TikTok allows users to block other accounts in order to restrict unwanted interactions. Blocking prevents the blocked account from viewing your profile, commenting on your videos, duetting or stitching your content, and seeing your posts in their For You feed. Users may want to block someone on TikTok for various reasons – to stop harassment or bullying, eliminate distractions, avoid seeing unpleasant content, or gain more control over their feed.
Notifications
The blocked user will not receive any notification that they have been blocked. TikTok’s blocking feature is designed to be completely anonymous, so the blocked person will be unaware of the block. They will be able to continue viewing the blocker’s profile and videos as normal, but will not know their content is hidden from the blocker’s view. This allows people to quietly block accounts without the blocked person being alerted or offended.
According to sources, “When you block someone, TikTok doesn’t notify them or indicate in any way that they’ve been blocked” (source). The block happens silently on the blocker’s end only. The blocked user can still interact normally with the profile. TikTok’s approach differs from other social media that alert users if they’ve been blocked, opting instead for a more frictionless and discrete blocking experience.
Viewing Profile
When you block someone on TikTok, they will no longer be able to view your profile or any of your content. According to sources, blocking prevents the blocked user from seeing your videos, bio, follower count, likes, or any other information on your profile [1]. Your entire account essentially becomes invisible to someone you block.
Even if your profile is public, a blocked user will not be able to find it or access any part of it. TikTok completely cuts off their access. The only exception is if you had liked or commented on the blocked person’s videos before blocking them – they would still be able to see those engagements. But they could not view the original video that you engaged with on your profile.
In summary, blocking on TikTok prevents the blocked user from viewing any aspect of your profile or content [2]. Your account is essentially hidden from their view once blocked.
Commenting
When you block someone on TikTok, they can no longer comment on your videos or see any existing comments you’ve made. Any past comments you’ve made on the blocked user’s videos will also disappear. This is according to TikTok’s help center: “Blocking users disables them from viewing your videos or engaging with you through direct messages, comments, follows or likes.”
So in summary, if you block someone, they cannot comment on your current or future videos. And your existing comments on their videos will be deleted. Blocking prevents all commenting interactions between you and that user.
Duets/Stitching
When you block someone on TikTok, they will no longer be able to duet or stitch your videos. According to TikTok’s help center, the Duet setting allows you to control who can duet your videos – either everyone, followers, friends, or no one (source). Once you block someone, they are automatically removed from being able to duet or stitch your content.
Additionally, if a user had previously stitched or duetted one of your videos before being blocked, that content will no longer be visible to others. Any of your content is inaccessible to a blocked user across TikTok. So you don’t have to worry about a blocked person being able to continue engaging with your videos through duets or stitches once you block them.
Likes/Follows
When a user blocks someone on TikTok, the blocked user can no longer like or follow the blocker’s account. Any previous likes or follows from the blocked user will be removed once they are blocked. This means the blocker’s like and follower count may decrease if the blocked user had previously interacted with their account.
According to TikTok’s support page, blocking a user “disables them from viewing your videos or engaging with you through direct messages, comments, follows or likes.” (Source)
So in summary, blocking someone on TikTok prevents them from liking or following you going forward. It also removes any existing likes or follows they may have already made on your account prior to being blocked.
Livestreams
If you block someone on TikTok, they will not be able to view or participate in your livestreams. According to TikTok’s help article, “Blocking prevents all possible interactions, including viewing your videos, commenting, reacting, and joining your LIVE streams.”1
When you go live on TikTok, blocked users will not see your livestream appear in their “Following” feed. If they try to search for your live video, it just will not show up. And if they happen to come across the livestream from elsewhere, they will see a message saying “Video unavailable” because you have blocked them.2
So in summary, blocking someone on TikTok prevents them from viewing or interacting with your livestreams in any way. They cannot comment, send gifts, or otherwise participate in the live chat. You have full control over blocking users from your live content.
Hashtags/Sounds
When you block a user on TikTok, their content will still show up under hashtags and sounds that you view. TikTok does not filter a blocked user’s videos from certain topics or audio clips. As noted by Dexerto, “If the blocked account uses a sound or hashtag you frequently search, their content may still appear in your For You Page” (source).
However, TikTok does allow you to filter specific hashtags and keywords that you don’t want to see. You can block hashtags so videos using those tags do not appear on your For You page. This is done through the app’s “Filter hashtags” option, as described by Reddit users (source). So while blocking a user does not filter their content from hashtags or sounds, you can manually block tags and keywords you don’t want to see, regardless of the creator.
Recommendations
When you block someone on TikTok, their videos and content will no longer show up in your For You feed or recommendations. TikTok’s algorithm will adjust to remove blocked accounts from your suggested videos.
However, according to discussion on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/Tiktokhelp/comments/14vx32j/tiktok_keep_suggesting_ppl_from_my_contact_list/), sometimes it can take some time for TikTok’s systems to fully remove all recommendations. So you may still occasionally see a blocked person’s video, but blocking should drastically reduce recommendations overall.
Conclusion
In summary, if you block someone on TikTok, that user will not receive any notification that they have been blocked. The blocked user will be able to view your profile and content, but they will not be able to comment, duet, stitch, or interact with your videos. Your likes and follows of the blocked user will remain intact. The blocked user will not see you live and you will not see them live. Hashtags and sounds created by the blocked user will still be visible and usable by you. The blocked user may still receive recommendations of your content through TikTok’s algorithm. In conclusion, blocking silences a user’s interactions with you but does not prevent them from accessing your public profile and content.
