How to see who is blocking you on instagram

To check if someone blocked you on Instagram, try searching for their account in the app or on the website while logged in. If you can't see it, log out of Instagram on your browser and try viewing their account. If it is now visible, they've blocked you.

Instagram doesn’t notify you when someone blocks you. If you have a nagging suspicion about someone who you haven’t heard from in a while, here’s how you can check if they have blocked you on Instagram.

You might find some third-party tools that advertise that they’ll notify you when someone blocks you, but those almost never work.

So, what does? Some good old-fashioned detective work. Follow the next steps to deduce if you’ve been blocked on Instagram.

Let’s start by searching. Open the Instagram app on your iPhone or Android handset and then tap the “Search” icon to go to the “Explore” page.

Here, tap the “Search” bar. Try to search for the person’s Instagram account handle. If you can’t find the user, it might mean that they have blocked you.

One sure-shot way of knowing if you’ve been blocked is by finding your way to their profile page in the Instagram app. Now, you clearly can’t get there from search.

But you can do it from old comments or from an Instagram DM conversation. If you can see their Instagram handle or their icon, tap it. This action will open their profile.

Now, if Instagram says something like “This Account Is Private,” it just means that they switched to a private account and they removed you as a follower. You can try to follow them again to get in their good graces.

But if the Instagram app says something like “No Posts Yet” and it doesn’t show the profile’s bio or the follower information, it means you are blocked. It might also just show you a banner saying “User Not Found.”

You can also confirm this by visiting the person’s Instagram profile on the web. If you remember their Instagram ID, add it to the end of the “www.instagram.com/(username)” link.

If Instagram tells you that the page doesn’t exist, they might have blocked you or they might have deleted their profile. If you see that message, try logging out and viewing it — if their profile is visible while you’re logged out, then you can be sure they have blocked you.

Note: Instagram might try to force you to log in instead of displaying their page if you’ve previously logged in to Instagram on the device you’re using. Try using Incognito Mode if that happens.

One piece of information might not be enough to discern, but if you followed all the above steps and you couldn’t access their profile, it probably means that you have been blocked.

If you want to be really sure, you can ask a friend to search for their Instagram handle. If your friend can access their profile (whether it’s public or private) and you can’t, well, it’s pretty clear that you have been blocked.

Do you suspect that someone has blocked you on Instagram? It can be frustrating for a person’s profile to disappear without a trace from your feed, leaving you with unanswered questions.

Fortunately, there are methods you can use to find out if a user has blocked you. Keep reading to learn how you can check who blocked you on Instagram.

What Happens When Someone Blocks You

You can see a list of people you’ve blocked on Instagram in the “Blocked Accounts” section. Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as the “Accounts Who Blocked Me” section. Simply put, Instagram won’t notify you if a user blocks your account. What’s more, there isn’t any official method of knowing if someone’s blocked you. The only way you can be sure is to check for yourself.

Blocking Isn’t the Only Explanation

You shouldn’t jump to conclusions if a person has suddenly vanished from your Instagram feed and stories. Blocking might be the worst-case scenario, but it isn’t the only possible explanation. Instagram user’s activity might drop if they:

• Haven’t posted in a while
• Switched to a private account and removed you as a follower
• Deactivated their account
• Deleted their account

Once you do a little investigating, you’ll know which scenario applies in your case.

How to Check if Someone Blocked You on Instagram

Suppose you have a growing suspicion that a friend or an acquaintance has blocked you on Instagram. If so, you can investigate in several ways. Some methods offer several possible explanations, but you can quickly eliminate most and come to an obvious conclusion if the person’s blocked you.

Search for Their Username

The first method is the most straightforward: type their Instagram username in the search bar.

If their account pops up and you can see all their posts, the user hasn’t blocked you. If you’re greeted by the “This account is private” message instead of their posts, they might’ve removed you as a follower but haven’t blocked you.

The account’s owner might’ve blocked you if their account doesn’t appear on your search. However, this may also mean one of the following:

• They have deactivated their account
• They have deleted their account
• They have changed their username

While deactivated or deleted accounts usually vanish into thin air, you can quickly check if a person changed their username. Look for a tagged photo or a comment they’ve previously left and click on their profile. You should be able to see their new username if they’ve changed it.

However, if you can see their account, the profile photo, post, follower, and following count, but not their posts, they’ve probably blocked you. The “No Posts Yet” message on the photo grid, just a few inches below the actual post count, sends a pretty clear message.

Check Your Messages

Blocking someone on Instagram won’t delete your previous messaging threads. It only stops the person from messaging you afterward.

If you’ve exchanged messages with the user who might’ve blocked you, check your Direct inbox. You can either use it as a shortcut to their profile or try sending them a message. If the user has blocked you, your messages won’t be delivered.

Check Your Comments

Instagram will remove the user’s likes and comments from your photos and videos when you block them. But their previous likes and comments won’t disappear from your profile. If you remember them commenting on a post of yours, try and find that comment. Next, click on their profile photo or username to open their profile. The account owner has blocked you if their profile displays a “No Posts Yet” message. The “User not found” message might indicate that the person has blocked you or that they’ve deactivated or deleted their account.

Search for Their Profile Using a Link

Instagram assigns a unique URL to each created account. The URL includes the account’s username. If you believe a person has blocked you on Instagram, try searching for their profile using their unique URL.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Open your mobile or desktop browser.
   
   
2. Enter https://www.instagram.com/ into the address bar.
   
   
3. Hit “Send” on your mobile or “Enter” on your PC.
   
   

If they haven’t blocked you, their profile page will appear. The “Sorry, this page isn’t available” message might have several explanations:

• You’ve entered the wrong link
• They’ve changed their username
• They’ve deactivated their account
• They’ve deleted their account
• They’ve blocked you

After double-checking the link, you can eliminate the other options by performing the search in an incognito browser. The person in question has blocked you if you can see their profile page from the incognito browser.

Search for Their Profile Using Another Instagram Account

When you block someone on Instagram, they won’t be able to search for your profile anymore. Alternatively, your profile will pop up, but the blocked user can only see an error message on your page.

Deactivated or deleted accounts won’t be visible to anyone. You can make another Instagram profile or simply use your friend’s phone to look up the desired Instagram handle. If the other Instagram profile doesn’t encounter problems with displaying the account, the owner has blocked your primary account.

Check Group Messages

When you block an Instagram user after being in the same group message, you’ll be given an option to leave the group or stay there. If you choose to stay, you’ll be able to see the group messages from the person you’ve blocked and vice-versa.

When suspecting that a person you’ve shared a group message with has blocked you, head to that conversation. Seeing their messages in the group, but not their profile when you click on it, means they’ve blocked you.

Try Following the Account

Try hitting the “Follow” button when you encounter a profile with the “No Posts Yet” message. If you can follow them straight away, there might’ve been a glitch causing the issue. However, if you can’t follow the account or receive an error message, the user in question has blocked you.

It’s Good to Know

Realizing that a person has blocked you might be a hard pill to swallow, but it beats not knowing what happened. Using the methods outlined in this guide, you will figure out who blocked you, but the why is open to interpretation.

Have you ever discovered that someone has blocked you on Instagram? How did you find out? Let us know in the comments section below.