How Do I Know if Someone Deleted Their TikTok or Blocked Me?

If you are an avid TikTok user and like to keep up to date with your friends’ activity and videos, then you may well notice when their content suddenly stops appearing in your feed.

But is this a simple lack of posting or because they have deleted their TikTok? Could it be that they have blocked you as a follower?

In this article, we’re answering these questions for you.

What Happens When Someone Deletes Their TikTok?

When someone deletes their TikTok, a few things happen.

1. You won’t be able to search for or find their account using the search bar on TikTok
2. Videos that they have posted will disappear
3. Any videos of their that you reposted will now be listed under a generic user tag rather than their unique username
4. They will disappear from your ‘Following’ list on your own profile
5. You will be unable to message them directly

The issue of course is that many of these symptoms of a deleted account are the same indicators of an account that has blocked you…

What Happens When Someone Blocks You?

If someone has blocked you, you may notice one of the following:

1. You won’t be able to search for or find their account using the search bar
2. Your DM chat stream will now fall under the heading ‘Account Not Found’ rather than their username. You will be unable to send any messages to them
3. They will disappear from your ‘Following’ / ‘Followers’ list on your profile

With so many overlapping symptoms, telling the difference between a block and a deleted profile can be difficult. Which is why most users, when concerned that they have been blocked or wanting to know what has happened to a friend’s profile, opt to browse through another log in.

The Best Way to Tell if You’ve Been Blocked or the Account Has Been Deleted

The best way to tell for certain if an account has been deleted or you have been directly blocked, is to search for the user’s profile under another login.

With fake accounts and impersonations a clear violation of TikTok’s guidelines, the easiest way to do this is to borrow a friend’s device and search for the user on their TikTok. If the user appears as normal on someone else’s account, then you know you have been blocked.

If the user still does not appear, then you can be fairly confident that they have deleted their account.

We hope this helps! There’s nothing worse than the anxiety of thinking you may have been blocked by another user on TikTok, which is why knowing the signs and being able to distinguish them from a deleted profile is so important.