A few months ago, Instagram launched a new functionality to be able to restrict a person, since it is important not to confuse it with the option to block a user, since both one function and the other have very different purposes.
The fact of being able to restrict a person on Instagram is a much simpler and more comfortable option to be able to act against a user, but in a lighter way, since your publications and stories will continue to appear to that person, but it will be the only person to which the comments that that person decides to leave in your publications appear, so that if they make offensive comments or that you don't like, you can make them not be seen by other users.
This person will not know if you are available or if you have read the messages they may have sent and you will not receive new notifications from that profile. The best thing about this function is that the other person will not realize that you have restricted them, since the social network does not send them any type of notification about it.
In addition, restricting a person on Instagram is very easy and fast to do. In any case, below we are going to explain the steps you must follow if you want restrict a person on your Instagram profile.
How to restrict a person on Instagram
To restrict a person on Instagram from a profile You just have to follow the following steps, which are very simple to carry out:
- First you must access the Instagram application from your mobile phone, and then go to profile of the person you want to restrict. Once you are in the profile of the person in question you must click on the three dots button that appear at the top right of the screen.
- When you do this, a menu will appear on the screen, in which you will see a series of options, among which are Block, Report and Restrict. You must click on Restrict.
With this simple process you can already do it, although it is not the only way to do it, since you can also do it from comment box of your posts. In this way, if you want to restrict it after having made a comment on your profile, you must follow these steps:
- First you must open the comments of the publication in question in which the user to restrict is, and then press and hold on the comment in question (if you have an Android smartphone) or swipe to the right if you have an iPhone, to different options appear. In them you will have to select the exclamation icon.
- When you do the above, a series of options will appear on the screen in a drop-down menu, among which is that of Restrict, which will be the one you must press in this case.
A third option is restrict an Instagram user from private messages. In this way, if a person has contacted you through Instagram Direct, you can also carry out this process.
For this you must go to private messages, to then open the conversation of the person you want to restrict. Now you must click on the exclamation icon, which is located in the upper right part of the screen. When doing so, different options will appear, as in other cases, among which is the option Restrict.
Once you have done any of these processes, you will be able to restrict a person in a matter of just a few seconds. In this way, you will prevent that person from being able to continue bothering you, but without blocking or eliminating them, if for any reason you prefer not to.
The main advantage of restricting a person is that they will not know that they are in this situation, so they will be able to comment on your publications and others without you or the rest of the people seeing them, although on their own account if will appear.
Block a follower
However, you may also find yourself with the need and desire to block an Instagram follower, which you can also do in a very comfortable and fast way, so that this person will stop seeing your photos, your Instagram stories and will not be able to send you messages through the platform's instant messaging service.
To do this process, you only have to follow a series of steps, which will be useful both for people who are following you and for those who are not. In the same way, you should know that this process is not final and that, if you change your mind, you can always revert back and allow it to stop being blocked.
In any case, to block a person you must start by opening their user profile and when you are in it you must click on the three dots icon that appears in the upper right part of the screen, where you must click on Block.
You can do this same process from the comments or from Instagram Direct, since it works in the same way as in the case of restricting that we have indicated, with the difference that you must choose Block instead of Restrict. Therefore, it is a very simple way to be able to block those people who are not of your interest and who are not interested in being able to see all the content that you publish on your social network profile.
As you have seen, both Restrict and Block a user are two very simple and fast actions to perform, which will only take a few seconds and which can provide you with numerous benefits when it comes to improving your experience on the well-known social platform, which has millions of users around the world. Keep visiting us for more information and advice on social media and other platforms.