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How to unblock a person in Instagram

Living in the public eye is a defining aspect of social media; even if you’re not an actor or musician, your life might be on display for the rest for the world every time you post a picture on Instagram. Occasionally, there might be people you don’t want seeing your posts. Maybe you’ve got an ex-lover keeping tabs on you. Maybe you don’t want your grandparents to see those photos of you doing Jägerbombs. Maybe you’re late with the rent, and don’t want your roommates to see that avocado toast you had for breakfast. Whatever your reasons, you may have needed to block someone at some point.

But what if you decide to let them back into you (online) life? Fortunately, unblocking someone on Instagram is easy — read on for a step-by-step how-to. Our ultimate guide to using Instagram is chock-full of other useful tips, so you may want to check that out, too.
On mobile
If you’re using the Instagram app on your phone, tap the humanoid icon in the bottom right to open your profile.
Next, tap the menu icon in the upper right (the three dots) to bring up the options menu.

Scroll down to the Account settings and tap Blocked Users.

Here, you will see every user that you have blocked. Click on them to go to their profile. Then, simply tap Unblock.

Instagram will ask if you’re sure; tap Yes, I’m sure.
On desktop
Although most us likely have access to our phones at all times, you can also unblock people from a computer. Instagram’s web portal isn’t quite as fleshed out as its mobile app, but it still lets you control most of the aspects of managing your account.First, navigate to the Instagram website and log in to your account. The website doesn’t give you the same options menu that you have in the mobile app, so you can’t simply pull up a list of blocked users. Instead, you need to type the name of the person you want to unblock into the search bar.
Once you pull up their profile, click the menu icon (three dots) next to their username and select Unblock this user.

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Note: Just because you’ve unblocked someone, doesn’t mean you’re necessarily friends again. When you block someone, it removes them from your followers, and you from theirs. Furthermore, according to Instagram, people you unblock will not receive a notification about it. As such, you will need to follow them again if you want to see their posts back in your feed, and you may have to let them know they can follow you to see your posts once again. Hopefully, they won’t ask any awkward questions about why you blocked them in the first place, but if they do, well, you can always just block them again.

Who checks my Instagram

Most social media accounts do not share information about who views your profile.
Instagram in particular has always kept shtum about who looks at what.
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The photo-sharing website launched video functionality a while back, where user could see how many views the video had received but it never showed who was watching.

That’s all about to change, as the social media platform tries to keep up with the likes of apps like Snapchat.
Instagram now allows people to see who views their posts through the launch of Instagram Stories.
There are third-party apps offering Instagram users the ability to see who last viewed their profile, who followed them and who recently unfollowed them.

Here’s everything you need to know.
How to see who looks at your posts on Instagram Stories

(picture: Instagram)

While older social media site such as Facebook and Instagram always prevented people seeing who views their posts (aside from likes and comments), Snapchat took the opposite view allowing users to see exactly who had seen videos and picture stories before they auto deleted.

In response, Instagram set up ‘Instagram Stories‘ with the ability for user to post more than one image story as well as videos. The idea was to put an end to ‘overposting’ and clogging up your follower’s feed with the same images.

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To view someone’s story or create your own, just tap their profile picture (or your own) on the top of the Instagram app. Someone’s profile picture will appear colourful if there is a new story to view. Instagram stories delete after 24 hours and do not appear in user’s profiles or grids.
They also decided to break with tradition and allow users to see who had viewed the posts. To do so, upload a story then go to it by clicking your profile icon on the top left of the instagram app and swipe upward. An eyeball image will then appear and Instagram will give you a count of how many people have viewed the story – as well as who.

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Along with the update came a search function, meaning it is now much easier to see if someone follows you. Just tap on the the magnifying glass on the bottom bar of the app and type in the name. You can also see if they follow you back.

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