# Block a company URL: https://useembers.com/help/leads/company-blocklist/ Category: Leads and scoring Plan: Solo and above Updated: 2026-10-27 Last verified: 2026-10-27 > Block a company once and everyone who works there leaves your queue, lists, exports, reports, digests, and every delivery destination. Here is how. Some companies are never going to be leads: your own, your partners, a customer you already have. Block one once and nobody who works there reaches your queue, your exports, or any destination, for every watched profile in the workspace. > **Warning: Solo and above** > > Adding and removing blocked companies needs Solo or above, including the [free trial](/help/account-and-billing/free-trial/). Any member of the workspace can do it. On Free the Blocklist section shows "The blocklist is on Solo and above" with **See plans** (**Start free trial** first when the workspace never had its trial). ## Block a company ### From Settings Go to **Settings**, then **Blocklist** (`/settings/blocklist`), the section right after Workspace. The older `/settings/account#blocklist` address opens the same place. Choose **Add company** in the top bar, enter the domain, add a company name when it differs from the domain, and choose **Block company**. A toast confirms it, such as "competitor.com blocked". ### From a lead's full page On the [full lead page](/help/leads/lead-detail/), open **More actions** (the ⋯ button after **Send to**), choose **Block** followed by the company name, then **Block company** to confirm. It blocks the company and dismisses the lead. ### From the Priority Queue Open the **More** menu on a card and choose **Block** followed by the company name. The toast says how many other leads went with it. ### In bulk Select leads in the [leads list](/help/leads/leads-list/) and choose **Block company**. The dialog names every company in the selection before anything is blocked. It covers the rows you selected on screen. The lead actions are hidden when the company field is empty or a placeholder such as "Self-employed", because there is nothing safe to block. ## How matching works A LinkedIn profile carries a company name, not a website, so Embers matches on names built from what you entered: the company name you gave, the main part of the domain, and a spaced version of any hyphenated name. So `acme.com` also catches "Acme", "Acme Inc", and "Acme, Inc.". Names shorter than three characters are dropped, which stops a two-letter domain from hiding half your list. A person is blocked when a name matches their current company, an "at" or "@" phrase in their headline, or a current position in their work history. A company page whose name matches is blocked too. > **Note: Current roles only** > > Someone who used to work at a blocked company is not blocked. Only current roles are checked. ## Where the block applies Blocked people are absent from: - The leads list, every tab, the lead sheet, the full lead page, and lead counts. - The Priority Queue and the dashboard. - CSV exports, lists, and the company and position filters. - Client reports, digests, the first-leads email, hot-lead notifications, and agency views. - The onboarding preview. It also gates delivery. A lead only leaves Embers when its score is above 0, **and** it matches your ICP or you marked it a lead by hand, **and** its company is not blocked. That check sits in front of Slack, HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio, HeyReach, Instantly, Smartlead, Emelia, and signed webhooks, so nothing you blocked reaches an outreach tool. See [choose where Embers sends your leads](/help/integrations/overview/). ## Read the list The page opens on one line that sums up the list, such as "2 companies blocked", with how many leads they hide. Below it, the **Blocked companies** card has a **Domain or name**, **Company**, and **Added** column; on a phone the company name and date sit under the first line. Under each entry, the row says how many leads it is currently hiding ("hides 12 leads"). The count leaves out people already hidden as your own team or as employees of a profile you watch. An entry is one of two kinds: - **A website**, such as `acme.com`, with a globe beside it. Its company name, if you gave one, is in the **Company** column. - **A company name**, with a building beside it and **Name match** under it, and **Any website** in the **Company** column. Embers blocks by name when it knows your company's name but not its website, and every company blocked from a lead is a name match, since a LinkedIn profile carries a company name rather than a website. Two labels appear when they apply: - **Added automatically**: seeded from your own company when you added your own LinkedIn profile or defined your ICP. - **From a lead**: created by blocking somebody from the queue, the list, or the lead page. Entries with neither label were typed in by hand. ## Unblock a company Choose the bin button at the end of the row in **Blocked companies**. A toast confirms it, such as "competitor.com unblocked", or "Acme unblocked" for a name match. If it fails, the row comes back and the toast says why. The change applies everywhere at once, and the leads reappear with their scores, notes, and history, because nothing was deleted while the entry existed. Unblocking your own company sticks: Embers remembers that you removed it and does not add it back when you add another of your profiles or save your ICP. Block it again by hand if you change your mind. > **Tip: Blocking is not dismissing** > > Dismiss removes one person. Block removes everyone at their company, now and in the future, including people Embers has not found yet. If you only want one person gone, dismiss them. ## Related - [Find and filter leads](/help/leads/leads-list/): Where the bulk block action lives. - [Choose where Embers sends your leads](/help/integrations/overview/): Every destination the block protects. - [Manage your profile and account settings](/help/account-and-billing/account-settings/): Every Settings section and what it holds. ## Frequently asked questions **Why is my own company already on the list?** Embers adds it when you add your own LinkedIn profile or define your ICP, and labels the entry "Added automatically". It never removes an entry on its own. You can delete it if you want teammates in your leads, and it stays deleted; adding another profile or saving your ICP does not put it back. **Does blocking delete the leads?** No. The leads are hidden while the entry exists. Remove the entry and they come back with their scores, notes, and history. **Who can block a company?** Any member of a workspace on Solo or above. Blocking is not limited to administrators.