How to Know If Someone Has Blocked You on Snapchat

This article explains how to know if you've been blocked by someone on Snapchat. The directions work for Android and iOS users.

Ways to Find Out if You're Blocked on Snapchat

Below are the best ways to determine if someone has blocked your account on Snapchat.

1. Check your recent conversations. The first big clue is missing chats. This step is only useful if you've been texting the user who might have blocked you.

   Open Snapchat and tap the Chat tab to see your list of conversations. If a recent conversation with the user doesn't appear in this list despite texting them recently, there's a chance they've blocked you.

   Alternatively, you might not have a recent conversation with the user in question or you forgot that you cleared the conversation. If this is the case, move on to the next step.

2. Search for them. If a user has blocked you, they won't show up when you search for them on Snapchat. If they've deleted you from their friends list, however, you should be able to find them by searching for them.

   It's vital to understand the difference between being blocked and being deleted on Snapchat. If a user blocks you, you won't find any trace of their account, and you will be unable to contact them in any way from your blocked account.

   If a user deleted you from their friends list, you'd still find them in your list, and you'll be able to continue sending them snaps. Depending on their Snapchat privacy settings, however, they may not receive them if they only allow their friends to contact them.

   Tap the Search icon at the top of the screen to search for the person on Snapchat. Type their username, if you remember it, or their name.

   You'll get more accurate results if you know their username. There could be several other users with similar full names, but usernames are all unique. Likewise, full names can be changed at any time, whereas usernames are less likely to be changed frequently.

   If the search shows their username under the Add Friends section, that means they've deleted you. If the user doesn't show up at all despite searching for their exact username, then they either blocked you or deleted their Snapchat account.

3. Search for their username from a different account. Not finding the user you searched for in the last step increases the likelihood that they blocked you; however, this is still not enough to confirm.

   You can essentially prove their account still exists by searching for the user from another Snapchat account. You have two options:

   • Ask a friend to run the search for you.
   • Sign out of your account, create a brand-new Snapchat account, and then search from there.

   The first option is the easiest because it means you won't have to do all the extra work involved with signing up for a new account. Pick a friend, relative, coworker, or other acquaintance who's on Snapchat and isn't friends with the user you think might have blocked you. Ask them to search for the person.

   If you instead decide to create a new account, you'll have to sign out of your existing Snapchat account or download the app to a different mobile device if you have access to one.

   If you or your friend are successful in finding the user account you were looking for, then that's enough to confirm they have indeed blocked you.

If none of these steps worked, your friend likely deleted their account.