{"id":50,"date":"2026-04-27T12:57:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/?p=50"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:36:48","slug":"block-or-unblock-someone-on-snapchat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/block-or-unblock-someone-on-snapchat\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Block or Unblock Someone on Snapchat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes you need to <a href=\"https:\/\/help.snapchat.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/7012401093396-How-do-I-block-a-friend-on-Snapchat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">block someone on Snapchat<\/a> and sometimes you change your mind later. Both are completely normal and Snapchat makes both very easy to do. Whether it is to stop unwanted messages, take a break from someone or deal with a difficult situation the block feature is there for exactly these moments. This guide walks through both sides: how to block and how to undo it when you are ready.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Actually Happens When You Block Someone<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before going through the steps it helps to know what blocking actually does so there are no surprises afterwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>They get removed from your friends list <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and you get removed from theirs automatically.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>They cannot send you snaps or messages <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and cannot view your stories or profile.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Your profile disappears from their search <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">so they cannot find you by searching your username.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Snapchat does not send any notification <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">so they will not know they have been blocked unless they go looking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Your chat history stays on your end <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but you will need to manually delete it if you do not want to see it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blocking is a private action. The other person finds out on their own when they try to find your profile and cannot.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Block Someone on Snapchat<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process is the same on both Android and iPhone. There are two ways to do it depending on where you are in the app.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From a Chat<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open Snapchat and go to the Chat screen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find the conversation with the person you want to block.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Find-the-conversation-with-the-person.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Find-the-conversation-with-the-person.png 587w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Find-the-conversation-with-the-person-300x296.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Press and hold their name or profile icon.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Press-and-hold-their-name-or-profile-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Press-and-hold-their-name-or-profile-icon.png 624w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Press-and-hold-their-name-or-profile-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Press-and-hold-their-name-or-profile-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tap More and then select Block.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-More-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-More-.png 601w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-More--300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tap Block again to confirm.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-Block.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-Block.png 587w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-Block-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Their Profile<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open their profile by tapping their username or Bitmoji.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Open-their-profile-by-tapping-their-username.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Open-their-profile-by-tapping-their-username.png 575w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Open-their-profile-by-tapping-their-username-300x280.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tap the three dots in the top right corner of the screen.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tap-on-three-dots-in-right-corner-1024x819.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tap-on-three-dots-in-right-corner-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tap-on-three-dots-in-right-corner-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tap-on-three-dots-in-right-corner-768x615.png 768w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tap-on-three-dots-in-right-corner.png 1402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select Block from the menu that appears.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Select-Block-from-the-menu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Select-Block-from-the-menu.png 624w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Select-Block-from-the-menu-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Select-Block-from-the-menu-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tap Block again to confirm and the block goes into effect straight away.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-Block-again.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-Block-again.png 596w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-Block-again-300x258.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Unblock Someone on Snapchat<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unblocking someone is done through your settings rather than their profile. This is because once they are blocked their profile no longer shows up when you search for them. Here is how to find them and unblock them.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open Snapchat and tap your profile icon in the top left corner.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Open-Snapchat-and-tap-your-profile-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Open-Snapchat-and-tap-your-profile-icon.png 624w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Open-Snapchat-and-tap-your-profile-icon-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tap the gear icon in the top right corner to open Settings.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-the-gear-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-the-gear-icon.png 624w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-the-gear-icon-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scroll down and tap Blocked under the Account Actions section.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scroll-down-and-tap-Blocked.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scroll-down-and-tap-Blocked.png 624w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Scroll-down-and-tap-Blocked-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find the person you want to unblock in the list.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tap the X next to their name.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-the-X.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-the-X.png 624w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-the-X-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tap Yes to confirm and they are unblocked.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62\" src=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-Yes-to-confirm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-Yes-to-confirm.png 624w, https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tap-Yes-to-confirm-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s the whole process. Straightforward once you&#8217;ve done it once. Worth knowing that the friend connection doesn&#8217;t come back just because you unblocked them. A lot of people assume it does and then wonder why they can&#8217;t message the person. You&#8217;ll need to send them a new request to sort that out.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blocking vs Removing: What Is the Difference?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of people confuse blocking with removing and they are not the same thing. <a href=\"https:\/\/help.snapchat.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/7012410297364-How-to-Remove-a-Friend-on-Snapchat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Removing someone from your friends list<\/a> is a lighter action. They get taken off your list but they can still search for your profile, view your public content and send you a message request depending on your <a href=\"https:\/\/help.snapchat.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/7012343074580-How-do-I-change-my-privacy-settings-on-Snapchat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">privacy settings<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blocking goes further. It removes the connection entirely and makes your profile invisible to them. They cannot search for you, cannot message you and cannot view anything on your account. If you want to fully cut off contact blocking is the right move. If you just want to clean up your friends list without that level of restriction, removing is enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><b>Q &#8211; Will the person know I blocked them?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. Snapchat does not send any notification when you block someone. They may figure it out on their own if they try to find your profile and cannot but the app never tells them directly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q &#8211; Can I still see our old messages after blocking?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, your chat history stays visible on your end after you block someone. They cannot see it or send new messages but your side of the conversation remains. You can delete it manually if you do not want to see it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q &#8211; Do I need to re-add them as a friend after unblocking?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. Unblocking someone does not restore the friendship on Snapchat. Once they are unblocked you will need to send a new friend request or they can send one to you. Nothing gets restored automatically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q &#8211; Does blocking delete the chat history on their end?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. The chat history on their device is not deleted when you block them. They can still see the old messages from before the block. Only new communication is cut off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q &#8211; Can a blocked person still see my public profile?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. When you block someone your profile becomes completely invisible to them. They cannot search for your username and cannot access any of your content whether your account is public or private. But they can use online tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/viewsnapstories.com\/profile-viewer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snapchat Profile Viewer<\/a> that help users to view the profile anonymously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q &#8211; Is there a limit to how many people I can block on Snapchat?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. Snapchat does not set a limit on how many accounts you can block. You can block as many people as you need to without any restrictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final Thought<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The whole thing stays private on both ends. No alerts, no notifications, nothing sent to the other person at any point. Just keep in mind that unblocking someone doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;re friends again. That part you have to do yourself by sending a new request whenever you&#8217;re ready.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you need to block someone on Snapchat and sometimes you change your mind later. 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