How do you find out who you blocked on facebook

Getting blocked on Facebook is not fun for anyone, but if you also use Facebook for your small business, getting blocked can take on a whole new dimension in terms of unnerving experiences. Facebook makes the act of blocking someone a confidential matter and does not offer any tools to help you discover if you have been blocked or not. However, with a bit of detective work, you can usually determine if you have been blocked. Remember that just because someone is no longer visible in your list of friends does not necessarily mean you have been blocked. You may have been "unfriended," the person may have terminated their account or Facebook may have suspended their account.

Search Results

If someone has blocked you, rather than simply discontinued your friendship, his name will not show up in your account's search results. Try typing the person's name in the search field at the top of your Facebook home page. If you don't find that person, you may have been blocked. However, he may have simply changed his security settings to prevent anyone but friends from searching for him. Try logging out of Facebook or toggling to your business account (click the arrow in the upper right corner and select "Log In As"). Try searching for the person again. If the person is not visible in a public search or from your business account, you may have been blocked. If the person is visible in a public search, but not visible in a search from your personal account, you've been blocked.

Mutual Friend List

Mutual friends can be a good indicator to see if you have been blocked. Navigate to a profile of someone who was a mutual friend with the person you suspect has blocked you. A list of some of her current friends is on their profile page. Click the "See All" link at the top of the list. A search field appears at the top of the page, which you can use to type the person's name. If the person's profile appears, you have not been blocked. If it doesn't appear, you may have been blocked. While few people have their friends listed publicly, if you can find such a person, try logging out of Facebook and looking at their list of friends. If the person is visible there, but not when you were logged in, you have been blocked.

FB Block in Wall Posts

If you can remember any posts the person has placed on your profile, business page or a mutual friend's page in the past, finding those posts now can indicate whether you've been blocked. If you have been blocked, the wall posts will still be visible, however his profile picture will be replaced with a question mark. Additionally, the person's name will be in black text and will no longer be a clickable link to his profile page.

Other Methods

So far, all of the above methods are ways you can determine if you have been blocked without drawing attention to yourself. To determine without a doubt if you have not been blocked, try sending a Facebook message to the person. If you receive a reply, you have not been blocked. You can also ask mutual friends if they have seen the person on Facebook recently. If no one has, the person may have terminated her account, or may have been suspended from Facebook. Lastly, you can ask your friends, or the person directly, whether you have been blocked.

The Block Users section shows who you've blocked and has options to unblock them

Published on September 1, 2022

What to Know

  • Click down arrow (top left) > Settings & privacy > Settings > Blocking > Edit under Block Users header.
  • Once at the Block Users screen, you can choose which accounts you want to unblock if any.

This article explains how to view the list of profiles you have blocked from your Facebook account's news feed.

How to View Your List of Blocked Profiles on Facebook

If you've already blocked people before and want to see who's on your blacklist, the following steps will help.

How to See Your Blocked List in a Browser

  1. Click your profile image in the upper-right corner of the page and select Settings & privacy.

  2. Select Settings.

  3. Once on the Settings page, select Blocking from the menu on the left side of the screen.

  4. Click Edit at the Block users menu option.

  5. This will open a separate prompt where you can click See your blocked list.

  6. While viewing your Blocked list, click Unblock to remove someone.

How to View Your Blocked List in the App

  1. Tap the hamburger menu. In iOS, this menu is at the bottom of the screen; on an Android device, it's at the top.

  2. Select the Settings gear.

  3. Scroll down to and tap the Blocking option.

  4. Here you will see the list of Blocked People you have on your Facebook account. You can unblock users or add new users to the block list from here.

How Long Until You Can Block a Recently Unblocked Account?

So you've tried to give someone a second chance and their actions online have reminded you why you blocked them in the first place. If that's happened, you won't be able to banish them back to your blocked list for a little bit. Under Facebook guidelines, the company does not allow its users to re-block a recently unblocked account until after at least 48 hours.

Alternate Actions to Blocking Users

Blocking someone should be considered the social media equivalent of the "nuclear option." They'll know they've been either blocked or unfriended once they search for you in their friends list, leading to some potentially uncomfortable conversations in the real world. That being said, there are other less intrusive ways of weeding someone from your daily news feed.

Snoozing

If you're sure the person in question is just having a bad day or needs time to vent, you can use the snooze functionality to temporarily hide them from your sight. You can do that by tapping or clicking on the three dots at the top right of one of the users' posts and selecting Snooze (user's name) for 30 days. Once enabled, you won't see their posts for a month, but you will still show up on their news feed and on their friend list.

Unfollow

If you want to continue effectively snoozing someone beyond the initial 30 days, then unfollowing is what you are after. Start by clicking or tapping on the three dots at the top right of one of the users' posts. By unfollowing someone, you can hide their posts from your news feed, but you can still keep in touch. This is easily reversed.

Unfriend

If you're completely done with a person's antics online, you can completely remove them from your digital life. Start the unfriending process by finding the person in question and visiting their profile page. On the top right corner, under their cover photo, click the blue Friends button. Select the Unfriend option to cut ties online.

FAQ

  • How can I tell if someone has blocked me on Facebook?

    If someone makes the decision to block you, for any reason, you should respect it and not attempt to get around the block. But if you want to verify whether or not you've been blocked in the first place, there are a few ways to check.

  • How do I know if someone has deactivated their Facebook account?

    If the person is on your Friends list, open the list and look for their name. If they aren't on your Friends list, search for them directly. In either case, if their account isn't there anymore, it's probably been deactivated.

  • Can I block someone on Facebook who already has me blocked?

    You can't block someone who has you blocked via the usual methods, but it is still possible. Since you can't pull up the profile of an account that has you blocked you'll instead need to go to your block list and enter their Facebook ID manually.

  • Can I unblock myself if I've been blocked on Facebook?

    In short, no, there's no way to unblock yourself unless the person blocking you decides to do it themselves. Attempting to circumvent a block when you know you've been blocked is also a bad idea in general.

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How do I see who I blocked on Facebook on Iphone?

You can review profiles you've blocked on Facebook in your settings. Settings & Privacy, then tap Settings. Scroll down to Audience and Visibility and tap Blocking. You'll see a list of the profiles you've blocked on Facebook.

How do I see my blocked list on Facebook Mobile 2022?

How to View Your Blocked List in the App.
Tap the hamburger menu. In iOS, this menu is at the bottom of the screen; on an Android device, it's at the top..
Select the Settings gear..
Scroll down to and tap the Blocking option..
Here you will see the list of Blocked People you have on your Facebook account..

How do I unblock someone on Facebook 2022?

How to unblock someone on Facebook Android app.
Open the Android app and tap the icon displaying three stacked horizontal lines in the top right corner..
Select “Settings” from the “Settings & Privacy” tab..
Scroll down and tap “Blocking” from the “Audience & Visibility” tab..