code.gitea.io/gitea@v1.22.3/docs/content/usage/blocking-users.en-us.md (about) 1 --- 2 date: "2024-01-31T00:00:00+00:00" 3 title: "Blocking a user" 4 slug: "blocking-user" 5 sidebar_position: 25 6 toc: false 7 draft: false 8 aliases: 9 - /en-us/webhooks 10 menu: 11 sidebar: 12 parent: "usage" 13 name: "Blocking a user" 14 sidebar_position: 30 15 identifier: "blocking-user" 16 --- 17 18 # Blocking a user 19 20 Gitea supports blocking of users to restrict how they can interact with you and your content. 21 22 You can block a user in your account settings, from the user's profile or from comments created by the user. 23 The user is not directly notified about the block, but they can notice they are blocked when they attempt to interact with you. 24 Organization owners can block anyone who is not a member of the organization too. 25 If a blocked user has admin permissions, they can still perform all actions even if blocked. 26 27 ### When you block a user 28 29 - the user stops following you 30 - you stop following the user 31 - the user's stars are removed from your repositories 32 - your stars are removed from their repositories 33 - the user stops watching your repositories 34 - you stop watching their repositories 35 - the user's issue assignments are removed from your repositories 36 - your issue assignments are removed from their repositories 37 - the user is removed as a collaborator on your repositories 38 - you are removed as a collaborator on their repositories 39 - any pending repository transfers to or from the blocked user are canceled 40 41 ### When you block a user, the user cannot 42 43 - follow you 44 - watch your repositories 45 - star your repositories 46 - fork your repositories 47 - transfer repositories to you 48 - open issues or pull requests on your repositories 49 - comment on issues or pull requests you've created 50 - comment on issues or pull requests on your repositories 51 - react to your comments on issues or pull requests 52 - react to comments on issues or pull requests on your repositories 53 - assign you to issues or pull requests 54 - add you as a collaborator on their repositories 55 - send you notifications by @mentioning your username 56 - be added as team member (if blocked by an organization)