The truth is that preventing strangers from sending us Instagram messages is a cumbersome process, at the moment there is no button or setting that allows it to be done in normal accounts since certain settings must be activated to prevent precisely that someone we do not know can contact us .
What it is about here is to try that people who do not know who they are can send us a private message. It is true that Instagram is working on an option that will block the entry of messages from people we do not follow.
What happens is that this possibility does not yet exist, at least in normal accounts, and that would be the fastest and most comfortable way for messages from strangers to reach us. Right now the best option is to directly block the stranger who sends you messages or restrict their account.
These are two interesting possibilities given that more and more people notice that unknown people open chats and in most cases they are chats with adult content, and that it is not more junk or spam content that you can eliminate completely.
Now, if you have a professional account, that option does exist, and you can block the entry of private message requests to people you do not follow, and you can even activate the possibility that they cannot add you to groups.
To convert a personal account into a professional one you just have to go to settings / account and click on the option “change to professional account”, you will have to follow the steps of the wizard and in a few seconds you will have another type of account in which you can control messages.
In professional accounts: message control
If you have a company or professional profile on Instagram , the social network does allow you to control more private messages, both from people and all messages when they put you in groups.
Block messages from people
The first option would be to block messages from unknown people. You just have to follow these steps:
- Enter Instagram and then settings / privacy / messages.
- Now check the box “only from people you follow” in the section “allow new message requests”, so you will not receive any requests from strangers, only from those people you follow.
Block messages in groups
Lately you could also be noticing that unknown people put you in Instagram groups, so if you have a professional profile these would be the steps to follow:
- Once inside Instagram, navigate to settings / privacy / messages.
- There, in the section “allow other people to add you to groups”, activate the option “only from people you follow” , so that no one unknown can put you in a group and receive the messages that appear there.
In normal accounts: block users
The previous option does not exist in normal accounts or profiles, so you have to opt for a slightly more radical method. The most effective option is to block profiles , all those unknown to you and for unknown reasons you do not know why they send you messages. The bad thing is that you will have to do it profile by profile, there is no option to block those you do not follow.
Once you block someone, the person will not see your profile nor will they be able to send you messages , that is, for that stranger you will not exist on Instagram. These would be the steps to follow:
- Open the direct message tray, in the case of iOS you have to click on the house icon and then above on a paper plane icon, just the one on the right. Once inside the DMs tray, go to the “requests” tab and there enter each chat to block the stranger.
- Finally, you will have to click on the “i” icon and click on “block account” . If you do not want to enter the chat, slide your finger to the left in the conversation and click on “block account”.
Now, if what you prefer is that they continue to send you messages, but that no notification appears and they go directly to the request tray, then what you have to do is restrict the profiles of those strangers . You will have to follow the same steps above, but in the end you just have to click on “restrict”.
They are the only most feasible possibilities to prevent strangers from sending you messages , neither by turning your account into private nor by unfollowing those people will prevent them from sending you content of any kind on Instagram.
