Twitter doesn’t directly tell you if someone has blocked you. However, there are a few methods you can use to check if a user has blocked you on Twitter.
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Check Your Interactions
The easiest way is to check your recent interactions with the user’s tweets or profile. Here’s how:
- Go to the user’s Twitter profile that you think may have blocked you.
- Try to follow them or send them a direct message. If the options are missing, they likely blocked you.
- Attempt to reply to one of their tweets or like their tweets. If you don’t see the option, you are probably blocked.
- Look for recent tweets where you replied to that user or tagged them. If your replies are missing, you have been blocked.
Essentially if you can no longer interact with someone’s tweets or profile in any way, Twitter won’t notify you, but the missing options indicate you have been blocked.
Use a Third-Party Website
There are several third-party websites and apps that can help identify Twitter users who have blocked you:
- Blocked – This website analyzes your Twitter account and compares it against a database of known blocked accounts to check if someone blocked you.
- DoesFollow – Enter your and the other user’s handle to get an instant check if you are blocked or not.
- FollowerWonk – Primarily used to analyze followers, it also tells you if a user has blocked you when you search for their profile.
- TwitBlocked – TwitBlocked checks if a Twitter user blocked you and also lets you test multiple accounts in bulk.
- Social Bearing – Along with other Twitter analytics, Social Bearing provides a “Block Check” tool specifically to detect blocked accounts.
The advantage of using these sites is that they can instantly confirm if you are blocked, without having to guess based on missing options. However, not all third-party apps have fully accurate databases.
Check from a Secondary Account
If the above methods don’t clearly confirm if you are blocked, use a secondary Twitter account to check as follows:
- Open your secondary Twitter account on the mobile app or twitter.com.
- Go to the profile of the account you want to check.
- See if you can view their tweets or interact with the user from your secondary account.
- If your secondary account can view and reply normally, but your main account cannot, then they have specifically blocked your main account only.
This method gives clear confirmation but requires you to have a second available Twitter account.
What Happens When You Are Blocked?
Getting blocked on Twitter has a few implications:
- You automatically unfollow the user who blocked you.
- You can no longer view any of their future tweets. Their old tweets that you replied to also disappear from your view.
- Any tagging, replies, likes, etc. you make will not be visible to the user who blocked you.
- The user won’t get notifications about your activity and interactions with their profile and tweets.
- You can still view public tweets from a blocked account if another user retweets them or you access them when logged out of Twitter.
- You can no longer send a direct message to a user who blocked you.
Why Would Someone Block You on Twitter?
People block others on Twitter for many reasons, such as:
- Harassment – Abusing, threatening or repeatedly messaging another user is a common reason for getting blocked.
- Spam – Mass replies, tagging or linking to spam content will likely get you blocked.
- Disagreements – Some users block those they have political or ideological disagreements with.
- Competitors – Brands in the same industry sometimes block their competitor’s accounts.
- By Mistake – Sometimes blocking happens accidentally or the user may have confused you with someone else.
If you politely reach out to the user from a secondary account, they may unblock you if it was a mistake or misunderstanding.
Can You Unblock Yourself from Someone’s Account?
No. On Twitter only the blocking user has the ability to revoke the block and unblock accounts.
You will remain blocked unless the user chooses to manually unblock you. Repeated requests or harassment asking to remove the block will only further reinforce their decision to block you in the first place.
The only options are to either move on or if applicable, politely inquire once through a secondary account if it was a mistake. If someone intentionally blocked you, respect their decision and don’t insist they start following you again.
