Error This Person Is Not Available On Messenger

Most Messenger users are familiar with the message This person is not available in MessengerThis message appears when a user is unable to send a message to someone in the chat. However, there is no single specific reason why this message appears. We have listed several reasons why this issue may occur and also provided methods to check them.

What does the message This person is not available on Messenger cause?

There could be a couple of reasons why the message appears This person is not available on Messenger trust your MessengerHere is a list of several reasons why a user will see the following message and will not be able to send a message:

• Blocked by a user: One of the most common reasons is when the person you are messaging has blocked you on Messenger or Facebook. It will be similar if you have blocked the user on your side by mistake. Due to this, you will not be able to send any messages and you will see the message this person is not available on Messenger.
• The user has a deactivated account: It turns out that if the user you are messaging has disabled their Messenger and Facebook, then you can't send them messages. You'll see the message this person is unavailable on Messenger until they reactivate their account again.
• An account cancelled by Facebook: Finally, if Facebook has cancelled the user's account, you won't be able to send them messages on Messenger.

How can I fix the message this person is not available on Messenger?

Now that you are familiar with the following reasons why you won't be able to send a message to your friend, you can try the following methods to check which of the reasons applies to you.

Check if the user has blocked you

The first thing you need to do is check whether the user has blocked you or not. If the user has blocked you, you will see the error “This person is not available on Messenger” when you send a message. You can follow the steps below to check whether he/she is blocked or not:

• First, open your Facebook and look for the profile of the user you are trying to send a message to using the search function.

• If you can't find the user's profile, try searching for the profile in other Facebook accountYou can also use a friend's account to verify.

• Now, if the account appears in a friend's account, it means that the user has you locked on Messenger and Facebook.

Check if the user has deactivated your Facebook account

Another reason would be if the user has deactivated or deleted their Facebook and Messenger accounts. You cannot find out if the account was deleted or just deactivated. However, you can confirm this by checking through the different accounts as follows:

• Open your app Facebook and look for the account of the user you are trying to send a message to.
• If you can't find the user, try searching for them in a user's account. friendIf the account cannot be found through any other ID, it means that the user has deactivated your account or the account has been banned from Facebook.

• You can also try to verify the account from several different IDs to make sure. Try to verify from any of the accounts on your friends list o friends of friends.

Nota: Sometimes the account may be hidden from public search and will only be visible to friends or friends of friends.

Make sure you haven't blocked the user

Sometimes, by mistake, you might have blocked someone from your friends list. This will show you a similar message on Messenger as well. You can easily check if you have blocked someone by following the steps below:

• Open the application Messenger and look for the chat where you see the message «This person is not available on Messenger«.
• Toca y hold down the chat to see different options for the chat. If you see the option Block, means that the user is not blocked.

However, if you see the Unblock option, it means that you have blocked the person and you need to unblock them before sending a message. You can tap on the Unblock option and start messaging again without any issues.