This article explains how to block someone from contacting you using FaceTime or Messages on your MacBook.

The instructions in this article are based on a MacBook runningmacOS 12.2 (Monterey).

How Do I Block a Contact in Messages From My MacBook?

The Messages app on a Mac with a sender highlighted.

Here’s what to do:

InMessages, single click a conversation with the person you want to block.

In the confirmation pop-up, clickBlock.

You won’t hear from that phone number again.

The Messages app on a Mac with Conversations menu open and Block Person… menu item highlighted.

Add or remove numbers from the blocked list with the+and-icons.

Can You Block an Unwanted FaceTime Caller on a MacBook?

In theRecentsmenu, single click a call from the person you want to block.

The Block confirmation pop-up in Messages app on a Mac.

Right hit the call.

Aperson must be in your contactsin order to block them.

If they’re not, the Block This Caller menu doesn’t appear.

A person selected in the FaceTime app on a Mac.

To block them, clickAdd to Contactsfirst and then block them.

Click+to add more numbers or highlight a number and click-to unblock it.

FAQ

The easiest way to block a website on a MacBook is through Screen Time controls.

FaceTime on a Mac of the recent calls list with Block This Caller menu open and Block This Caller menu item highlighted.

Go toSystem Preferences>Screen Time>Content & Privacy, and then selectLimit Adult WebsitesandCustomize.

In the next window, you could set permissions and restrictions on individual sites.

you might block people directly from Messages and FaceTime.