How to know if someone blocked you on iMessage is a simple five-step strategy. This is a proven strategy that has proven its worth over the years. In this article, I would be showing you the simple five-step strategy and how to go about it. If you are reading this article, it is most likely that you already have an iPhone and iMessage enabled. If you don’t then I’m sorry to let you know that this article is not for you.
How to Know if Someone Blocked you on iMessage
Blocking someone is about the highest step you can go to delete someone out of your life virtually. If someone blocks you, it simply means you really pissed them off. Since iMessage is over the internet, it may sometimes be difficult to tell for sure if someone blocked you. Who knows, the recipient may just be having internet issues or some other random stuff. I am saying this to help you not jump to conclusions. Before you conclude that someone has blocked you on iMessage, follow these five steps strategies.
- Check iMessage Delivery Status.
- Double-check with WhatsApp Messages.
- Check iMessage Bubble Color on your iPhone.
- Call the Blocker.
- Turn off your Caller ID on your iPhone and call the Blocker.
This is a sure 5 step strategy on how to know if someone blocked you on iMessage.
Also see: Why is iMessage not Working?
Check iMessage Delivery Status
Whatever iOS device you’re using (iPhone, iPad, MacBook) iMessage usually shows a read receipt for all delivered messages of the recently sent messages. Note that you would only get read receipts if you and the person you’re trying to contact have it enabled. If the first case is true and you didn’t receive any read receipts, it could also be because the user has DND (Do Not Disturb) turned on. Whenever the user turns off the DND mode, they would receive a notification. If you don’t get the read receipt after some time, it’s possible you’ve been blocked.
Double-check with WhatsApp Messages
Sometimes, while it rarely happens, the iMessage server could be down which means the recipient would not get any notification. What I highly suggest here is to message them on another social media platform and see if it’s a problem from iMessage or you’ve been blocked. It is most likely that when someone blocks you off on one social media platform, they would also block you on all other social media platforms. This is a win-win solution. You either find out you’ve been blocked or you ask why they aren’t replying to your texts.
Check iMessage Bubble Color on your iPhone
How to know if someone blocked you on iMessage. It’s a little bit difficult to know for sure if someone has blocked you on iMessage because even when you’re blocked, the message would send as usual. A little hint is that the iMessage texts bubble is blue in color and when iMessage doesn’t go through, the message would be resent via SMS which would be a green bubble. Note that you have to turn on your “send an SMS” setting for the message to be automatically resent. Again, it is very possible that the recipient is having an internet issue.
Call the Blocker
One of the cheapest tricks in the book to know if someone blocked you is to call them. IT could either be a regular call, FaceTime, or Google Duo. If you’ve been blocked, the phone would ring just once and then diverts to voicemail. For facetime or google duo, the call would be instantly declined. These scenarios could also happen if the recipient turned on DND or is having network issues. What you could do is wait a couple of hours and try again. If it doesn’t work, it could be a sign you’ve been blocked.
Turn off your Caller ID on your iPhone and call the Blocker
An alternative to determine if you’ve been blocked is to call from an alternate number if the previous step proved otherwise. While it is unavailable in some countries, you can turn off the caller ID on your iPhone and call the recipient again If the user should answer the call, then it is very obvious you’ve been blocked. Again if the person didn’t pick up, it’s either the person figured out it’s you or the recipient is having issues with the cellular network.
Conclusion
It’s really easy telling if you’ve been blocked depending on the conversation you had or were having before these issues. Trust me, it’s the fastest way to tell if you’ve been blocked. You just have to ask yourself, why would the recipient block me. If you can’t think of any reason, then the recipient is most likely having an internet issue or turned on DND.