How to unblock someone on Instagram

We talk about him againthe most used social network of the moment, Instagram increases its development and reach every day with more users. Instagram is a fun, dynamic application that is widely used by celebrities, influencers, and users of all kinds who want to share their best moments and photos of their experiences.

Like any social network you can add friends and block them, today let's see how to unblock those friends or users that at some point you decided to block, so that they could not participate or see everything that you posted on the network. Either by mistake, or because of a temporary anger, you decided at some point to block them, but now you want to undo that action and let's see how this is done.

How to unblock someone on Instagram

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As we said, this application is currently one of the most used by everyone, and it is clear that we can follow all kinds of people and add friends at any time. But also there is the option to block them, something simple and accessible at any time.

But doubts can arise when we want them to come back to our side, and unlocking them can be tricky, but do not worry about anything, we teach you how to do it and in different media, either by the smartphone, or with the PC.

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Unblock on Instagram from your PC

If we want to unblock that account or that person from the computer we just have to open our default browser, and log in with our username and password. Something obvious, but necessary, later you must go to the magnifying glass icon and click on it to write the name of that person or account that we want to unlock.

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Then the selected account will appear, and with the corresponding information, andn a blue box we will have the option to "UNLOCK", as we see in the following image:

How to unlock on Instagram

You can click on the blue box, and it will give you the option to unlock or cancel the action if you are not sure. If you click on unblock Instagram, it informs us that: «Now he can see your posts and follow you on Instagram. Instagram will not notify this person that you unblocked it. "

How you can see that account can from now on find you in the IG search engine, send you direct messages, see your publications and stories and follow you again if you wish.

If on the contrary you want to go further, if you click on the three dots that appear further to the right, it will give you several different options since allow us to unblock the user, restrict, report the user or cancel, if not we are going to take it to the extreme. That is, it is another option to unblock or directly report it and inform Instagram of that annoying account.

The next thing that appears, if we click on unlock, is the final question about whether or not we are going to unlock it, with the options of "Unlock" or "Cancel", click on the first one and the following image will appear:

Instagram message when you unblock a person

As you can see, the message is very simple and clear "You unlocked *" Now you can follow him again, if you wish or in another occasion if you ever want to block him again, you just have to follow the steps that we have indicated, and do it from his profile.

Unblock on Instagram from your smartphone

Unlock an account from your mobile is also very simple, and the steps are similar, although they are in different locations. As is normal, you must open the Instagram application on your mobile and go to the magnifying glass that is located at the bottom between the house-shaped icons and the plus sign. Click on it and you will have to write the name of the account you want to unblock, or even block.

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Once the objective appears, you must click on the three dots located in the upper right and the menu will appear with the different options that you have at your disposal. If you want to block it, you just have to click on the option enabled for it and that's it. But since what we want is the opposite, we will continue to see how it is done.

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As you can see, the steps to unblock are simpler, you just have to use the search engine and type the name of the account or the person we want to recover, and you will get their user photo, their information and a blue box with white letters in which it appears very clear: «Unlock»

To unlock

You just have to click there and you will regain the friendship of the person in question. Then the message of «Now you can see your publications and follow you on Instagram ...»

Unblock on Instagram

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With those simple steps we have finished unlocking and we are free to follow each other. In addition, the unlocking is immediate, Instagram usually does not take just a few seconds, which is immediate.

Restrict accounts without unfollowing

Another option that Instagram offers us is the possibility to restrict different profiles, without needing to stop following them.

How to restrict accounts

As seen in the image choose this option allows us to limit unwanted interactions, Without having to unfollow or block the account, you can also choose if you want them to see the comments of that account in your publications and they will not be able to see if you have read the messages in the chat of your account.

Also don't worry because Instagram will not notify the affected person at any time that you have restricted the possible actions to him by including him in "Restricted accounts".

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Therefore, from that moment only you and the account that has become restricted will be able to see the comments that that person makes on your publications, you can also decide whether approve comments to make said account individuallyl, and if you decide so, these messages may be visible to everyone.

Another consequence of restricting an account is that hide tu activity status, so among other no you will see when you are online or if you read their messages in the personal chat.

With these simple steps you will be able to block, unblock or restrict those accounts that bother you, or you consider that they should not be able to interact with you or with your publications through the famous social network Instagram.


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