Hiding/blocking/deleting LINE accounts

Important: The contents of this article only apply to LINE accounts created with LINE versions earlier than 13.11.0 if you're not using LINE in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, or Thailand.

If a person with your mobile phone number registered in their device's contacts starts using LINE, they will automatically be added to your friend list.
Note: They will not be added automatically if you have the Auto-add friends setting turned off on your smartphone.

If your phone number is not in the person's contacts, you will appear under Friend recommendations. In this case, your LINE display name, profile photo, status message, and profile cover photo will be visible, but the person won't be able to see any of your other information.

The only way to remove yourself from someone else’s friend recommendations is to delete the LINE account on your smartphone. Also, if you have already been added as a friend, you'll continue to appear in the person's friend list unless your account is deleted.

For information on deleting your account, see the following Help article.

Deleting your account

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Important: The contents of this article only apply to LINE accounts created with LINE versions earlier than 13.11.0 if you're not using LINE in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, or Thailand.

If you selected to send the contacts data on your smartphone to LINE's servers when you signed up for a LINE account, the phone numbers in your contacts will be used to search for your friends who use LINE. If someone is using LINE with the relevant phone number, they will appear in your friend list on LINE with the name registered in your contacts.

Therefore, if the owner of a phone number in your contacts on your smartphone has changed, it's possible the person actually using the LINE account in your friend list is not your friend but someone else.

Check if the information for the account in question isn't registered in contacts multiple times, or if the phone number and email address registered in contacts for the person in question isn't outdated.

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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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