How to block someone on Facebook?

In this blog, we will get to know about the blocking feature available on Facebook. If you are unknown or want to know more in detail about blocking someone on Facebook, then this content is for you. Here we will learn about how to block someone on Facebook in detail and also know the impacts of it.

All you need to know about blocking features on Facebook.

Being Facebook is one of the most popular social media platforms worldwide, the usability of this platform is also increasing rapidly. 

Along with the increase in the use of this platform, the evolution of the problems has also been observed. There are also people who are troubled by some accounts/profiles on Facebook. 

In order to resolve such cases, a blocking feature on Facebook was introduced. 

You can troubleshoot such problems with the assistance of the blocking feature available on Facebook. 

You can block the account of that person with whom you find being troubled. Also, you can even block someone who is not on your friend list. 

Blocking their account means that they will no longer get access to be friends with you, will not be able to view your post and profile, will not get the privilege to search for your profile, will not be able to message you on Facebook messenger, also failure to interact with you and many more. 

In simple words, if you block any account then you and your activity on Facebook will not be visible to that particular account. 

You will find blocking someone on Facebook a very simple and easy task once you go through this blog.

How can we block someone on Facebook via Desktop/Laptop?

There might be enormous reasons to block someone on Facebook. 

It is very essential to figure out and be certain before you block someone on Facebook as you will also not be able to view their information on Facebook. 

Blocking someone on Facebook can vary according to the devices you use. 

The following represented steps can be carried out in order to block a Facebook Profile via desktop computer or laptop;

First Method

Operate your preferred browser and march to “Facebook” via facebook.com.

Now “search” the Facebook account that you desire to block using the search bar.

After you search the profile then search results will be displayed to you. 

In order to block an account, at first “select” the specific account by clicking on them.

Once their profile is displayed, you need to click on the “three dots icon called ellipsis” 

available below the message button on the right side of the profile.

Soon after clicking the ellipsis icon, a drop-down menu will appear. 

In this particular dropdown, a block is what we need. 

Click on the “block” and you will be delivered with the details of blocking the account which says what you will no longer be able to do with this account after blocking it.

Now you will need to confirm the block by clicking on the “confirm” button and finally, your desired account will be blocked.

The above-described steps are not only the way to block a Facebook account. 

Another procedure to block someone on Facebook via windows is illustrated below;

Second Method

Primarily open your preferred browser and go to “facebook.com”.

On the right corner of the Facebook home page, a “down arrow icon” is observed. 

Click on the icon and a drop-down menu appears.

Among the list of options in the drop-down menu click on the “settings and privacy” option.

Again a new list of options appears in the drop-down and now you need to click on the “settings option”.

Once you click on the settings options then a new page appears with all the profile settings options but remember that you are here to block so you just need to click on the “blocking” options available in the left sidebar.

Now after clicking blocking options opens a new page with the title “manage blocking”. This section of the page deals with all the functions of blocking on Facebook. 

This page contains the sections which include; restricted list, block users, block messages, block app invites, block event invites, block apps, block pages, and so on. 

You can even block the apps and pages using this section on Facebook.

In order to block someone, you just need to “enter their name or email” in the block users section. 

Once you enter details a list of profiles matching the details appears and you need to select the specific profile that you want to block.

Now click on the “block” button.

After clicking the block button, a confirmation request will appear that briefly delivers the information and consequences that might occur if you block their profile. 

If you confirm it by clicking the “block” button, then the particular profile gets blocked and appears in the “block users” section.

How can we block someone on Facebook via Mobile Device?

The aforementioned steps are the procedures to block somehow on Facebook using desktop or laptop devices. 

But it’s not the case that you cannot block someone via mobile devices. 

The procedure to go through in order to block someone on Facebook using a mobile device is elaborated below;

First Method

Primarily launch the “Facebook app” and “login”, in case you are not logged in.

After successful login, “find the profile of the person” you wish to block via the search bar appearing on the top of Facebook.

The match result profile of your search appears on Facebook and from there you need to “select the specific profile” you desire to block by clicking on their name.

You will get to observe the options like; friends, message, and call as soon as the profile is opened. 

Along with this, you will also see an “ellipsis” icon on the profile.

Click on the ellipsis icon on the profile and you will get access to the option “block”. 

By clicking the block and confirming it, you will be able to successfully block the desired profile using your mobile phone.

Taking mobile phones into consideration, there is also another way of blocking someone on Facebook through mobile phones. 

This method requires a little bit more effort than the previous one.

Second Method

On your mobile device, at first, open the Facebook app 

Now you will need to click on the “hamburger type three-bar icon” available on the right side of the Facebook.

As soon as you click on the three-bar icon, you will get to see a list of options. 

Among these options, you need to click on the “settings and privacy” option.

Similarly, after tapping to settings and privacy, you will have another list of options in which you must click on the “settings” option.

After you click on the settings option then another page with all the profile settings options will appear. 

If you scroll down to the “audience and visibility” section, then this section holds an option called blocking. 

There you need to click on the “blocking” option.

The blocking option contains the profiles that you have blocked. 

If you have not blocked anyone till now, then you have not blocked anyone, yet a message will appear. 

Now in order to block someone you need to tap on “add to block list”. 

Then a new page will appear which asks us to enter the name or email address of the profile that we desire to block. 

There you need to “enter the particular name or email of the profile” and a list of results that matches your search appears.

Now you need to “find the specific profile” and click on the “block” button.

Soon after you click on the block button, a confirmation request will appear, and the profile gets blocked. 

Once you confirm it then tap on the “block” button.

Consequences of Blocking someone on Facebook

Blocking someone’s profile on Facebook means that you do not prefer their profile and content at all. And you do not want to view their posts and interact with them. 

Taking this into consideration, you might have a query that the one whom you blocked can know whether you blocked them or not. 

The answer to this query is that the blocked person does not receive any message or notification that you have blocked them, but they can know it only if they try to visit your profile or interact with you because if you block someone then they will not have access to your profile and cannot interact with you. 

There is also a privilege for you to unblock them at any time easily by visiting their profile or through the blocked user's section on Facebook.