# I've accidentally "blocked a spammer". Any way to unblock their IP?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ive-accidentally-blocked-a-spammer-any-way-to-unblock-their-ip/24777
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [Fevereiro 3, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ive-accidentally-blocked-a-spammer-any-way-to-unblock-their-ip/24777 "2015-02-03T18:08:29Z")
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### Author: ![Aspirety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/aspirety/32/76906_2.png) [@Aspirety](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aspirety)
#### Post date: [Fevereiro 3, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ive-accidentally-blocked-a-spammer-any-way-to-unblock-their-ip/24777/1 "2015-02-03T18:08:29Z")

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So yeah, this is embarassing. In the process of trying to delete an old account that wouldn’t delete for some reason (that’s an issue for later), I ended up deleting the wrong account. Basically the user had two accounts, wanted the first one deleted, and after changing ownership of their one old post I accidentally went and attempted to “delete spammer” out of desperation, forgetting that I’d changed the ownership and deleted the wrong account. Yeah, I’m an idiot…

But I go to the blocked list and I can’t find anything. I need to find a way to unblock this IP so the user can make a new account. Is there any way to do this? Thanks…

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### Author: ![lisajill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lisajill/32/32289_2.png) [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)
#### Post date: [Fevereiro 3, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ive-accidentally-blocked-a-spammer-any-way-to-unblock-their-ip/24777/2 "2015-02-03T18:22:15Z")

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Go here:

```
admin/logs/screened_ip_addresses

```

And you’ll see a list of blocked/suspended IPs that you can take action on, including allowing them back in.

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### Author: ![Aspirety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/aspirety/32/76906_2.png) [@Aspirety](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aspirety)
#### Post date: [Fevereiro 3, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ive-accidentally-blocked-a-spammer-any-way-to-unblock-their-ip/24777/3 "2015-02-03T18:27:04Z")

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Ahh, so there is a way to do it. Thank goodness, I was a bit worried for a second. I’ll do what I can to ensure the user’s needs are met, either getting them a new account or convincing them to use the old one, heh.

Feel free to close this topic.

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [Fevereiro 3, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ive-accidentally-blocked-a-spammer-any-way-to-unblock-their-ip/24777/4 "2015-02-03T18:47:06Z")

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [Fevereiro 3, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ive-accidentally-blocked-a-spammer-any-way-to-unblock-their-ip/24777/5 "2015-02-03T22:09:48Z")

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The email address is also blocked so you will need to remove that block as well. Same area of admin.