Viber is a high-security (end-to-end encryption) messaging application used by billions of users for personal or professional purposes. It also receives good feedback from users because it contains numerous features that satisfy them. Among its various features, one is the ability to block someone on Viber.
You may or may not have knowledge about this feature. This article will show you how to block someone on Viber. Please stay with us until the end of the article.
You can also create a group chat on Viber to confess information to numerous people simultaneously.
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Reasons to Block a Person on Viber
If you don’t want to interact with some friends and feel annoyed, irritated, or disturbed by them, then blocking them might be the best solution. Like other social media, you can block friends whom you don’t like.
There may exist various reasons varying from people’s thoughts. Among them some of the common reasons are given below:
1. Feel Disturbed
If you’re constantly receiving notifications from chats that you don’t like and whose messages are not worthy or causing discomfort, then blocking them might be the best option.
2. Harassment
If any Viber friends send abusive messages and try to bully after not accepting their proposal, this may be the major reason to ban someone.
3. Privacy
When some unknown person is trying to obtain your personal information that is inappropriate to share, they may be trying to hack your accounts. To prevent being hacked, it is better to block them instantly if you feel awkward or unsafe.
4. Spam
Several scammers create fake accounts and send you messages to trick you. These internet frauds send a link to malicious websites that direct innocent people to be betrayed. If you are also getting such links from unknown accounts, then it’s time to block them.
5. Personal reasons
One more purpose is your personal reasons. Some people stop their partners and friends just to get over fraudulent relationships or be safe from toxic friends. Getting rude messages over time may change the mindset of people, and they finally select the option of blocking.
Sounds funny! But it is real that some people shut off their Viber friends just not to get gym messages and random selfies from them.
Suppose you spend too much time on the app by continuously chatting with someone who is not that important and has no relationship with them. In this case, we recommend you block them and get more space for yourself rather than others.
What Happens After Blocking Someone on Viber
If somebody is bugging you or sending annoying messages continuously, then it’s time to stop the contact and remove them permanently. You can also choose to report them, but it does not work like blocking.
Blocking specific numbers or chats does not affect other contacts at all. The person whom you ban will not know whether or not they are stopped because they won’t receive any notifications.
They can only assume that they have been blocked if they don’t receive any responses to their chats or calls.
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They can send messages, but you don’t get any messages. Whenever they try to audio or video call you, they find “Calling” instead of “Ringing.”
If they add you to a group and notice that you have left the group immediately and they cannot view your status, they may assume that you have blocked them on Viber.
How to Block Someone on Viber Messenger
If someone has been negatively impacting your personal life by sending irritating messages, blocking them is a great option to cut off connection with them and permanently eliminate them.
Not only Viber other social media applications like Whatsapp and Facebook have also provided the blocking feature.
Viber has a feature that allows you to block someone from it, which helps stop getting messages from them and helps maintain time for yourself. This might help if you want to keep some people away.
Block a Contact on Viber Using Mobile App
Blocking contact or number from Viber using Androids and iOS is easy. You just need an updated app installed and activated on your smartphone.
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Go along with the following methods that just take a few seconds to block someone using a mobile app on Viber. The steps are pretty easy and quite similar compared to iPhone. But here we are using an Android application.
Method-1: From Individual Chat Settings
This method is more effective if you want to ban just one contact. Because using this method, you would need to open each individual chat to sever the connection.
To block someone on Viber from individual chat settings, you have to follow the given step-by-step guide.
1. Open the Viber app on your Android or iPhone device.
2. Find and tap the contact whom you want to stop. If it seems hard to find a person by scrolling, you can search by typing their name.
3. Now, slide left on the screen or tap on the contact’s name.
4. Scroll down and tap on “Block this Contact”; just after tapping, you will find the contact banned instantly.
There is no limit on how many times you can block or unblock someone on Viber.
Method-2: From Viber Settings
You probably have tried to ban a number of contacts at once and not find the right method, and you may disappoint. If so, don’t worry because Viber has a feature allowing users to block a mass of contacts simultaneously.
Follow the given quickest way to block many friends at once on Viber from its settings.
1. Open the Viber app and go to its Settings by tapping the three-line icon that is on the bottom right corner.
2. Now, choose Privacy from there.
3. Scroll and tap the Block list from various features. The contacts you shut off already will be seen on the display, but a plain screen will be displayed if you don’t have any.
4. Tap on ‘+’ sign from the top right corner.
5. Select as many contacts as you want and touch on the ‘Tick mark’ to confirm.
Contact will be added to a block list. From now, you can’t send or receive messages/call unless you unblock them from the list.
This method is effective if you have a bulk number of users to block.
Note: Unfortunately, the computer app does not have a feature to ban contacts from it, but you can unblock the persons added to the block list from your mobile phones.
How Can I Unblock Somebody on Viber
When you stop someone on Viber, it adds that contact to the block list. Whenever you want to make them a way to access your account, just unblock them.
By unblocking, you both can continue chats with each other, and the online status will appear afterward.
To unblock a particular person or mass of people from Viber, just follow the given mentioned steps.
If you need to retrieve just one friend, you can simply use the search bar to find them and tap “unblock” from the pop-up conversation screen.
If you cannot find the name you searched for, you can follow the following steps. These steps are more effective for unblocking multiple chats at once.
1. Go to the Viber settings and choose Privacy from there.
2. Tap on the Block list among various options. You will get to see the list of banned users.
3. Touch on Unblock from the side of the contacts whom you want to remove from the block list.
Avoid touching on other contacts because a person will unblock instantly just after tapping, and you won’t even get a confirmation message to cancel.
By following this method, you can retrieve a number of people at once. It directly helps in saving you time.
Currently, this feature is not available on the Viber desktop app, but you can still unblock the contacts that have been listed on a block list from the smartphone. For this, Go to Viber desktop Settings> Privacy&Security> Block list> Manage.
What Happens if I Accidentally Blocked People on Viber
When you block a user on Viber intentionally or accidentally, the contact will be immediately seen in the block list.
After blocking, that person cannot see your online status. However, if both of you are in the same group, then both of you will be able to see each other’s message to that group.
If a friend has been blocked by accident, you can also unblock them straight away because there is no waiting period to unblock people.
FAQs
A: Yes, if you find the person with whom you are friends on Viber is not good and also unpleasant to be in contact with them. You can block anyone from your Viber without them knowing. That means they have not received any notification.
Q: Will the person I blocked on Viber receive any notification?
A: No, the person does not get a notification even after blocking because Viber has not a feature that sends notifications. They can assume that you had blocked them after not getting responses to chats and calls.
A: No, your recent profile pictures are not visible to them. However, if they had saved your number on their contact list, they could still see the profile picture from when you blocked them.
Q: Can I block someone on Viber if they are not on my contact list?
A: If a person saves a number to their contact list, he/she can send messages to the friend, and there is no need for both parties to save each other’s contact to start chats. Additionally, you can also block friends who are not on your contact list.
Conclusion
Once you feel the person is not worthful to you and tries to get more information about your personal life, then cut off the connection without thinking twice. When you block someone on Viber, it helps in having no interaction with them.
They won’t be notified about the changes, but if they try to send you messages from another new number, they know that you have blocked them. Also, read if you want to translate messages from any messaging app.
