# How the hell do you \*now\* unblock someone on Facebook? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 1, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-you-now-unblock-someone-on-facebook/633366 "2012-09-01T15:10:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-you-now-unblock-someone-on-facebook/633366/1 "2012-09-01T15:10:59Z")
I have wrestled with the Help feature for an hour. My laptop is close to being thrown into the back yard. Story is I blocked quite a few American colleagues as I didn’t need to see a heap of their political views (not personal- you wouldn’t need to know mine either). However, I need to unblock a couple. All I can find is help to unblocking applications. I want to know how to see these folks posts again. I promise beer. Soon. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-you-now-unblock-someone-on-facebook/633366/2 "2012-09-01T15:24:07Z")
Are you still friends with them? Hover over the news feed button on the left side and a little pencil icon will pop up. Click it and it will give you you the option of removing people from your block list. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-you-now-unblock-someone-on-facebook/633366/3 "2012-09-01T15:27:11Z")
Enalzi, if ever I get to the USA I will buy you a carton of the finest beer. I could never have found that on my own. Many thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-you-now-unblock-someone-on-facebook/633366/4 "2012-09-01T15:39:39Z")
BTW, it sounds like what you did was hide (or what they now call unsubscribe from) them. When you block someone it unfriends them and makes them totally non-existent to you. It may have been why you had trouble finding it in the help section. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-you-now-unblock-someone-on-facebook/633366/5 "2012-09-01T15:46:44Z")
Yes, you are correct. I just hid their feeds or whatever. Nevertheless, I thought the answer may have been easier to come across. Not for dumb bunnies like me. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-you-now-unblock-someone-on-facebook/633366/6 "2012-09-03T13:33:00Z")
Hover pointed to the left of “News Feed” (in the column on the left). When a small symbol appears, click on it and choose “Edit Settings” from the menu that pops up. That opens a window with a list of hidden friends. Remove (click on the “x” beside their name) anyone you want back in your news feed. Click “Save”. Bob’s yer uncle. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-you-now-unblock-someone-on-facebook/633366/7 "2012-09-03T15:55:44Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Are you still friends with them? Hover over the news feed button on the left side and a little pencil icon will pop up. Click it and it will give you you the option of removing people from your block list. Thank you!!! I too have been trying to figure this out from time to time over the past 2 years or so.