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How to mute someone on Instagram without unfollowing them
Tired of scrolling past endless selfies and stay-at-home challenges but don’t want to risk the awkward consequences of unfollowing someone? Here’s how to mute someone on Instagram without them ever knowing you’ve done it.
If your uni mates are sharing one too many summer throwback from 2019, it can be tempting to reach for the unfollow button. Luckily, there’s another (more temporary) feature you can make use of: the mute button.
Instagram introduced its mute feature in May 2018. Like the mute option on other social media sites, Instagram’s mute button allows you to hide posts or stories belonging to specific accounts from appearing on your feed. Basically, the button lets you take a break from seeing another user’s content without the commitment (or consequences) of hitting the unfollow or block buttons.
“When you mute an account, you can still see posts on their profile page and get notified about comments or posts you’re tagged in. ” explains Instagram. “The accounts you mute will not be aware that you’ve muted them. You can always unmute an account to get their posts back in your feed.”
So, how do you mute someone on Instagram without them finding out?
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How to mute someone on Instagram
Muting an account’s posts won’t block you from seeing them entirely. You’ll still be able to lurk on their profile page and be tagged under posts – you just won’t see any updates on your main feed.
How to mute someone’s posts on Instagram:
- Open Instagram
- Tap on the search icon
- Enter the name of the account you’d like to mute in the search bar and tap on their profile
- Tap ‘Following’
- Tap ‘Mute’
- Toggle ‘Posts’ on
How to mute someone’s Instagram posts from your feed:
- Tap the three dots next to a post
- Tap ‘Mute’
- Tap ‘Mute Posts’
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How to mute Instagram Stories
Muting stories is a little different to muting posts.
Because stories are considered more temporary than posts, some users will update them throughout the day – giving you all the more motive to hit that mute button when they get too much.
Muting an account’s story will send them to the end of your story feed, get rid of the colourful ring when they update their story and prevent their pics and videos from automatically playing when you tap through the stories you do follow.
You can use both of the above methods to mute a user’s story. Simply toggle ‘Stories’ on or tap ‘Mute Story’ to hide stories from your feed. You can also mute story’s directly from the story section of your feed.
How to mute stories on Instagram:
- Open Instagram
- Swipe across the top of your feed to find the account you’d like to mute
- Tap and hold the account’s icon
- Tap ‘Mute’
- Tap ‘Mute Story’
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Hide Instagram Posts or Stories Without Unfollowing Accounts on iPhone [How-to]
Instagram has rolled out a silent update, which allows users to hide Instagram posts and stories or both without unfollowing accounts (your friends and colleagues).
Earlier, this feature was available on Instagram, but you could only mute stories and not posts. Moreover, there was a slightly different method to mute and unmute stories. In its latest update, Instagram has made it easier for users to mute or unmute posts, stories or both.
Make no mistake; the current tutorial is not about hiding Instagram stories from someone on iPhone. Instead, you hide posts of other contacts so that you can avoid those boring contents shared on Instagram feed. This feature is useful as you can prevent yourself from consuming uninteresting posts/stories without unfollowing some accounts; thus, it helps you maintain a healthy relationship with users you are connected to on Instagram.
How to Mute Instagram Posts, Stories Or Both on iPhone Without Unfollowing AccountsStep #1. Launch Instagram on your iPhone.
Step #2. Next, scroll down/up to find the post/story you want to mute or hide.
Step #3. Now tap on three horizontal dots (…) seen at the top right corner of the post.
Step #4. A menu will swipe up with some options. These options are Copy Link, Turn On Post Notifications, Report, Mute, and Unfollow.
Many users disable “Allow Sharing” option in Story Controls from Settings. This prevents you from sharing their stories or posts on Facebook, WhatsApp or Messenger. Tap on Mute.
Step #5. A pop-up appears on your iPhone or iPad with three options: Mute Posts, Mute Posts, and Story, and Cancel. You can select any one option. Even if you select Mute Posts or Mute Posts and Story, your friends on Instagram won’t be able to know of this action of yours.
Alternatively, you can go to the particular profile and tap on three horizontal dots from the top right corner.
This will bring up many options, including the option to mute posts and stories. When you tap on Mute, you will be prompted to Mute Posts, Mute Story, and Mute Posts and Story both.
