How to Know if Someone Blocked You on Discord

Last Updated: June 23, 2024

A user who is blocked by a contact on Discord will be unable to send DMs to that user. Since a user who is blocked cannot be direct messaged, look for errors that occur while DM'ing that user.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Reacting to their Messages

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To find a message in a Discord server, type from:username#tag , replacing username and tag with their username and tag.
This will open a menu of options for that message.

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This will open up the reactions pane.
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Choose a reaction. If the user blocked you, you will see "reaction blocked" or the Discord window shake.
- Reactions also fail if you no longer have reaction permissions for a specific channel.

Method 2

Method 2 of 3:

Direct Messaging Them

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This will open their profile.
On a desktop, this is hidden under the triple dots.
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Send a message to them. If your message fails to send, then it is possible they blocked you.
- Be aware that if their DMs are "closed" (i.e. they have DMs turned off from members of a particular server), then you will also not be able to send them a message unless you added them as a friend or if they share a server where they have their DMs open.