#I haven't blocked anybody yet but it's still good info to know lol

[saltymongoose]

How to "Block" Users & Fics on Ao3

Since Archive doesn't have an official way to do this, and it can be tedious to search it up like I did, I figured I'd include a tutorial for this in a single post. Hope this helps! <3

(Note: Blocking users this way won't make them unable to see you or interact with your things (that's what comment blocking is for), but you won't see any works by them or any comments that they leave on anything, regardless of if it's your stuff or not. It's especially good for things you find triggering and don't want to interact with at all.)

Getting Started (Without an Existing Site Skin)

Go to Skins in your profile.

Click "Create Site Skin" and give it a title (it is mandatory).

In the CSS Box, you will paste in the following codes depending on what you want to do:

Blocking Users

.user-000000 {

display: none !important;

}

Just replace the zeros with the User ID# of the account you're blocking, which can be found on their profile. You can also do this repeatedly to block multiple people if needed.

Blocking Works

.blurb#work_000000 {

display: none;

}

This time, replace the zeros with the work's number. This is more difficult to find than the User ID, but all you need to do is hover over the title for the fic and click "Copy Link":

Then paste the link into your search bar, which will look like this:

The highlighted string of numbers at the end of the link is the work's designated number. Doing this method also stops you from having to enter the fic as well, which can be helpful.

Finalizing Everything

After you've finished writing out your code, go down to the action section and hit "submit." On the next page, it will tell you that the skin was successfully created.

Finally, click "Use" and the new skin will be active, meaning that everything and everyone you blocked will be erased from view. :)

+If You're Already Using Another Site Skin

This can also work if you already have a Site Skin active, except all you'd have to do is add the new codes to the very end of the existing skin's CSS page, after everything else. Then you just need to update it and it should work fine. 👍