How do you know if someone is using messenger without facebook

• To find out if someone has blocked you on Messenger, you should first send them a message.
• If your message is not delivered, even after the recipient has been online, you're most likely blocked.
• To tell if your message isn't delivered, it will have an empty circle with a check mark for an icon.

Facebook doesn't make it easy to know whether someone has blocked you.

They do this for privacy and security reasons, which means that, unfortunately, you won't get confirmation that someone has blocked your account.

However, it is possible to deduce whether you've been blocked based on how the Messenger app behaves when you try to send a message.

Here's how you can tell if someone's blocked you on Facebook Messenger on both mobile and desktop.

How to know if someone blocked you on Messenger on mobile

There are signs you can look for to know that someone has blocked you when you message them on the Messenger app.

1. Open the Messenger app on your mobile device.

2. Tap the new chat icon in the top right corner of the screen.

 3. Search for the person you think has blocked you in the search box, and then tap their name in the search results.

4. Write a simple message – something like "Hi" – in the message box, and then tap the send icon on the right.

5. Check the delivery status of the message.

Here's what the delivery statuses mean:

• Empty circle with no check mark The message has not been sent. This is typically because you don't have any internet access when you try to send a message.
• Empty circle with a check mark: The message has been sent but not delivered to the recipient.
• Filled circle with a check mark: The message has been delivered.
• Icon with the recipient's profile picture: The message has been read.  

As long as the recipient is logged into Facebook, your message should be delivered within a few moments, which means you'll see the check mark icon's filled-in version. Of course, it might not be read for a while; your recipient needs to open Messenger and view the message thread for that to happen.

If you send a message to someone and the message is not delivered, meaning that only an empty circle with a check mark appears, it generally means one of two things:

• The user has not logged into Facebook.
• The user has blocked you on Messenger.

6. Check the recipient's Facebook profile. if you see that the recipient has posted to his or her Facebook page or comments on other people's posts, that implies he or she is logged into Facebook. If your message remains undelivered, you are probably blocked.

How to know if someone blocked you on Messenger on desktop

The signs to look out for that someone has blocked you on Messenger when you're on desktop are similar to the ones to look for on mobile. You just need to drop the recipient a message on the desktop version of Messenger, look at the message's delivery status, and then check their Facebook profile for any recent activity. 

1. Go to messenger.com in your favorite desktop browser, and sign into your Facebook account – if you're not signed in already.

2. In the left panel, type the name of the person you think has blocked you in the search box, and then click on their name when it shows up in the search results.

3. Write a simple message – something like "Hi" – in the message box, and then click the send icon on the right.

4. Check the delivery status icon of the message. The first sign that you have been blocked is that the message will remain undelivered. Of course, this could mean that the person also hasn't logged into Facebook yet, so you need to look for one more sign.

5. Check the recipient's Facebook profile for any recent activity. If your message still hasn't been delivered, and they've been posting or reacting to and commenting on other posts, they have probably blocked you.

Dave Johnson

Freelance Writer

Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life. Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he's also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts. Dave is the author of more than two dozen books and has contributed to many sites and publications including CNET, Forbes, PC World, How To Geek, and Insider.

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