Want to manage your Instagram feed and notifications without unfollowing people? I can relate to you.
Many people on my Instagram post content that does not resonate with me and I also can’t block or unfollow them as it can lead to ambiguity and appears as an extreme option.
So, what to do in such cases? Is there any guilt-free way?
Well, Instagram offers a perfect solution to it. By using the mute feature on Instagram, one can maintain a feed and keep it tailored to their preferences, without even blocking anyone.
In this article, I’ll tell you how muting someone works and how it can affect your or the muted person’s accounts.
How Muting Works on Instagram and Why You Should Care?
As mentioned in the introduction, sometimes I do not want to unfollow or block accounts for various reasons, and muting is an effective tool in such scenarios.
If I see anything on my feed that I don’t think is valuable for me or have a negative impact on my mental health, I simply mute the posts from that profile. Now you might be wondering how to do that, so let me help you out with that.
First, just visit the profile you want to mute.
Tap on the three dots in the top right corner, and select mute.
And, from there you can choose to mute the stories or posts from that person.
Muting stories will push their story at the end of your stories section, and muting their posts will simply stop showing posts from them in your feed. You can even mute DMs from certain profiles or unnecessary group chats that cause disturbances but can’t be escaped.
Isn’t that an excellent tool that not only saves you from unnecessary content but also from the guilt of unfollowing or blocking a friend family or colleague?
What Changes When You Mute Someone on Instagram?
The top perk of the ‘mute’ feature is that it only serves the intended purpose without changing much. It only prevents the notifications, posts, or stories from specific people from popping up in your feed.
You can still access their content if you want, and you do not need to worry about that person finding out or getting offended, as no notification is sent to that person. You can also use amazing tools such as Instagram Story Viewer by InstaNav to see their stories anonymously.
DO YOU KNOW?
Muting is not just for posts and stories, if there is a trending hashtag or location that you don’t want to see in your feed, you can mute those too.
Why You Might Want to Mute Instead of Unfollowing or Blocking?
I think you must be aware that you can also unfollow or block a person if you don’t like their content. So why would one choose to mute them instead of that? Let me share with you some of the reasons why I mute people instead of unfollowing or blocking them:-
If the content I want to eliminate from my feed is from a friend or family, blocking or unfollowing them might offend them and impact our relationship.
It helps me tailor and maintain my feed according to my preferences.
It offers a temporary break from a specific content creator.
Sometimes blocking or unfollowing might seem like can extreme action, so muting serves as a better guilt-free alternative.
Understanding How to Manage Muted Accounts on Instagram
There is nothing much to manage in muted Instagram accounts. As I told you before, you can access the muted account any time you want as it is a temporary solution. You can also unmute the profiles just by simply visiting their account or employing Picuki.social to view stories secretly. i
INTERESTING TIDBIT
Instagram is the 4th most downloaded app across all mobile devices. The number of Instagram users is projected to reach 1.44 billion by the end of 2025.
Final Thoughts
From everything we discussed in this article, it can be gathered that the Instagram muting feature is an effective solution when blocking or unfollowing is not an option. It is the perfect solution to not only help you regulate your feed but also save you from unnecessary drama over trivial issues like Instagram following.
