Block someone from seeing and contacting you

To block someone from seeing and contacting you

• If you receive an instant message from someone you want to block, or if you want to block someone you are having a conversation with, click Block in the conversation window. (If other people are in the conversation, click Block, and then click the name of the person you want to block.)

—or—

• In the Windows Messenger main window, right-click the name of the person you want to block, and click Block.

  The person is moved from your Allow list to your Block list. To see your Allow and Block lists, click the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Privacy tab.

 Notes

• Blocked contacts do not know they have been blocked. You simply appear offline to them.
• Deleting a blocked person from your contact list does not remove the block.
• A person you have blocked cannot contact you directly; however, you could find yourself in a conversation with the blocked person if someone else in the conversation has invited you both.

 Related Topics

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