– Are you suspecting to have mistakenly blocked someone on Facebook but don’t know how to really go about checking that out? If yes, we’ll be showing you in this post how you can tell if you’ve blocked a friend on Facebook.
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If you blocked a friend on Facebook, the person will longer have access to your profile. Also, since the process is a two-way thing, you too won’t be able to have access to their profile on Facebook. Here, we will teach how you can block, view your blocked list, and unblock a person you’ve blocked on Facebook.
How to Blocked Someone on Facebook
Blocking someone on Facebook is a special feature that allows Facebook users to have control over who and things they receive and see on Facebook. With this feature, people can block nagging friends and also stop other users from sending messages they don’t want to receive on the giant social networking website. However, sometimes people do mistakenly block friends they never wanted to block and hence the need to unblock them. Here is how you can block someone on Facebook without stress.
How can I unblock a blocked friend on Facebook?
To block someone on Facebook, do the following
1. Log into your Facebook account via
https://www.facebook.com/. This will take you to the Facebook homepage. On that page, go to the login section, enter your email and password and then click the login button to proceed to your Facebook profile.
2. Click the small triangular-shaped icon. This icon assumed the shape of a triangle with it pointed edge turned upside down.
3. From the drop-down menu, click “settings”. This will take you to a new page. On that page, navigate to the left column and click “blocking”.
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4. If you’ve done step 3 above correctly, you’ll see the “manage blocking” page. Under this page, scroll down to “block users” option. In the space provided, type the name of the person you want to block and click block. For instance, let’s assume that you want to block a friend named “Nem” on Facebook. Once you might have undertaken step 1 to this very one, you’ll see a pop-up message with the following information;
Are you sure you want to block Nam?
Nem will no longer be able to:
– See things you post on your timeline
– Tag you
– Invite you to events or groups
– Start a conversation with you
– Add you as a friend
– If you’re friends, blocking Nem will also unfriend him.
– If you just want to limit what you share with Nem or see less of him on Facebook, you can take a break from him instead.
– Instead, you may want to send Nem a message because he might not know he is bothering you. Let him know.
5. If you still want to proceed with the blocking, click block.
You ‘re done.
If in the long run, you want the person to be your friend once again on Facebook, you can unblock them.
How to See Your Blocked List on Facebook
Before you can unblock a blocked friend on Facebook, you need to, first of all, hover around Facebook to your blocked list. A blocked list is a folder in Facebook that contains the list of all the persons you’ve so far blocked from interacting with.
Facebook chooses to keep this folder for some reasons. Some of the reasons are that some persons may mistakenly block people they never intended to block and hence would want to unblock them.
Secondly, some persons after blocking friends for reasons best known to them may, later on, resolved their differences and want to reconnect. For these reasons and many others, Facebook decided to keep this records for its users. How to check your blocked list on Facebook.
To check your blocked list on Facebook, do the following;
1. If you’ve already logged into your Facebook account, click on the triangular-shaped icon at the top right corner of your home page and choose settings from the drop-down menu.
2. Next, click on blocking at the left column of the new page that appears.
3. On the manage blocking page, scroll down to the block users option and you’ll see your blocked list. To see the person you’re looking for, type the person’s name in the space proveded and scroll down the list.
How to Unblock Someone On Facebook
To unblock a friend on Facebook, follow step 1 to 3 above and click unblock. click here for details article on how to unblock someone on Facebook.
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