Block someone when you want their posts and comments hidden from your Community feeds. This article covers the overflow menu on posts and comments, confirm steps, how anonymous vs display-name blocking works, and how to unblock from Settings—not reporting or the full rules text.
🔒If you are in crisis or need immediate support, open Crisis hotline in Resources—not the block menu on a post or comment.
What blocking does
- Blocking hides that member's posts and comments from your Explore and Saved feeds—and from comment threads you open—after you confirm.
- It is one-directional: they are not notified, and they can still see your public Community activity unless they block you too.
- Blocking is not the same as reporting. You can block with or without filing a report—see Reporting posts and comments when content breaks Community rules.
- Other members may still see the same posts until moderation acts; blocking adjusts your view only.
Block from a post
01
Community
Tap the Community tab and open Explore if you are not already on the feed.
02
Block @username
On someone else's post with a display name, tap the overflow menu (⋯) in the header row and choose Block @username—the menu shows the member's @ handle.
03
Block Anonymous User
When the post shows Anonymous instead of a @ handle, the same overflow menu offers Block Anonymous User instead of a named option.
Block from a comment
01
Comments
Open the Comments sheet from a post on Explore.
02
Block @username
On someone else's comment with a display name, open the overflow menu on that row and choose Block @username.
03
Block Anonymous User
When the comment is anonymous, choose Block Anonymous User from the same overflow menu.
Confirm the block
01
Block @username?
For a display-name post or comment, the confirm dialog title reads Block @username? with the same @ handle shown in the menu.
02
Block this user?
For anonymous content—or when no @ handle is available—the title reads Block this user? instead.
03
Block
The message reads You will no longer see their posts or comments. Tap Block to save the block, or Cancel to close without changing anything.
04
Cancel
Tap Cancel to dismiss the confirm dialog and return to the feed or comment thread unchanged.
After you block
01
User blocked
When the block saves, an alert titled User blocked confirms You won't see their posts or comments anymore. Tap OK to continue.
02
Explore
Their posts disappear from Explore and Saved. Comment threads hide their comments on posts you open. My Posts still shows your own content—it is not filtered by who you block.
If blocking fails, an alert titled Couldn't block user asks you to try again—check your connection and repeat Block from the overflow menu.
Anonymous vs display name
- Blocking from anonymous content applies only to that member's anonymous posts and comments—the list subtitle reads Anonymous posts and comments of author.
- Blocking from display-name content applies only to their public @ posts and comments—the subtitle reads Public posts and comments of author.
- If you block the same person in both modes, you may see two rows on your block list—one for each presentation. Unblock each row separately when you are ready.
- Older blocks without a scope subtitle may read All posts and comments from the user and hide both presentations until you unblock.
Manage your block list
01
Settings
Open Settings from the tab bar.
02
Community
Tap Community in the settings list.
03
Blocked Users
Under Rules & Safety Tools, tap Blocked Users to open your block list. An empty list shows You haven't blocked anyone yet.
Unblock someone
01
Unblock
On the row you want to remove, tap Unblock.
02
Unblock this user?
Confirm in the dialog: Their posts and comments will appear again after you refresh. Tap Unblock to remove only that block row, or Cancel to keep blocking.
After you submit a report, the app may ask Block this user too?—tap Block to run the same confirm flow, or Not now to finish without blocking. See Reporting posts and comments for the full report walkthrough.
What happens next
- Reporting posts and comments — file a moderation report when content breaks Community rules, with or without blocking.
- Community rules — policy overview, expected behavior, and how blocking fits the safety toolkit.
- Crisis hotline — urgent support in Resources when you need help right now, not a moderation block.
🔒Your block list is private to your Apple ID and syncs through iCloud on devices signed into the same account. Blocking hides content from your feeds only—it does not delete posts for other members or notify the person you blocked. Anonymous blocking applies to how content was shown, not a guarantee of identity separation on our servers.