Mute, block, and report users

POST blocks/destroy

Un-blocks the user specified in the ID parameter for the authenticating user. Returns the un-blocked user when successful. If relationships existed before the block was instantiated, they will not be restored.

Resource URL

POST https://api.twitter.com/1.1/blocks/destroy.json

Resource Information

Response formats JSON
Requires authentication? Yes (user context only)
Rate limited? Yes

Parameters

Name Required Description Default Value Example
screen_name optional The screen name of the potentially blocked user. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid screen name is also a user ID. twitterdev
user_id optional The ID of the potentially blocked user. Helpful for disambiguating when a valid user ID is also a valid screen name. 12345
include_entities optional The entities node will not be included when set to false . false
skip_status optional When set to either true , t or 1 statuses will not be included in the returned user objects.

Example Request

POST https://api.twitter.com/1.1/blocks/destroy.json?screen_name=twitterdev&skip_status=true

Example Response

{
  "id": 2244994945,
  "id_str": "2244994945",
  "name": "Twitter Dev",
  "screen_name": "TwitterDev",
  "location": "Internet",
  "description": "Your official source for Twitter Platform news, updates & events. Need technical help? Visit https://t.co/mGHnxZU8c1 ⌨️ #TapIntoTwitter",
  "url": "https://t.co/FGl7VOULyL",
  "entities": {
    "url": {
      "urls": [
        {
          "url": "https://t.co/FGl7VOULyL",
          "expanded_url": "https://developer.twitter.com/",
          "display_url": "developer.twitter.com",
          "indices": [
            0,
            23
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": {
      "urls": [
        {
          "url": "https://t.co/mGHnxZU8c1",
          "expanded_url": "https://twittercommunity.com/",
          "display_url": "twittercommunity.com",
          "indices": [
            93,
            116
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "protected": false,
  "followers_count": 502084,
  "friends_count": 1472,
  "listed_count": 1514,
  "created_at": "Sat Dec 14 04:35:55 +0000 2013",
  "favourites_count": 2203,
  "utc_offset": null,
  "time_zone": null,
  "geo_enabled": true,
  "verified": true,
  "statuses_count": 3393,
  "lang": "en",
  "contributors_enabled": false,
  "is_translator": false,
  "is_translation_enabled": null,
  "profile_background_color": "null",
  "profile_background_image_url": "null",
  "profile_background_image_url_https": "null",
  "profile_background_tile": null,
  "profile_image_url": "null",
  "profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/880136122604507136/xHrnqf1T_normal.jpg",
  "profile_banner_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/2244994945/1498675817",
  "profile_link_color": "null",
  "profile_sidebar_border_color": "null",
  "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "null",
  "profile_text_color": "null",
  "profile_use_background_image": false,
  "has_extended_profile": null,
  "default_profile": false,
  "default_profile_image": false,
  "following": false,
  "follow_request_sent": false,
  "notifications": false,
  "muting": true,
  "translator_type": "null"
}