What Happens When You’re Blocked on TikTok
Being blocked on TikTok prevents you from viewing or interacting with the blocker’s profile in any way. Once blocked, you won’t be able to see their videos, photos, live streams, or any other content they post. You also won’t be able to comment on their content or message them directly. Essentially, their entire account will be hidden from your view.
Blocking on TikTok creates a one-way restriction, meaning that while you can’t see their profile or posts, they can still see yours if your account is public. The key effect of being blocked is that it severs communication between you and that user. You have no way to reach them or view their activity once blocked.
According to sources, “If they leave a comment on one of your videos or photos, you won’t be notified or be able to see it” (https://www.airdroid.com/parent-control/know-if-someone-blocked-you-tiktok/). Essentially, you’ll have no awareness of their presence on TikTok whatsoever.
Your Profile is Hidden
One of the main effects of blocking someone on TikTok is that your profile and posts will be hidden from that person. Once you block a user, they will no longer be able to view your profile or see any of your videos or posts.
Essentially, blocking makes your account invisible to the blocked person. Your profile photo, bio, followers count, likes, comments, and all other information will be completely hidden.
This means the blocked person will not be able to watch, like, comment on, share, or otherwise interact with any of your content. Your entire existence on TikTok will disappear from their view.
According to Reddit users, blocking someone prevents them from viewing your profile or content in any way [1]. So you can rest assured that by blocking another user, your account will be completely concealed from them on TikTok.
Your Comments are Hidden
Once you block someone on TikTok, any comments you make on that person’s videos or live streams will be hidden from their view. The blocked user will not be able to see your comments on their content anymore.
For example, if you previously commented on one of the blocked person’s videos, that comment will disappear from their perspective after you block them. Any new comments you make going forward on their videos or live streams will also be automatically hidden.
However, your comments will still be visible to other users who view that content. Only the blocked person will not see your comments. So you will be able to comment as normal on their content, but the blocked user will have no indication you ever commented.
Essentially, blocking someone on TikTok acts as a one-way block of communication from your side. You can still view and interact with their content, but they will not see your comments or other interactions. This allows you to still engage normally with content you’re interested in, without the blocked person being aware of your involvement.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tiktokhelp/comments/lom496/deleting_comments_from_someone_who_blocked_me/
You Can’t Message the User
One of the main effects of being blocked on TikTok is that you will no longer be able to directly message the user who blocked you. According to an article from www.airdroid.com, direct messaging between you and the blocked user will be disabled.
Once blocked, you will be unable to send any direct messages, comments, or otherwise contact the user who blocked you through TikTok’s messaging features. Your past conversations will also disappear from your messaging history. You will essentially have no messaging access to the blocking user.
This prevents any further unwanted communication or harassment if that was the reason for being blocked in the first place. It severs the messaging connection entirely between you and the user who no longer wants contact.
You Won’t See Each Other’s Content
When you block someone on TikTok or they block you, neither of you will see the other’s posts in your feeds anymore. Their videos and other content will no longer show up in your Following feed or For You page. Similarly, your content will disappear from their feeds as well.
According to TikTok’s help page, “Blocking an account will remove their comments from your videos and live streams, and prevent them from contacting you directly via messages or Duets.” So blocking mutually makes each person’s content invisible to the other user.
This can be a useful way to curate your feed if someone is posting content you don’t want to see. Blocking them removes their posts from your view. You also won’t run the risk of accidentally liking or commenting on their content after blocking.
You Can’t Tag the User
One of the most obvious effects of being blocked on TikTok is that you can no longer tag the user who blocked you in your own videos or comments. If you try to tag their username, it simply won’t work.
When you type the @ symbol followed by their username, the tag will not autocomplete or turn blue like normal. Even if you manually type out their full username, it will not function as a working tag.
This is because tagging requires both parties to follow each other. So if someone has blocked you, your attempts to tag them will fail. You will not be able to successfully link to their profile or notify them of your post.
According to Reddit users, tagging someone who has blocked you is ineffective: “Blocking won’t do anything but stop them from tagging you.” (Source)
In summary, being blocked prevents you from tagging that user anywhere on TikTok. Your tags will not go through or notify the user since they have severed the connection between your accounts.
You Won’t Show Up Together
If you previously appeared in any videos with the user you blocked, those videos will no longer show you together. For example, if you did a collaboration TikTok with the blocked user, anyone who views that video will now only see the blocked user and not you.
Similarly, if you reacted to one of their videos via duet or stitch, that interaction will be removed. Their original video will remain, but your reaction/contribution will be eliminated as if it never existed. Essentially, any past content showing the two of you together will be retroactively altered to remove your presence entirely.
According to the TikTok help center page on duets, “If you block another user, it will remove your content from their videos” (source). So once blocked, you will vanish from any of their videos, just as they disappear from yours.
You Can’t Duet/Stitch Their Videos
One of the most popular ways to interact and engage with other users on TikTok is through duet and stitch videos. Duets allow you to record a video alongside someone else’s, with their original video playing on one side of the split screen. Stitches involve including someone else’s video within your own recording.
If someone has blocked you on TikTok, you will no longer be able to duet or stitch their videos. The options to select “Duet” or “Stitch” will not be available on their videos. This prevents you from incorporating their content into your own videos without their consent. Interacting directly with a user’s content in this way will not be possible if they have blocked you.
Even if you have an existing duet or stitch with the user’s video that was created before they blocked you, it will no longer be accessible. Any previous duets or stitches using their videos will be removed. This ensures the user’s content and account is completely hidden from you if you are blocked.
Overall, blocking prevents you from engaging with or repurposing someone else’s content without their permission. You lose the ability to creatively interact through duets and stitches if you are blocked by a TikTok user.
You Won’t Be Notified If They Go Live
When you block someone on TikTok, you will no longer receive notifications when they go live and start streaming. TikTok’s push notifications for live streams only go out to followers who have not blocked the broadcaster [1].
Once you block an account, TikTok automatically mutes all push notifications from that user, including notifications about when they start streaming live video [2]. You can control which push notifications you receive in your app’s settings, but you cannot select only certain notifications to mute from a blocked account.
The only way to stop getting notified of a user’s live streams is to block their account. Both the broadcaster and the viewer can block accounts on TikTok to prevent unwanted interactions during live videos [3].
You Can’t Search Their Profile
If someone has blocked you on TikTok, you won’t be able to search for their profile directly. When you type their username into the search bar, their profile won’t show up at all. TikTok acts as if the profile doesn’t exist when you try searching for it.
This happens because TikTok removes any trace of a blocked user from your view. You are essentially unable to interact with or find their profile through any direct searching or tagging. Their username will seem non-existent from your perspective on TikTok if they’ve blocked you.
According to sources like WikiHow, trying to search a blocked profile is one of the clearest signs you’ve been blocked. If you know the exact username but can’t locate the profile, chances are you’ve been blocked and that’s why the search isn’t working.
