- To know if someone blocked you on Instagram, try searching for their account.
- If you can’t find their account or see the profile image, you may have been blocked.
- If you can see their profile and posts on another Instagram account, they may have blocked you.
If you’ve noticed a certain person’s posts are missing from your Instagram feed recently, they may not have posted in a while or they may have banned you.
Instagram does not alert you when someone blocks you, and there is no list of those who have done so that you can view.
It’s simple to confirm if you’ve really been blocked on Instagram if you suspect it. No matter the version of the Instagram app you have, there is a simple way to find out.
How to know if someone blocked you on Instagram
First, simply search for the account that you think has blocked you in the app.
- If the account is private and you can’t find it, you’ve likely been blocked.
- If the account is public, and when visiting their page you can’t see their profile image, post count, follower count, or following count, and the photo grid area reads “No Posts Yet,” you have definitely been blocked.
If you enter the URL Instagram.com/username into a computer and, assuming they didn’t delete their account, get a page saying “Sorry, this page isn’t available,” then you were probably blocked. Of course, you need replace the term “username” with their Instagram handle.
Searching for this person’s likes or comments on an Instagram account they follow will help you confirm (but make sure you both mutually follow the account if it’s private). If you find any, it suggests they didn’t delete their account and that they did, in fact, block you.
You can also use a friend’s account to look for the person who blocked you, or you can open another Instagram account, to confirm that you have been blocked. If you can locate their profile and view images and other information after searching from a different account, it is guaranteed that you have been blocked.
Note: When someone blocks you on Instagram, they also have the power to block your account and any additional accounts you might make in the future.
What happens when someone blocks you on Instagram?
All of your likes and comments on Instagram’s photo and video postings will be deleted. In posts and comments, you also won’t be able to tag or reference them.
When it comes to messaging, the following will happen:
- Your previous Direct messages will still be in the person’s inbox, but they will not be able to message you again.
- The person will still be able to see any messages you send in group messages that you’re both a part of — although, Instagram will give them the option to leave said group when they block you.
- Any messages you send to them won’t be delivered — it doesn’t matter if they unblock you later.
- If they create a room, you won’t be able to join it.
