How to Mute Someone on Instagram?

Imagine you’re scrolling through Instagram on a relaxing afternoon, looking at posts and stories. Suddenly, you see something that bothers you and spoils your mood. It’s even more frustrating when some people keep posting too much, especially if they’re someone you know and don’t want to block.

In times like these, it’s helpful to mute their accounts instead of blocking them. Muting stops their posts from showing up in your feed without them knowing. But how do you mute someone on Instagram? Let’s find out!

What Happens When You Mute Someone?

When you mute someone on Instagram, you won’t see their stories, posts, or notes in your feed (and you can choose which ones to mute). You can also mute notifications for when they message or call you. We’ll explain how to do that later.

But don’t mix this up with blocking someone on Instagram—they’re not the same. Muting is a quiet way to stop seeing someone’s content without them knowing. Blocking, on the other hand, is a much stronger action that completely cuts them off from you. Muting is better if you don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings because they won’t know you muted them. If you’re curious about how to tell if someone blocked you on Instagram, check out our following guide.

Also, muting is different from restricting someone on Instagram. You can read our article to learn what happens when you restrict someone.

How to Mute Someone on Instagram

There are multiple ways to mute someone but I am going to define a single process. I find this method very effective as it allows us what to mute and what not. For example if you don’t want to watch their stories you can mute only stories.

Just follow these steps:

1. Open the Instagram app on your Android or iOS device.
2. Find the profile you want to mute and tap the “Following” button.
3. In the pop-up menu, tap on “Mute.”
4. You can choose to mute or unmute the user’s stories, posts, and notes based on what you prefer.

You are back with that someone and you wish to unmute? Don’t worry, I will guide you through that as well.

How to Unmute Someone on Instagram?

You can always go back to the profiles you’ve muted on Instagram and unmute them one by one. But wouldn’t it be easier if you could see all the people you’ve muted in one place? The good news is that Instagram lets you do that! You can easily unmute multiple accounts from this list. Here’s how:

1. Open the Instagram app, go to your Profile, and tap the three lines in the top-right corner.
2. Next, tap on Settings and privacy.
3. Look for the Muted accounts section and tap on it.
4. You’ll see a list of all the accounts you’ve muted. Just tap the Unmute button next to each account to unmute them.

Conclusion

By following these simple steps, you can easily manage the accounts you’ve muted on Instagram. Whether you want to unmute a few profiles or all of them at once, Instagram makes it straightforward to take control of your feed again. Now, you can keep your feed updated with the content that matters most to you.