How to Unblock Someone on Facebook Messenger

On iPhone and iPad

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Open the Messenger app with the lightning icon in the blue dialogue box.

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Tap your profile icon with a blue person in the upper left corner of the screen.

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Tap People . It's below Notifications .

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Tap Blocked . This item is usually located at the bottom.

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Tap the name of the person you want to unblock.

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Slide the "Block Messages" button to the Off position. The switch will turn white. So from now on, you can contact this person and vice versa.

On Android

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Open the Messenger app with the lightning icon in the blue dialogue box.

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Click on the profile icon with a gray person in the upper right corner of the screen.

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Scroll down and tap People just below SMS .

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Tap Blocked People . This is the last option on the list.

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Tap Unblock next to the username.

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Tap Unblock on Messenger . This is the first option listed. So from now on, you and this person will be able to text each other using Facebook Messenger.

On the computer

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Visit www.facebook.com in your browser.

Log in to your Facebook account (if necessary).

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Click the mark ↓in the upper right corner of the screen.

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Click Settings , located somewhere in the bottom half of the options menu.

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Click Blocking(Block) in the top half of the options list on the left side of the page.

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Scroll down to "Block Messages". The list below this section is the users you have blocked from contacting on Messenger.

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Click Unblock(Unblock) next to the person's name. You need to make sure this person's name is to the right of the Block messages from line . From now on, you and that person will be able to communicate with each other through Facebook Messenger.

David Pac

Update 11 November 2023