Mute means to put something in silent mode. When it comes to online platforms, mute means to silence or turn off notifications. We all know how annoying app notifications can be at times.
Mute Instagram is not limited to notifications. It is also available as another concept for posts and stories. There are three types of mute on Instagram. One for messages, the second for all push notifications, and the last one for stories and posts. While the first two are related to notifications, the last one is used for content filtering.
Let us dive into these and see how they work.
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Mute the message
For messages or Instagram Direct, mute has a clear and distinct meaning — it allows you to mute incoming notifications. Let’s say you’re part of an Instagram group whose members are always talking about things that don’t concern you. You’ll either leave the group or turn off message notifications on Instagram entirely. However, you don’t need to take such a drastic step. This is where mute helps.
You can use it exclusively for contacts or group conversations whose notifications you want to turn off. Instagram also has a video chat feature, so it offers two separate options to mute messages and video chat. This feature is not available on the Instagram website because it lacks the messaging feature.
Here’s how to mute messages and video chats:
Step 1: Launch the Instagram app and tap on the Live icon in the upper right corner.
Step 2: Tap the conversation you want to mute. Once in the conversation, tap their name at the top.
Step 3: You will find two options here — Mute Messages and Mute Video Chats. Turn on the switch for the desired option. You can also enable both.
Alternatively, touch and hold the conversation thread in the message list and select Mute Messages or Mute Video Chats from the menu. To unmute, repeat the steps and unmute.
You will receive a message if you mute the notification
Yes, the messages will silently arrive in your inbox. Since you won’t be notified about them, you’ll have to open your inbox to check them.
You can mute all messages
Yes, if you don’t want to receive notifications for any chat, you will have to turn off notifications for messages. To do so, navigate to Instagram settings and tap on Push Notifications. Scroll down and select Off in the Instagram Direct preferences.
When You Turn Off Someone’s Messages, Will They Know
Are not. Instagram won’t notify others that you’ve set them to mute.
Can you provide the duration of the mute
Are not. You cannot set a time to mute messages. However, if you wish to do so, you can use the Mute push notifications option as shown below.
Mute push notifications
If you want to turn off all Instagram notifications like live videos, IGTV, messages etc for a while, Mute push notifications will allow you to do so. With this enabled, you won’t get any notifications on your device, but you’ll see all notifications when you open Instagram.
Using this method, you can set a mute time, after which Instagram will automatically mute notifications. You can choose from fifteen minutes to eight hours.
To turn off push notifications, follow these steps:
Step 1: Launch the Instagram app and go to Settings.
Step 2: Tap Push Notifications.
Step 3: Turn on the switch for Mute Push Notifications and choose a time of your choice from the given options.
After Instagram completes the set duration, notifications will continue to pop on your phone. If you want to unmute before, use the Cancel option in the step above.
Hide posts and stories
The mute option exists on all social networks with stories and allows you to stop viewing someone’s story without unfollowing them.
Note: This feature is called do not disturb mode on Snapchat
We often get bored with posts or stories from a few people we follow. That’s where the mute feature can come in handy. Mute is available exclusively for stories and posts because many users post nasty but interesting stories. If someone bothers you a lot, you can also turn off both options.
When you mute a story, the user will appear grayed out at the bottom of the story list. You can still tap and see their stories. Similarly, when you hide a post, new posts from the user will not appear on your timeline and you will have to visit their profile to see the latest posts.
To hide posts and stories, follow these steps:
Step 1: Open the Instagram profile that you want to mute.
Step 2: Tap the three-dot icon in the upper right corner and select Mute from the menu.
Step 3: You will get three options — Mute Posts, Mute Stories, and Mute Posts and Stories. The last one will mute both posts and stories. Choose any one of them.
To mute a post, tap the three-dot icon above the post and select Mute from the menu. Similarly, to mute a story, touch and hold the story from the story tray and select Mute. Unfortunately, Instagram’s web interface doesn’t offer an option to mute people.
If you mute someone, will they know
Are not. Even if you hide a post or story, other people won’t be notified about it.
Can muted people see your posts and stories
Correct. People who are muted can still see your posts and stories. If you don’t want them to see your posts, you’ll have to remove them from your followers or block them. As for stories, you can hide them using the built-in story hide setting.
Can muted people contact you
Yes, they can like, comment on photos and send you messages.
Mute or not?
Without a doubt, Instagram is packed with amazing features to restore our sanity. Although all three mute functions have the same name, each provides its own functionality. Now that you’ve figured out the differences, you can use them appropriately. In a nutshell, muting messages will mute notifications and mute posts and stories that will hide it from your timeline.
While muting is a cool feature used to ignore unwanted posts and stories, Instagram offers another feature that has the opposite effect of muting. Let’s say you like a particular profile and want to be notified every time they post a story or a post. You can do that by turning on notifications for the profile.
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