You have the doubt that a friend of yours has about you blocked on Instagram, but do you want to be sure? You should know that the social network does not notify you if this happens. You don’t receive any notification when one of your contacts decides to block you.
The only way to understand if you have been blocked on Instagram is to use some tricks and do some checks to confirm this theory. Let’s see how.
What does “block on Instagram” mean?
A contact who decides to block you is, in fact, applying restrictions restrictions on your profilelimiting your ability to see its contents and interact on them.
The block can affect the entire feed or just some content, for example, specific posts or les Instagram Stories. In the latter case, the user can also just decide to hide stories without blocking you.
But what happens to a blocked user?
He can no longer find the profile of the person who applied the block; Old likes and comments are not deleted, but it is no longer possible to leave new ones. Even if blocked, he can still tag or mention, the only way to avoid this is to change your username. By blocking a user on Instagram, they are automatically blocked in their websites as well Instagram Direct (DM). Neither profile can see old messages, but it is possible to send new ones, but no one will be able to view them until they are unlocked. The blocked person cannot see the online status.
How to understand who blocked you
What was said above anticipates what checks to do to understand if you have been blocked on Instagram. Just a few clues are enough to be sure.
First, go to your feed: if you are blocked you will not be able to see the posts and stories of the user in questionand you won’t even be able to find his profile anymore.
In some cases, the user’s Instagram profile may still be accessible, but there will be no content inside, or an error message may appear.
You can also try making one search for your username via the Instagram “Search” bar. If you’re stuck, you won’t get any results.
A fairly safe method is to ask someone else to search for the profile in question, or to try to find it using another account. If the user appears, the block is confirmed.
However, if you manage to access the profile, you may no longer see the list of his followersclicking on the list shows you an error message warning you that it is impossible to view the users.
Finally, by going to Instagram DMs, you will notice the chat completely emptied of old conversations and, when you try to send a new message, it will remain undisplayed for a long time.
I can’t see Instagram Stories: have I been blocked?
Actually, not necessarily. In case of profile lockno content is visible anymore, Stories included, but the user may also have simply decided not to show them to you anymore, without however blocking you completely.
In fact, the social network allows you to choose whether share a Story with everyone or with a limited number of users, consequently allowing the blocking of some.
You can manage this setting when publishing the Story by pressing on Settings > Story Settings e “Hide my story from…” and choose the people who should not see the content.
To understand if they have you blocked viewing Stories Instagram you will have to verify with another profile.
Or, try using one of the many online services available to view public Instagram profiles, even without an account, and view IG Stories anonymously.