When Someone Blocks You on Steam Do They Stay on Your Friends List?
When someone blocks you on Steam, they will be removed from your friends list, and you will no longer be able to see or contact each other anywhere on Steam. The blocking action is reciprocal, meaning you also won’t be able to start a conversation with them or add them as a friend again until they unblock you.
Understanding Steam Blocking
Blocking someone on Steam limits their ability to interact with you in several ways, including sending friend or group invites, sending messages through Steam chat, and commenting on your profile or community items.
FAQs About Steam Blocking
General Questions
- How do you know if someone blocked you on Steam? If a player has blocked you, and their profile is still public, then you can still see their profile, but if you attempt to add them, you will get an error message saying that you are unable to add them as a friend.
- What happens when you block someone on Steam? When you are blocked on Steam, you cannot access the profile or UGC of that character, and if that character has blocked you, they will show you unavailable in your friends’ list.
- Can you appear offline to one person on Steam? You can set your status to invisible to appear offline but still be able to chat if desired.
Blocking and Unblocking
- How to unblock someone on Steam? You can unblock someone via your profile by selecting Friends, navigating to the Blocked tab, clicking the Manage Blocked List button, checking the user(s) you want to unblock, and clicking the Unblock button.
- What happens after someone blocks you? When someone blocks your number or profile, you don’t receive a notification, but signs like only hearing one ring or none before the call goes to voicemail can indicate you’ve been blocked.
- Why do people unblock after blocking? It could be due to curiosity or a desire to monitor your activities without your knowledge.
Friends List Management
- Will someone still be on your friends list if they block you? No, when someone blocks you on Steam, they are removed from your friends list.
- Do blocked people count as friends? No, blocking someone’s profile will unfriend it from your profile and limit their interaction with you.
- How to hide what you are playing on Steam from your friends and family? You can manage your profile privacy settings to control what information is visible to your friends and the public.
Steam Profile Management
- How do I set my Steam profile to private? You can manually navigate to the Profile Privacy Settings page, select your privacy state, and save any changes automatically.
- Why does it say error adding friend on Steam? This could be because the user is blocked by your account, you’ve reached the maximum friend limit, or your account is limited.
Communication and Blocking
- What message do you get when someone blocks you? If you make a call and receive an automated message saying the customer is unavailable, it might indicate that your number has been blocked.
- How do you reach someone who blocked you? You can use a special code like *67 in the US to call the person who blocked you, but this doesn’t guarantee they will answer or that the block will be lifted.
- Can you see the status of someone who blocked you? No, when someone blocks you, their status updates will not be visible to you, and similarly, your status updates will not be visible to them.
Unblock and Friend Request
- Why am I not friends with someone I just unblocked? When you unblock a profile, it won’t automatically become your friend on Facebook or Steam; you’ll need to send a friend request to that profile to re-establish the friendship.