# How do I block a user?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-block-a-user/35023
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 28, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-block-a-user/35023 "2015-10-28T16:57:54Z")
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### Author: ![Noah751](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/noah751/32/82274_2.png) [@Noah751](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noah751)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-block-a-user/35023/8 "2018-01-15T03:48:11Z")

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oops, my bad, originally got that thought from

> [@PMing suspended members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pming-suspended-members/15276):
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> (Sorry - not sure if this is the best category.) Somewhat to my surprise, you can PM a suspended member. Nothing pops up to say “sorry - member is suspended for the next 200 years, so don’t hold your breathe waiting for a reply” or anything like that. (It does take you to their profile page, where the suspended message is displayed, but how many users intent on sending a PM will stop to read that?) If an ordinary member PMs a suspended member, no notification e-mail is sent, but if a moderator…

Didn’t know that until now! 😉

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