Using yet another option, you can tap and hold the profile icon from the Instagram tray and mute the posts and story of an account.
IMPORTANT: Even after muting posts or stories, you can view profiles of people you have muted or hidden profile page. Moreover, in case the muted users tag you in their posts or write comments on your posts, you will receive push notifications.
How to Unmute Instagram Posts, Stories or Both on iPhoneIn the future, you can unmute Instagram accounts you have muted earlier. However, you need to remember who you have muted as you need to search those accounts tapping on the search icon (magnifying glass) from the bottom menu. If you have frequently seen the posts or stories of a muted account, it will be shown under Recent or Suggested tabs when you tap on the search icon.
Step #1. Open Instagram and tap on Search icon from the bottom menu.
Step #2. Now search for the account you want to unmute and tap on profile icon.
Step #3. Once the account appears, tap on the three horizontal dots (…) from the top right corner.
Step #4. From the options appear from the bottom, tap on Unmute. This will show you three options: Unmute Posts, Unmute Story, and Unmute Posts and Story. You can tap on any one of the options.
That’s all folks!
Summing up…
It is not necessary to watch the posts or stories of accounts you are following on Instagram. Muting or hiding posts is a useful feature updated by Instagram.
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How do I turn notifications from a specific person on or off on Instagram?
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If you don't want to see a specific person's posts, stories, or inboxes on your Instagram feed, you can turn off notifications from that person in several ways.
Instagram does not send any notifications to people whose posts you have hidden.
Turning off notifications from a specific person is not the same as unsubscribing.
How do I turn message notifications on or off?
To enable or disable message notifications from a specific person:
Instagram app for Android and iPhone
Tap the or icon in the top right corner of the feed.
Tap the conversation with the person whose notifications you want to turn on or off.
Select the person's name at the top of the chat.
Click or next to Turn off message notifications or Turn off call notifications.
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To hide or show a person's posts or stories through their profile:
Instagram app for Android and iPhone
Click on a username in their feed or story post, or click the icon and search for the username to go to their profile.
Click Subscriptions below your profile information.
Select Hide.
Click next to the Posts or Stories button. Click to show them.
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To hide or show a person's posts or stories through their feed:
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Tap the icon next to a post.
Select Hide.
Click Hide [username] and select Hide posts or Hide posts and history.
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Click the icon next to a post.
Select Hide.
Click Hide [username] and select Hide posts or Hide posts and history.
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How to hide a user's posts and stories on Instagram
Sometimes it becomes necessary to hide certain posts and stories from the Instagram feed - for example, you do not like the content itself or you just do not want to see the posts of a particular person .
We tell you how to hide posts and stories of a user on Instagram without unsubscribing and blocking the user.
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How is it different from unsubscribing or blocking?
Unlike blocking and unsubscribing, you can continue to visit a hidden user on the page, watch his posts, and he will not even know that he is hidden.
Just annoying content will disappear in the feed. Convenient, and no need to explain anything to anyone.
When hiding content, its author will be able to continue to write to you in Direct, leave comments, unlike blocked users. If you unsubscribe, for example, from a closed account, you will no longer be able to see the content on its page until you subscribe again.
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How to hide posts and stories on Instagram: step by step instructions
Method #1 - in the feed itself
Step 1 . Open the feed (house icon), click on the 3 dots above the unnecessary content (post menu).
Step 2 . We find the word "Hide". We press.
Step 3 . We choose what content we want to hide from the feed - only publications or publications + user stories.
It is important to note that all posts of the user will be hidden in general, and not just the post on which you clicked "Hide".
That is, there is currently no opportunity to hide posts from the feed selectively on Instagram - either all or nothing.
Method #2 - on the user page
Step 1 . We go to the page of the user whose content we want to hide. Click on the "Subscriptions" button.
Step 2 . Then "Hide".
Step 3 . We move the sliders to the ON position on the type of content that we want to hide - publications and / or stories. With this method, the author will also not know that you have hidden his content.
How to return hidden posts to the feed
To return hidden posts, go to the page of the user whose posts or stories you have hidden. Next, we perform the same operation as described above, only instead of hiding, on the contrary, we activate the display.
Also, if you forgot whose publications you hid, open your account settings, select the "Privacy" item and find "Hidden accounts" below.
