Unfriending or Blocking Someone
Unfriend
To unfriend someone:
- Go to that person's profile
- Hover over the Friends button at the top of their profile
- Select Unfriend
If you don't want someone to see your profile, send you a friend request or a message, you can block them.
Note: If you choose to unfriend someone, you'll be removed from that person's friends list as well. If you want to be friends with this person again, you'll need to send a new friend request.
Block
To block someone:
- Click
at the top right of any Facebook page. - Click How do I stop someone from bothering me?
- Enter the name or email address of the person you want to block and click Block.
- If you entered a name, select the specific person you want to block from the list that appears.
People will not be notified when you block them.
If you can't find someone using this method, try going to the person's profile and selecting Block from the 
menu on their cover photo.
menu on their cover photo. Yes. Blocking allows you to prevent many interactions with someone on Facebook, but you may still encounter content they’ve shared.
Here’s what you might see:
- Messages: Your message history with someone you’ve blocked will stay in your inbox. If the blocked person is ever included in a conversation with a group of friends, you may be able to see the messages. Remember, you can leave a conversation that you don’t want to be part of, or delete a conversation that you don’t like.
- Mutual friend stories: There’s a chance that you'll see stories about the blocked person through mutual friends. For example, if the blocked person tags a mutual friend in a photo, you might see this story on your friend’s Timeline.
- Photos: You might see photos or tags of the blocked person added by other people.
- Groups: Someone you’ve blocked won’t be able to add you to a group, but you’ll be able to see groups that the blocked person created or is a member of.
- Events: Someone you’ve blocked won’t be able to invite you to an event, but you’ll be able to see events to which both you and the blocked person are invited.
- Games and apps: Since games and apps are run by outside developers, the Facebook block won't apply to them. So you could see someone you blocked while you're playing a game (ex: in the game's chat room).
If you don’t want a specific person to follow you, you’ll need to block them. Keep in mind that when you post something, you can choose who you share it with.
To block messages from someone on Facebook:
- Open the conversation with the person you'd like to block
- Click
- Click Block Messages > Block Messages
Learn more about what happens when you block messages from someone and how to unblock messages from someone.
Note: Blocking messages from someone is different from blocking them on Facebook. If you block messages from someone, but you don't block them on Facebook, you'll still be able to see their Facebook profile. Depending on their privacy settings, you may also be able to see things like their status updates, comments, likes and tags on Facebook. Learn more about blocking people on Facebook.
To unblock someone:
- Click in the upper-right corner of your homepage and select How do I stop someone from bothering me?
- Click View All Blocked Users.
- Click Unblock next to the name of the person you want to unblock.
Note: Unblocking won't automatically add the person back to your friends list. If you want to become friends with this person again, you'll need to send them a new friend request.
Take a Break
You can take a break from someone on Facebook when you change your relationship status to single, divorced or leave it blank.
When you take a break from someone you'll be able to:
- See less of someone: Limit where you see someone on Facebook. If you choose to see them less, their posts and posts they're tagged in won't appear in your News Feed and you won't be prompted to message them or tag them in photos. To see their posts again, you can follow them.
- Limit someone's ability to see your posts and posts you're tagged in: Hide your posts from the person you want to take a break from. They'll be added to your Restricted List and will only see posts you tag them in or share publicly.
- Edit who can see past posts: Limit who can see posts (ex: photos, status updates, videos, etc.) you're tagged in, or that you've tagged a person in by changing your privacy settings. The posts can only be seen by the people that are tagged in them. These posts won't appear on your Timeline anymore, but will still appear on other peoples Timelines and search results unless the person who originally posted them removes them. You'll also be removed as a contributor from any shared albums you have with the person you want to take a break from.
If you're looking for other ways to take a break from someone, you can:
Note: you can only take a break from someone through your mobile browser or the Facebook app.
You can edit who can see past posts from when you take a break from someone. You can choose to:
Keep all posts as they are: Nothing will be changed, you'll still see the person you want to see less of in your past posts.
Edit individual posts: Edit your posts one by one from your friendship page. You'll be able to untag yourself in other people's posts and change the privacy settings for your posts.
Edit all my posts and posts that I'm tagged in. Choosing this option will automatically:
- Change the privacy settings of your posts that the person you want to take a break from is tagged in.
- Untag you in posts the person you want to take a break from has tagged you in.
- Untag you in all posts other people have posted that both you and the person you want to take a break from are tagged in.
Keep in mind that if you edit all posts and posts you're tagged in you may not be able to see those posts again.
If your romantic relationship has ended, there are some things you can do on Facebook to help:
- Change how much you see from your former partner
- Change your profile picture
- Archive your message thread
- Turn chat off for your former partner
- Turn off the scrapbook sharing for your former partner
- Change your password
- Turn on tag approvals for posts and photos that you're tagged in
- Block or unfriend your former partner
- Block or unfollow your former partner on Instagram
Taking care of yourself emotionally is an important part of recovering from a breakup. We worked with relationship experts and clinical psychologists and they came up with a few tips:
- Reach out to people you trust for support.
- Take care of yourself, recognize what you need and get plenty of rest.
- Stay active, both physically and mentally.
- Try something you've always wanted to do or tag along with a friend.
For more advice visit the American Psychological Association, or the Help Guide Organization.
If you feel you're in immediate danger, contact your local authorities. If someone is harassing you on Facebook, report them.
Learn more about staying safe on Facebook.
If you change your relationship status to Single, Divorced or remove it entirely, nothing will be shown on your Timeline or in your friends' News Feeds.
If you change your status to in a relationship, it will be shown on your Timeline and in your friends' News Feeds. To limit who can see your relationship status, you can change your privacy settings.
If someone’s bothering you on Facebook, the best way to stop them is to block them. Learn more about blocking. Other ways to limit someone's ability to contact you include:
- Unfriending them: Only your friends can post on your Timeline. You can also change your settings to prevent anyone from posting on your Timeline.
- Blocking their messages: When you block messages from someone, they'll no longer be able to contact you (ex: send you messages, call you) in Messenger or in Facebook chat.