One of the best features of Instagram is that people can send messages to their friends and family. But when someone blocks you on the app, how can you do that? Is it possible that even if a friend has blocked your Instagram, you still have other options to contact them? So, let’s see how that could be possible and learn more about the limitations of each method.
Search for their other numbers and accounts
Once you find that your Instagram has been blocked by someone and you need to text that person anyway, that’s not the end of the world. In fact, Instagram is one of the other social media platforms that have the same features.
So, what you need to do is look to see if that person has another account on Facebook, Snapchat, or other platforms, including Twitter or LinkedIn. You may find that not clear from the beginning, but what if that user has already mentioned their other accounts there on Instagram?
Just search for their account anonymously from another device or account. Even if your account is blocked, that’s not the case for other users. The Google Chrome incognito mode, for example, can help you see that account because there are settings for guest users that are different from the blocked ones on the app.
After that, see their bio section or last post and see if there are any mentions of their other accounts on Facebook, WhatsApp, etc. And if you get any of them, that’s great. Go ahead and use that newly discovered social account to message them from there.
As you can see from the above screenshot, I tried to ask a friend of mine to block my account on Instagram. Then, I found their email and other blog from the bio description. But of course, I accessed their public profile link from an incognito browser, as the system knows if you’re already logged in.
Send the message through a friend
This is another method that will save you time when trying to unblock your Instagram from messaging. What you need is a mutual friend who shares the same connection with both parties on the platform. So, by asking for their permission to send that urgent message to the person in question, you already have the first step. This is sometimes the first step to passing the message without complicated techniques. That user could be your brother, sister, or other family member who’s willing to help you solve a problem.
That being said, not everyone wants to allow others to use their Instagram to send a message. For that reason, you need to accept that rejection if it doesn’t help anyway.
Use what you have as information
If you have no success finding a way to send your message, then let’s use the next level of search, which should be a little deeper. So, there are many tools that scan social media sites, public records, and other databases. After that, their algorithms connect the multiple data found through search engines and add them to what they have about users on Instagram, Facebook, etc.
Now, the main goal here is to find any other account, probably on Instagram or other sites the same person owns. For that, you have to start with basic information, such as the name of the guy or girl. Then, search for their other social media or contact numbers through that. In addition to the method that I tried and recommended, you still have other options to search with, including any of the following:
Username search
As easy as it looks, you can type the Instagram username of your friend or partner into a Google search or any available tool that does the same type of scan. Next, browse what’s already indexed as a profile under that same username.
Once you find a valid account that seems to be active, connect with them and send your message. But of course, you have to verify that, indeed, that’s the same person who owns these profiles. There are cases when people use fake profiles on Snapchat for example. So, always check who that newly discovered account is before concluding that they’re the same person.
If you’re only interested in socle account that someone has under their username, some websites just do that, like reverseusernamesearch.com You type the username, and validate it, and the tool scans hundreds of social networks to tell you if the profile is found or not there. You get 10 lookups at a time, and you can get more by clicking their ‘load more button’. At least with this free method, you search for a username across multiple sites at once.
Reverse phone number lookup
If you have the person’s mobile number, that’s a better way to message them. But chances are they also block your number and not only Instagram. Anyway, try it first because they might forget about that. Then, type their existing cell number into Google or similar search engines and see if it returns any information. In reality, the phone number is one of the most valuable sources of data about people that search engines index.
If you don’t know the user’s number, look for it in your phone contacts. You may have saved that in the past and forgotten about it. Also, it’s possible that you connect with friends on Instagram by syncing your list of contacts on an iPhone or Android device.
Reverse email lookup
When people create their accounts on Instagram or other apps, the system requires a valid email address or a phone number. So, that email can tell you more details about the person behind it. Now, depending on how that email is being used by its owner, you can find few or many profiles behind it. Reverse email search is powerful these days, as many solutions can help you find alternative ways to contact users on social networks through their primary accounts.
When using an email lookup tool, make sure it’s well-established and a trusted source of information. You don’t need those apps that you can add and then find nothing, as they said. Instead, look for reliable sources of data that let you type the email behind someone on Instagram and find other contact numbers or profiles.
Regarding where to find that email, see if the user has already mentioned their email in the profile description. Again, if you can’t see their profile because they already blocked yours, use a friend’s device to see it.
Conclusion
Just because someone blocks your account on Instagram, it’s not impossible to reach them through other methods. They should have other social profiles or contact numbers you know about. But if there is no chance to discover any other profile, try the search methods I talked about above.
You should have at least a good understanding of how to look for the different types of information linked to people on social networks. Also, if you have other tricks you personally used to message an Instagram user while they were blocking you, share them in your comments and let us know about them.
