

If you need an urgent recovery, you can try to uninstall and reinstall the app. It’s better to not perform any activity on Instagram at this point to prevent any further suspension. If your account is temporarily blocked, it will recover itself with 24-48 hours. Instagram might ask you for a few supporting documents, and after providing those, Instagram will enable your account in 1-2 days. This will let Instagram know that your account was blocked by mistake and they will look into it. If you know that you haven’t performed any of the actions mentioned above, then you can click on the “Let us know” / “Tell us” button. Here are some of the ways to recover your Instagram account if you’ve received a message of temporary suspension or if your account seems to be restricted: Ways to Perform to Recover your Account from Instagram Block/Restriction? If your account is reported too often, Instagram may temporarily restrict your account usage or shadowban it. If you share content that violates the community guidelines of Instagram, your content may be reported by another user. Sharing violated/harmful content is not allowed on Instagram and you should not be posting inappropriate content.If you’re sharing too many posts and using many hashtags, all on the same day, Instagram can think of your actions as spam. Posting too much can also be the reason why Instagram has restricted your account.Any engagement done massively or rapidly that may look like a bot can result in immediate blocking. If you’ve followed/unfollowed more than the limit, Instagram could block your action. But, these are the safer numbers to stick to while performing these actions. These limits could be extended based on the age of the account. Accounts have the following limit of 500 per day.

Following/unfollowing a lot of pictures in a short period of time.Instagram is blocking your actions for some of the following reasons: Have you received a message when trying to perform an action, “You’ve been temporarily blocked from performing this action?” Or something like, “Action blocked?” Any of these messages could mean that you have crossed the Instagram hourly/daily limit and hence Instagram has decided to temporarily block your account or specific actions. And, we will also look at some of the steps that you can take to recover your account. In this article, we will look at the causes that can get your Instagram account blocked, restricted, or shadowbanned. And, hence, when the app is wrongly used, it rightly punishes in the form of action blocking, account restriction, or shadowbanning. But, the app is not here to be exploited or overused, which many tend to do. Instagram is a photo/video sharing app that’s meant to be used by everyone to have some fun and maybe, do some business. I would say, maybe working too much was a bad idea.


She's also an avid reader and a travel enthusiast.ĭamn you Instagram, I’m working really hard to grow my Instagram account, and is this what you give me back?ĭo you feel the same? After spending hours on Instagram, you notice that Instagram has blocked some actions and restricted your app usage? Even worse, your account has been shadowbanned and you had no idea? She is a social media and influencer marketing specialist who spends most of her time behind the screen. Harshita Agrawal is the Founder of eSocMedia.
