How to know if someone on Instagram has blocked you?

There are many reasons for using the option to block a individual on social media. There are applications that suggest warning the user when this happens to their profile but their efficacy has never been proven.

With that in mind, we've differentiated a few ways for you to confirm if it was blocked on Instagram without having to resort to external applications.

Step by step via the App

Logged into your profile, go to the icon at the bottom of the magnifying glass. This takes you to the Instagram Explore section. Then press the search bar and enter the username you think you've blocked.

If you're not seeing any results, you're likely actually blocked. There are also other methods to find out if someone has blocked you on Instagram if you want to further intensify this search. Another is to get to the corresponding profile, without going to the search bar.

To do this, search for an old website you know has a user comment or go to the DM tab and check for an earlier conversation between you two. To redirect to your profile, click on the name or photo, and see the message that appears.

There are some possibilities at this point: if Instagram displays the message "There is no publication," even if the profile has it, besides not allowing you to check information about profile followers, it means you've been blocked.

Another way to look at this conclusion is if the page displays the "User not found" message, which also implies that you were blocked on Instagram by that profile.

Instagram on PC

You need to know the username to perform the test on the computer. Only go to www.instagram.com/username, which will take you directly to your desired profile page. If the message appears that the profile no longer exists, you might have been blocked or the user has chosen to delete the account.

It is worth noting that there is always the possibility you were not blocked. One of the alternative messages is that which says that profile is private, preventing you from viewing the publications. If that happens and you know that you have followed the person before, the user may simply have removed you from the followers; one option is to ask to follow up again.

To take the final question, you can speak to a friend even after all the previous steps, and ask him to look for the name of the user in his own account. When it happens to him, that simply means you've been blocked.