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• To step
• Method 1 of 4: Using Facebook's search function
• Method 2 of 4: Using a collaborative friend list
• Method 3 of 4: Using Messages
• Method 4 of 4: Rule out deactivation
• Tips
• Warnings

This wikiHow teaches you how to determine if someone blocked you on Facebook or just pulled you off their friends list. If you can't find the person's profile, then he or she has blocked you or deleted his or her profile. Unfortunately, there is no way to determine with absolute certainty what is going on without contacting the person themselves.

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Method 1 of 4: Using Facebook's search function

1. Open Facebook. Tap the Facebook app icon that looks like a blue box with a white "f" (mobile) or go to https://www.facebook.com/ (desktop). Your news feed will now open if you are already logged in to Facebook.
   • If you are not logged in, please enter your email address and password before continuing.
2. Select the search bar. At the top of the page, tap or click the white box that says "Search".
3. Enter the person's name. Enter the name of the person you suspect has blocked you, then tap See results for [name] (mobile) or press ↵ Enter (desktop).
4. Select the tab People. This is at the top of the page.
   • Sometimes people who have blocked you or deleted their account appear in the tab Everything in the search results. These people will not be displayed in the tab People.
5. Search for the person's profile. If you can see the profile while you tab People open in the search results, the person's profile is still active and the person has just unfriended you.
   • If you can't find the profile, the person may have deleted their account or blocked you. It is also possible that the person has set his or her privacy settings so strictly that you cannot find him or her with the Facebook search function.
   • If you do see the account, try tapping or clicking it. You will be able to see a limited part of the profile if you are not blocked.

Method 2 of 4: Using a collaborative friend list

1. Open Facebook. Tap the Facebook app icon that looks like a blue box with a white "f" (mobile) or go to https://www.facebook.com/ (desktop). Your news feed will now open if you are already logged in to Facebook.
   • If you are not logged in, please enter your email address and password before continuing.
2. Go to a friend's profile page. Choose a friend who is also friends with the person you suspect has blocked you. To go to a friend's page, do the following:
   • Select the Search bar.
   • Type in your friend's name.
   • Tap or click your friend's name in the drop-down menu.
   • Tap or click his or her profile picture.
3. Select the tab Friends. This is below the photo grid near the top of your friend's profile (mobile) or just below his or her cover photo (desktop).
4. Select the search bar. Tap or click the "Find Friends" bar at the top of the screen (mobile) or in the top right corner of your friend's page (desktop).
5. Enter the person's name. Enter the name of the person you suspect has blocked you. After a while, the friends list should refresh and you should see new results.
6. Search for the person's name. If you see the person's name and profile image in the search results, then he or she hasn't blocked you.
   • If you don't see the person's name and profile picture in the search results, then the person blocked you or deleted his or her account. One way to find out is to ask the friend whose page you are viewing if the account still exists.

Method 3 of 4: Using Messages

1. Open the Facebook website. Go to https://www.facebook.com/. Your news feed will appear if you are already logged in to Facebook.
   • If you are not logged in, please enter your email address and password in the top right corner of the page before continuing.
   • For this method to work, you and the person you suspect has blocked you have at least messaged each other.
   • Please use the desktop version of Facebook Messenger for this method as you can sometimes see blocked accounts in the mobile version.
2. Click on the message icon. This is the icon of a speech cloud with a lightning bolt in it. The icon is in the top right corner of the page and when you click on it a dropdown menu will appear.
3. click on View everything in Messenger. This link is at the very bottom of the dropdown menu. Clicking on it will open the Messenger page.
4. Select the conversation. Click on the conversation with the person you think has blocked you. You can find this in the left column of conversations.
   • You may have to scroll down this column to find the conversation.
5. click on ⓘ. It's in the top right corner of the conversation window. This will bring up a small window to the right of the conversation.
6. Look for a link to the person's profile. If you can't find a link in the sidebar under the heading "Facebook Profile", then you know that the person has done one of the following:
   • He or she blocked you. When someone blocks you, you cannot reply to their messages or view the person's profile.
   • He or she has deleted his or her account. Unfortunately, the exact same thing happens when someone deletes their account.

Method 4 of 4: Rule out deactivation

1. Ask a mutual friend. When you determine that you can no longer view the account of a person who you suspect has blocked you, contact a friend who is also a friend of the person in question and ask him or her if the person's account is still active. If your mutual friend tells you that the account still exists, you will know that you have been blocked.
   • This is the only way to determine that you have been blocked or not blocked without contacting the person themselves. However, some people see this as an invasion of their privacy.
2. Check other social media. If you follow the person on Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, or any other social network, see if you suddenly can't find their accounts. If so, it could be an indication that the person has also blocked you from these sites.
   • Otherwise, look for an indication that the person deleted his or her Facebook account. Many people announce it on other social networks when they delete their Facebook account.
3. Contact the person. The only way to determine with certainty that someone has blocked you is to just ask them. If you choose to do this, don't threaten or be aggressive. Also, be prepared to hear that the other person has indeed blocked you, no matter how difficult that may be for you to hear.
   • Only do this as a last resort. If someone you've been friends with has blocked you, it might be worth talking to them to try and save your friendship. Otherwise, it may be better to take the blow and move on with your life.

Tips

• Many users hide their profile from Google so that it cannot be found. Similar privacy settings can prevent someone who is not a friend or a friend of a friend from looking up the person on Facebook.

Warnings

• Sometimes people who block you will still have an accessible account in the Messenger mobile app. You won't be able to message the person, but you can see their profile picture. Therefore, if you use Messenger to search for someone's account, use the desktop version of Facebook Messenger instead of the mobile version.