When you unblock someone on Facebook, they can send you a friend request and look at your profile, based on your privacy settings and permission controls. This piece shows you how to unblock a profile and talks in depth about how doing so affects your privacy and safety.
Profiles on Facebook
In the second quarter of 2021, Facebook had 2.89 billion monthly active users. It was a popular way for people all over the world to talk to each other. Users must make an account, also called a “profile,” in order to get started.
It is a personalized place where you can post updates, share media, build a friend list, connect with other users, and add personal information that others can interact with based on your privacy settings. Members can post photos and videos, send messages, create events and pages, play games, send invites, follow artists, watch live videos, buy and sell locally, and join groups, among other things.
How you control the information on your profile is up to you. You can block a person if you don’t want them to be able to see your profile for any reason. You can change your privacy settings, update your password, edit your biography, review tags, limit who can see your posts, and run a privacy checkup.
What Is It To Unblock?
When you unblock a profile, the person who owns that profile can visit your account. They can add you as a friend, send you a private message, tag you, mention you in comments, interact with your posts, and do more. Based on how you’ve set up your page, the person will be able to see your public timeline and get in touch with you.
When you unblock someone, they can see your public profile, add you as a friend, tag you in pictures, invite you to events, start a chat with you, and more.
A social media profile is your own place that you should only let a few people into. You might block someone on Facebook if you don’t want them to be able to get in touch with you or use your account. Blocking is a simple way to stay away from a troublesome ex who won’t stop messaging you, a nosy boss who wants to know where your birthday party is, or a distant cousin who criticizes your beach photos.
If someone keeps sending you messages, spamming your comments, writing on your timeline, tagging you in photos that have nothing to do with you, or bothering you in any other way, it might be time to block them. Also, you can report a profile that seems to violate Facebook’s rules for the group. Blocking helps people avoid fighting when they don’t need to and ends conflicts.
On the other hand, unblocking can be a sign of a new start. Depending on your privacy choices, it lets the person see your public posts and interact with your profile in other ways. You can’t tell someone on Facebook that you’ve cleared them, but you can send them a friend request.
Unblocking on Desktop
The following steps work for unblocking people on operating systems like Mac, Windows and Linux.
- Log in to your Facebook account using your email address or phone number and password.
- Click on the arrow-down icon on the right-hand side of your screen.
- Select Settings and Privacy.
- Select Settings.
- From the list of options on the left side of the screen, select Blocking.
- A list of profiles you have previously blocked will appear with an Unblock option present next to their names.
- Click on Unblock for the profile you want to unblock.
- Select Confirm in the pop-up menu to confirm the action.
The profile is unblocked. Now, the unblocked user can see all your public information on Facebook and interact with your profile.
Unblocking On Mobile
Unblock people using the mobile app supported on multiple devices like iOS, Windows and Android.
- Log in to your Facebook account using your email address or phone number and password.
- Click on the menu icon on the right-hand side of the screen.
- Click on Settings in the Settings and Privacy section.
- Tap on Blocking under Audience and Visibility.
- A list of profiles you have previously blocked will appear with an Unblock option present next to their names. Click on Unblock for the profile you want to unblock.
6. Select Unblock in the pop-up menu to confirm the action.
The user can now see your public information and connect with your profile because your profile is no longer blocked.
It’s important to remember that unblocking someone doesn’t add them to your list of friends instantly, and Facebook doesn’t tell them when you unblock them. Either person has to send a friend request, which the other person has to accept.
You can block and unblock a user as many times as you want, but you have to wait 48 hours after you unblock someone before you can block them again.
