&#8217;s profile page on YouTube and search for the channel you want to block. Next, click the &#8220;About&#8221; tab and click the flag icon. Then, select &#8220;Block user&#8221; from the dropdown menu and click &#8220;Submit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Alternatives_to_blocking_a_YouTube_channel\"><\/span>Alternatives to blocking a YouTube channel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re fed up with the inappropriate content on a particular YouTube channel, you can use the &#8220;Block user&#8221; feature to prevent that user from showing any videos to you. You can also block an entire channel from being displayed on your homepage. Using this feature, you can block a channel for any reason &#8211; from spam to harassing or offensive content. However, it is important to keep in mind that blocking a channel doesn&#8217;t automatically block other videos it contains.<\/p>\n<p>To block a YouTube channel, you can do so using the settings menu. First, choose the channel you&#8217;d like to block. Click the three-dot menu on the channel&#8217;s profile page. This will remove it from your recommended videos. Note that you can undo this change in a future, if you decide that you want to unblock that channel. You can do this on any of your devices using the same YouTube account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hide_certain_viewers_from_the_rest_of_your_channels_audience\"><\/span>Hide certain viewers from the rest of your channel&#8217;s audience<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Having a small YouTube channel with few subscribers can be a dispiriting feeling, so you may want to hide the subscriber count of some videos from the rest of your audience. If you don&#8217;t have a high number of subscribers, it may even discourage some viewers from subscribing to your videos. In this case, hiding the subscriber count will be helpful while you build your YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to hiding certain viewers from the rest of your YouTube channel audience, you can also place a timeout on specific viewers. This way, you can respond to specific comments. You can also pause the live chat. Adding a timeout will allow you to respond to specific comments and hide certain viewers from the rest of your audience. If you have a consistent theme, you can organize your videos into playlists. Playlists appear below your uploaded videos, and you can select which ones you want to showcase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Block Someone on YouTube If you&#8217;ve ever found yourself wondering how to block someone on YouTube, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. 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