How to know if someone has blocked you on facebook

The block is the most powerful weapon at the disposal of each user to exclude one or more people on Facebook.

How to know if someone has blocked you on facebook

Occasionally, people need to take a break from each other, this is especially true after breakups, and blocking can be a good way to help them do it. Or, as is now the case, unfollowing them on Facebook so that your timeline isn't littered with their updates or selfies with their new "bae".

But how do you know if you have been blocked? Well, there are a few ways to find out...

The easiest way to discover if you've been blocked by someone is by searching for their name on Facebook. If the following message appears, then one of two things has happened: they have deactivated their account or blocked you...

How to know if someone has blocked you on facebook

 You can tell if it's the former by searching for them on your friends' list. If they have deactivated their account, their profile will still be there.

While it's not nice to discover that you've been blocked by someone, it's important to respect and accept their decision to remove you from their online world.

The second way to discover if you've been blocked involves looking at your Facebook messages. If you try to contact someone and are unable to do so, or if you see that their name is black and in bold in your old messages, then I'm afraid you've been blocked.

How to know if someone has blocked you on facebook

 So the next time you're wondering if someone has blocked you on Facebook, you'll know exactly what to do, and in the unlikely event that you find yourself post blocked and don't know why, you'll be able to work out some reasons which might have led to it.

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.