How to mute accounts on X and what happens after muting (2024)

Mute is a feature that allows you to remove an account's posts from your timeline without unfollowing or blocking that account. Muted accounts will not know that you’ve muted them and you can unmute them at any time. To access a list of accounts you have muted, visit your muted accounts settings on x.com or your app settings on X for iOS or Android.

To learn about muting notifications, read about our advanced muting options on X.

Some important things to know about mute:

• Muted accounts can follow you and you can follow muted accounts. Muting an account will not cause you to unfollow them.
• Muting an account does not impact the account’s ability to send you a Direct Message.
• You will no longer receive push or SMS notifications from any muted account.
• Events won't appear in your Explore tab, "What's happening" sidebar and emails, or Event-based notifications.

For muted accounts that you follow:

• Replies and mentions by the muted account will still appear in your Notifications tab.
• posts from a muted account – posted before the account was muted – will be removed from your Home timeline.
  
• When you click or tap into a conversation, replies from muted accounts will be visible.
  

For muted accounts that you do not follow:

• Replies and mentions will not appear in your Notifications tab.
  
• If you mute an account you do not follow and they start a conversation that mentions you, you will only receive notifications from those you do follow who reply in the conversation and mention you. If you’d like to view all of your mentions, you can do so by searching your username.
• When you click or tap into a conversation, replies from muted accounts will be not visible.
• If an account you have not muted Reweets with comments an account you have muted, the post will be hidden with a This post is unavailable message.
  

How to mute an account

How to unmute an account

To view and manage your list of muted accounts

In the X app for iOS:

1. Tap your navigation menuicon, then tap Settings and privacy.
2. Tap Privacy and safety.
3. Under Safety, tap Muted.
4. Tap Muted accounts.
5. You can unmute accounts by tapping the mute icon
6. To block or report an account, tap the profile image. You’ll be directed to the account’s profile. From here, tap the moreicon and select Block or Report from the menu.
   

In the X app for Android:

1. Tap yournavigation menuicon, then tapSettings and privacy.
2. TapPrivacy and safety.
3. UnderSafety, tapMuted accounts.
4. You can unmute accounts by tapping themuteicon
5. To block or report an account, tap the profile image. You’ll be directed to the account’s profile. From here, tap themoreiconand selectBlockorReportfrom the menu.
   

Via X.com:

1. Click More from the side navigation menu, then click Settings and privacy.
2. Click the Privacy and safety tab, then click Mute and block.
3. Click on Muted accounts.
4. You can unmute accounts by clicking the mutedbutton
5. To block or report an account, click the profile image. You’ll be directed to the account’s profile. From here, click themoreicon and selectBlockorReportfrom the menu.

Unfollowing, blocking, and reporting accounts

In addition to muting accounts, you can also unfollow, block, report accounts for violations, or report accounts for violations as spam.