How to block users on TikTok from having contact with them

TikTok

Social networks are an ideal platform for keep in touch with our friends and acquaintances. But, in addition, they are also ideal for meeting new people, people who, over time, can become toxic in our lives, since physical contact and in person have never existed.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok are some of the most used social networks today. In this article we are going to show you how we can completely eliminate contact with users of this platform by showing you how to block user on TikTok, to avoid having contact with them in the future.

Unlike other social networks such as Facebook, a company that has always sought confrontation, in TikTok they have always focused on the user welfare. If the user is happy, they will visit and use the platform much more assiduously.

In the past, we have seen such great celebrities they have stopped using certain social networks by the reactions that a comment or a publication has had.

If you do not want this to happen to you, and you want to have control at all times who can and who cannot interact with you, we must pay attention and correctly configure the different privacy options that TikTok offers us.

How to block a user on TikTok

Block TikTok account

To lock a person's profile fromor can watch your videos and not interact with you In no other way through the platform such as direct messages or comments, we must perform the steps that I show below:

  • Once we have opened the application, we access the profile of person we want to block.
  • Next, click on the three points found in the upper right corner.
  • Finally, among the different options that it offers us, we select the option Block.

How to batch block users on TikTok

If you think the time has come to clean up your TikTok account and you want to get rid of the trolls that are continually commenting negatively on all your posts, the best thing you can do is block users together, instead of going one by one.

  • Once we open the application, we do not go to the publication where the comments of the people we want to block.
  • Then we keep pressed on one of the comments or click on the pencil icon located in the upper left corner to access the publication options.
  • Next, click on Manage multiple comments. This option allows us to select up to 100 comments, comments that must be from different users.
  • Once we select, click on More and we select the option Lock account.

If we want to unblock the users that we have blocked from a batch, we must perform this process one by one as we show you in the next section.

How to unblock a user on TikTok

Unblock TikTok account

If you think the time has come to give the person you blocked in the past a new chance, the process for unblock a TikTok user It is the same as to block it, but instead of selecting the Block option, which is not shown when blocked, the Unblock option will be displayed.

  • Once we have opened the application, we access the profile of person we want to unblock.
  • Next, click on the three points found in the upper right corner.
  • Finally, among the different options that it offers us, we select the option To unlock.

We can also unblock users through the options of Settings - Privacy - Accounts blocked.

How to limit contact with other TikTok users

Make your TikTok account private

The best thing we can do on TikTok to avoid having to block trolls that comment on our publications on make our account Private.

In this way, and as in all social networks, if someone wants to follow us, we will receive a notification inviting us to allow you to follow us or not to give you that permission.

If we don't give you that permission, the user will not receive any kind of response. If, on the other hand, we grant permission for you to view our posts, you will also not receive any notification, but from that moment on, all our posts will appear in your feed.

Make a public account private on TikTok It is a very fast simple method by performing the steps that I show you below:

TikTok private account

  • Once the application is open, click on the icon that represents our profile located in the bottom bar of the application.
  • Next, click on Privacy .
  • Inside the menu Privacy , we activated the switch Private account.

From now on, only users that we approve will be able to access our content. This way, does not affect the followers we already have.

The only way to preventing them from accessing our content is by blocking them performing the steps that I have indicated above.

Limit the interaction of other users

TikTok privacy options

Within Privacy optionsIn the Security section we can configure, to the maximum, who can mention us, who can do Duets with you, who can use your videos, allow you to download videos ...

Thanks to this section, we will avoid being forced to make our account private.

  • Downloads. Enable the option to download the videos we publish for all users who follow us.
  • Comments. In this section we can establish who can respond to our comments: everyone, friends or no one.
  • To mention. Through the Mention option, we can specify who can mention us in their publications: everyone, people you follow, friends or no one.
  • List «Following». If you don't want other people to see the list of people you follow, you can deactivate it through this option by selecting Only me.
  • Duo. The Duet / Duet option allows us to limit the number of people who can Duet with our videos to: everyone, friends or just us.
  • Take. It allows you to limit the use of the Paste function with your videos to: everyone, friends or just me.
  • Videos that you liked. In a native way, this option is activated so that only we can see the videos that we like. If we want to share this information with other users, we can activate the Everyone option.
  • Direct messages. TikTok only allows you to send direct messages to people considered friends, that is, to people who follow each other. We can also deactivate the option by selecting Nobody.
  • Blocked accounts. In this section we can see all the user accounts that we have blocked, giving us the option to unblock it.

Be the first to comment

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked with *

*

*

  1. Responsible for the data: Miguel Ángel Gatón
  2. Purpose of the data: Control SPAM, comment management.
  3. Legitimation: Your consent
  4. Communication of the data: The data will not be communicated to third parties except by legal obligation.
  5. Data storage: Database hosted by Occentus Networks (EU)
  6. Rights: At any time you can limit, recover and delete your information.