{"meta":{"title":"Unblocking a user from your organization","intro":"Organization owners and moderators can unblock a user who was previously blocked, restoring their access to the organization's repositories.","product":"Building communities","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/communities","title":"Building communities"},{"href":"/en/communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github","title":"Maintaining safety"},{"href":"/en/communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github/unblocking-a-user-from-your-organization","title":"Unblock from your org"}],"documentType":"article"},"body":"# Unblocking a user from your organization\n\nOrganization owners and moderators can unblock a user who was previously blocked, restoring their access to the organization's repositories.\n\nAfter unblocking a user from your organization, they'll be able to contribute to your organization's repositories.\n\nIf you selected a specific amount of time to block the user, they will be automatically unblocked when that period of time ends. For more information, see [Blocking a user from your organization](/en/communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github/blocking-a-user-from-your-organization).\n\n> \\[!TIP]\n> Any settings that were removed when you blocked the user from your organization, such as collaborator status, stars, and watches, will not be restored when you unblock the user.\n\n## Unblocking a user in a comment\n\n1. Navigate to the comment whose author you would like to unblock.\n\n2. In the upper-right corner of the comment, click , then click **Unblock user**.\n\n \n\n3. To confirm you would like to unblock the user, click **OK**.\n\n## Unblocking a user in the organization settings\n\n1. In the upper-right corner of GitHub, click your profile picture, then click ** Organizations**.\n2. Select an organization by clicking on it.\n3. Under your organization name, click ** Settings**. If you cannot see the \"Settings\" tab, select the **** dropdown menu, then click **Settings**.\n\n \n4. In the sidebar, select ** Moderation**, then click **Blocked users**.\n5. Under \"Blocked users\", next to the user you'd like to unblock, click **Unblock**.\n\n## Further reading\n\n* [Blocking a user from your organization](/en/communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github/blocking-a-user-from-your-organization)\n* [Blocking a user from your personal account](/en/communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github/blocking-a-user-from-your-personal-account)\n* [Unblocking a user from your personal account](/en/communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github/unblocking-a-user-from-your-personal-account)\n* [Reporting abuse or spam](/en/communities/maintaining-your-safety-on-github/reporting-abuse-or-spam)"}