Block or unblock someone for a child’s Meta account

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If your child is between 10-12 years old with a Meta account that's managed by you, you can block people for them. Your child can also block people.

What happens when you or your child blocks someone

When you or your child blocks someone, they won’t be able to see your child’s info or app activity.

We won't tell the person that they were blocked. We may share information with certain apps about who you or your child blocked to help make sure your child doesn't interact with a blocked person in those apps.

Blocking a follower will remove them from your child’s follower list.

If you or your child blocks someone who’s an approved contact:

  • The person will be removed as an approved contact.
  • Your child and the person will automatically unfollow each other.
  • They’ll no longer be able to chat with, call, invite or join each other in an app or destination.
  • They’ll no longer see each other’s app activity or their profile in search.

You and your child can unblock someone at any time. If your child unblocks someone, you will be notified.

Follow the steps below to block followers, approved contacts or other people for your child’s Meta account.

To block someone who isn’t a follower or an approved contact, you will need to search for them using their username or name.

To block someone:

  1. Go to Family Center and log in.
  2. Select your child’s account.
  3. Below Their connections, click Followers and following.
  4. Click Options next to their name, or click their name.
  5. Click Block, then click Block again to confirm.

The steps below are for how a child can block someone.

To block someone:

  1. Open the Meta Horizon mobile app on your phone.
  2. Tap Horizon chat.

  3. Find the person you want to block, then tap Options next to their name or on their profile.

  4. Tap Block, then tap Block again to confirm.

Note: Make sure you’re logged into the app using your account.

You can unblock someone at any time. If your child unblocks someone, you’ll get a notification.

To unblock someone:

  1. Go to Family Center and log in.
  2. Select your child’s account.
  3. Below Their connections, click Followers and following.
  4. Click Blocked.
  5. Click Options, or click their name.
  6. Click Unblock.

If you unblock someone, your parent will get a notification.

To unblock someone:

  1. On your phone, open the Meta Horizon app.
  2. Tap Menu in the top left.
  3. Scroll down to Privacy and security, then tap Privacy settings.
  4. Tap Blocked Users.
  5. Tap the person you want to unblock, then confirm that you want to unblock that person.

Note: Make sure you’re logged into the app using your account.

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