How to Block Someone on Facebook?

Facebook has many quirky features, but uploading audio directly on your status isn’t one of them. You can find the answer to how to post music on Facebook and other similar queries on our blog.

Today we will be talking about one such quirky feature that lets you block someone on Facebook without them knowing it.

Why might you want to block someone on Facebook?

There might be several reasons you might want to block any person on Facebook. Here are some of them:

• If someone is continuously messaging you without you being interested, you might require to block them.
• Cyberbullying is one of the most common reasons for blocking someone on the internet.
• Other than cyberbullying, there are extremists, activists, and others who might send or post something regularly that is not appropriate.
• You might want to block someone with whom you don’t want to share your activities or with whom you want to end the friendship.

What happens when you block someone on Facebook?

After you block someone on Facebook, here are the things the blocked person would be restricted with:

• Viewing, liking, or sharing your posts, pics, and videos
• Sharing anything on your timeline
• Send you messages
• Invite you to events and for liking page or join groups.
• Send you the friend request.

How to Block someone on Facebook?

Here are all the ways to block someone on Facebook App, Facebook Desktop, and Facebook Messenger.

Block someone on Facebook Android App

Here are the steps to block someone on Facebook using the Android app:

1. Launch Facebook App and log in with your account
2. Tab on the Menu icon

3. Scroll down and select Settings & Privacy

4. Next, tap on Settings.

5. Under the Privacy heading, choose the Blocking option.

6. Tap on ADD TO BLOCKED LIST to add people to your block list

7. On the next window, type the name or email address of the person you want to block.

Block someone on Facebook Web

If you are using Facebook on the web browser on your PC, to block someone on Facebook, follow these steps:

1. Open Facebook’s site on your browser and log in with your account.

2. On the top-right corner, click on your profile picture and select Settings & privacy.

3. Next, click on the Privacy shortcuts.

4. On the next page, click on See more privacy settings.

5. From the left pane, select Blocking settings.

6. Under Block users, type the name or email of the contact whom you want to block.

Block someone on Messenger

Blocking someone on Messenger would restrict them from sending messages and perform audio or video calls. If the blocked person is in a group conversation, you will be notified before you enter the chat.

To block someone on the Messenger, follow these steps:

1. Open the Facebook Messenger application.
2. Tap on the name of the person whom you want to block
3. On the top-right corner, select the information icon.

4. Scroll down and click on Block.

5. Choose what you want to do. You can Block Messages and Calls from the selected contact but still be connected with them on Facebook. Additionally, you can also Block the person on Facebook, which would block the contact from Messenger as well as Facebook.

Bottom Line

Blocking someone on Facebook is not as straightforward as unfriending. However, with the steps listed in this post, you could easily restrict annoying persons from sending you messages or friend requests on Facebook. The blocked person would not be able to visit your profile and access your timeline.