The ways to know if someone blocked you vary depending on the platform, but generally you can look for these signs:
- On social media like Facebook, if you can't find the person in your friends list, can't see their profile, posts, or message them, or you see a message like "content not available," you may be blocked. Searching their name and seeing if their profile is visible to others can help confirm.
- On Instagram, if you search for their username and cannot find their profile or it appears with no posts though it should, or if you see "User not found" when tapping their profile from messages or comments, it indicates a block. Checking from another account or a mutual friend's account also helps.
- On WhatsApp, blocking usually means you no longer see their profile photo updates, last seen or online status, and messages sent to them only show one gray checkmark instead of two blue. Calls to them will not go through, and you can't add them to groups.
- For phone numbers, signs include calls going straight to voicemail after one ring, texts not delivering, and calls going through from other numbers but not yours.
In general, verifying by checking from a different account or asking a mutual friend can help distinguish between blocking and other reasons like account deletion or privacy settings. Multiple indicators together are usually needed to be confident about being blocked.
