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how to mute someone on instagram without them even knowing it

How to Mute Someone on Instagram Without Them Knowing

2019-11-01FreewaySocial Team

Instagram does a great job in keeping spammers away from Instagram as they are trying to enhance user experience. However, now Instagram gives users even more control in choosing what content they would like to see to personalize and enhance their experience.

That’s why in 2018 May Instagram announced that they are releasing the newest “Mute” feature. This is an alternative to unfollowing or blocking users on Instagram which lets you to mute someone without them even knowing it. After muting someone, your feed won’t be flooded with that person’s posts and stories.

This feature works great when you have a relative or close friend which is very active on Instagram and which you cannot just simply block as you know him well in real life. In other words, you don’t want to hear from him anymore, but you don’t want to upset him (by unfollowing or blocking) either.

If you have the same problem, keep reading further and you will learn how to mute someone on Instagram without them even knowing it!

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How to mute someone on Instagram?

  1. Login to your Instagram account using Instagram app.
  2. Head over to the person’s profile which you would like to mute;
  3. Click the “3-dots” button at the top right corner;
  4. From the drop-down menu select “Mute”;
  5. You will be given three options: “Mute posts”, “Mute story” or “Mute posts and story”. Select which you prefer the most. Done!

Even you just muted someone, you will still be able to view his profile and the content he uploaded if you go to his profile directly. However, you won’t see any of his posts on your feed. Keep in mind, if muted account mentions you in his post, you will still get a notification about that.

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Will he know that you muted him?

That’s the best thing about muting. The user you just muted will not know about this. Instagram even notices prior to muting that “Instagram won’t let them know you muted them”. And there is no other way for him to check whether you muted him or not.

If we would compare it to blocking on Instagram, blocked account is not notified about being blocked by someone too, however, there are other ways he can find out whether he is blocked or not.

The same with unfollowing, if you unfollow someone, that account can see that you are not on his followers list anymore.

All in all, muting is the best option to choose from!

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How to unmute someone on Instagram?

If you see that your muted friend is not so active on Instagram anymore or you just changed your mind and would like to unmute him, here is how to do it:

  1. Login to your Instagram account using Instagram app.
  2. Head over to the person’s profile which you would like to unmute;
  3. Click the “3-dots” button at the top right corner;
  4. From the drop-down menu select “Unmute”;
  5. You will be given three options: “Unmute posts”, “Unmute story” or “Unmute posts and story”. Select “Unmute posts and story” if you previously muted both. Done, now your friend has been unmuted!

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I hope that this guide was helpful and now you will know how to easily mute someone on Instagram.

Have you muted someone earlier? Leave a comment below.

FreewaySocial Team
https://freewaysocial.com
Freewaysocial.com Team members write blog posts about Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and Facebook growth, marketing & other useful stuff to help you to market and grow your social presence!
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