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How friends work/Add friends

Friends are the users you make contact with on LINE.

When you add friends, you can chat with them, and invite them to chats and groups. If you add each other as friends, you can also use voice and video calls with them (unavailable on some devices).

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To re-add friends that you deleted, you need to add them manually via ID search or QR code.

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You can add up to 5,000 friends.

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To add a friend by searching for their LINE ID:

1. Tap the Home tab > the Add friends icon.

2. Tap Search.

3. Choose ID.

4. Enter your friend's ID and tap the search icon.

If you're unable to search for a friend's ID, see this Help article and check your settings.

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You can add friends (or they can add you) by scanning a QR code.

To have a friend add you using your QR code:

1. Tap the QR code icon on the right side of the search bar > My QR code, or tap here from your smartphone.

2. Have your friend scan your QR code with their QR code reader.

To add a friend using their QR code:

1. Tap the QR code icon on the right side of the search bar, or tap here from your smartphone.

2. Scan your friend's QR code.

3. Tap Add.

Note: The search bar appears at the top of the Home and Chats tabs.

You can also send your QR code via email by tapping the Add friends icon > Invite. For details, see this Help article.

Important: If your QR code is leaked, anyone using LINE will be able to add you as a friend. Take care not to share your QR code with people you don't know.

If you want to prevent people you don't know from being able to add you as a friend, you can deactivate your current QR code by tapping Regenerate on the My QR code screen.

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To add someone as a friend from a group:

1. Open a group chat that you are both in.

2. Tap the icon of the member you want to add.

3. Tap Add.

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To add a friend recommendation as a friend:

1. Tap the Home tab > Friends.

2. Tap Friend recommendations.

3. From the list, tap the add friend icon to the right of the friend you want to add.

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You can add friends by having them access your link or by accessing theirs.

To have someone add you as a friend using your link:

1. Tap the Home tab > the Add friends icon > QR code > My QR code.

2. Tap Copy link.

3. Send the link to the person you want to have add you as a friend.

Important: If your link is leaked, anyone using LINE will be able to add you as a friend. Take care not to share your link with people you don't know.

If you want to prevent people you don't know from being able to add you as a friend, you can deactivate your current link by tapping Regenerate on the My QR code screen.

To add a friend using their link:

1. Tap the link you received.

2. Tap Add.

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To invite friends to use LINE:

1. Tap the Home tab > the Add friends icon > Invite.

2. Tap Text message or Email.

3. Choose a friend and tap Invite.

Important:

- Invitations are sent using your device's text messaging app or mailer. If your friend doesn't receive your invitation, contact your mobile service provider for assistance.

- The text of the invitation email will display your name as it is set in LINE.

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The differences between hiding, blocking, and deleting LINE accounts are as follows.
Note: There is no feature to delete your account from someone else's friend list.

Related Help article:
Deleting/hiding/unhiding chats

Hiding accounts
• You can still receive chat messages from them.
• They'll appear in Hidden accounts instead of your friend list.
• You can unhide them.

Useful info

If you don't want to receive messages from an account, you'll need to block or delete them.

Blocking accounts
• You'll no longer be able to receive messages from them.
• They'll appear in Blocked accounts instead of your friend list.
• You can unblock them.

Deleting accounts
• You'll no longer be able to receive messages from them.
• They'll be deleted from your friend list.

Be advised

- After deleting an account, the changes cannot be undone or restored. Please keep this in mind if you are thinking of deleting the account of someone who you don’t have any other way to contact.
- If there is a chance that you will want to restore an account later, hide or block them instead.
- If you want to restore an account you deleted, you'll need to add them again.

Steps

Hiding/unhiding accounts

Hiding accounts

1. Tap the Home tab.
2. On your friend list, tap and hold the name of the account that you want to hide.
3. Tap Hide > Hide.

Unhiding accounts

1. Tap Settings.
Note: Tap here to open Settings from your iPad.
2. Tap Friends.
3. Tap Hidden accounts.
4. Tap Edit next to the account you want to unhide.
5. Tap Unhide.
Note: It may take some time for the changes to be applied.

Blocking/unblocking accounts

Blocking accounts

1. Tap the Home tab.
2. On your friend list, tap and hold the name of the account that you want to block.
3. Tap Block > Block.

Unblocking accounts

1. Tap Settings.
Note: Tap here to open Settings from your iPad.
2. Tap Friends.
3. Tap Blocked accounts.
4. Tap the account you want to unblock or Edit.
5. Tap Unblock > Unblock.
Note: It may take some time for the changes to be applied.

Deleting accounts

Deleting accounts from your friend list

1. Tap the Home tab.
2. On your friend list, tap and hold the friend you want to delete.
3. Tap Delete > Delete.

Deleting accounts from Hidden/Blocked accounts

1. Tap Settings.
Note: Tap here to open Settings from your iPad.
2. Tap Friends.
3. Tap Hidden accounts or Blocked accounts.
4. Tap the account you want to delete or Edit.
5. Tap Delete.

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