People change. One day you are their best friend and the next day you don’t even want to hear their name or see their profiles online. Facebook Messenger is widely used by many to chat with friends and family. What if you no longer want to stay in touch with someone on Messenger?
Normally, you would block the person. But what happens when you block someone on Facebook Messenger? Can they see your status online? Can they call you? We will answer all of these questions in this post as we dig deeper to tell you what happens after you block someone on Facebook Messenger.
Let’s get started right away.
If you block someone on Messenger, can they send you a message?
No. When you block someone, that person cannot send you a message. The same goes for your part too. That is, you too lose the power to send them messages. When you open the message thread anywhere, you will find the text box, camera icon and other missing things in the bottom bar. Instead, you’ll get a “You can’t reply to this conversation” notification on mobile devices.
On the website you will see the message “This person is not available”.
Can a blocked person call you on Messenger?
Again, the answer is no. Blocking someone on Messenger stops all interactions with them. Fortunately, unlike the lock on WhatsApp where you still see the call buttons, Messenger hides the audio and video call buttons for both sides.
If you block someone, do you delete the conversation?
No. Blocking someone will not remove the conversation thread from either side. In other words, old conversations will remain in Messenger and you will be able to read them until you manually delete the chat thread.
Is the online status visible to blocked contacts?
Even if you choose to keep the person’s chat thread locked, you won’t be able to see their current or last active status in Messenger. Neither is the person blocked.
what happens to the stories
The stories of Facebook and Messenger are similar but different. If you post to one platform, it automatically posts to the other platform as you take care of your privacy settings.
When you block someone on Messenger, the blocked person will not be able to see your Facebook and Messenger stories. So, if you post something about Facebook story, where you haven’t blocked the person, that person can’t see it too, forget the Messenger story. Likewise, you won’t see the history of the blocked person on Facebook or Messenger.
Can you react to past messages?
If you open a blocked person’s conversation thread, you will notice that the reaction button is still visible. Touching it will reveal reactions. However, tapping on any of them will bring up the notification that you need to unblock the person first.
What happens to the groups
Group chats aren’t affected if you block someone. Both of you will see each other’s messages in common groups. However, Facebook warns you when you join a group where there is a person that you have blocked on Messenger as a precaution.
Is a person notified when you block them?
No. The other person will not receive any notification of any kind. However, they will lose the ability to text or call you as we saw above.
Difference between blocking someone on Messenger and Facebook
If you think blocking someone on Facebook or Messenger would do the same, dear friend, you are wrong. Both are two different things. Immediately, when you hit the block button on Messenger, you will be asked if you want to block only your messages or block them on Facebook as well.
The first will only block them on Messenger and the things mentioned above will be true. It won’t impact your connection with them on Facebook. That is, you will still be able to see their Facebook profile (you will still be their friend on Facebook) and interact with them on Facebook (comment and like). Only when you block them on Facebook will you lose access to your profile (the person will no longer be friends) and other interactions on Facebook, including Messenger.
How to know if someone has blocked you on Facebook Messenger
To keep things private, Facebook doesn’t report or clarify that you’ve been blocked. However, errors such as “This person is not available at this time” or “You cannot reply to this conversation” indicate that you have been blocked. But again, this isn’t an accurate way to know if you’ve been blocked. This is because you can sometimes get the same notification if the person has deactivated their Facebook account.
Another way to find out if you’ve been blocked is to ask a mutual friend. If they can message that person, you guessed it – you’ve been blocked.
What happens when you unblock someone on Messenger
Unblocking the blocked person will remove all restrictions and you will be able to interact with them on Messenger. This means you can text and call them, see their status and stories online.
Do you get lost messages after unlocking on Facebook Messenger?
Since neither party can message each other when one of them has been blocked, there is no chance that messages will be lost or recovered after being unblocked.
How to block someone on Messenger
This is what you should do.
Block on mobile apps
To block someone on the iPhone and Android apps, follow these steps:
Step 1: Start Facebook Messenger and open the chat thread you want to block.
Step 2: Tap the person’s name at the top.
Step 3: On the next screen, tap Block. You will have two options. Tap Block messages.
Block on the website
For this, start Messenger.com. Hover over the contact you want to block and click the Settings icon. Select Block messages from the menu.
Unblock in Messenger
To do this on mobile apps, follow these steps:
Step 1: Launch Facebook Messenger and tap the profile picture icon at the top.
Step 2: Tap People followed by Blocked People.
Step 3: Tap Unblock next to the person you want to unblock.
take a break
Blocking is a strict way to avoid people. Think carefully before blocking someone. Fortunately, Facebook offers other alternatives to stop communicating with others. For example, you can turn them off or ignore them. Like blocking, however, the other person will not be notified.
