How to mute accounts on Twitter

Mute is a feature that allows you to remove an account's Tweets 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 twitter.com or your app settings on Twitter for iOS or Android.

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

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.

For muted accounts that you follow:

• Replies and mentions by the muted account will still appear in your Notifications tab.
• Tweets from a muted account before the time the account was muted will still be displayed in 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 Quote Tweets an account you have muted, the quoted Tweet will be hidden with a This Tweet is unavailable message.

To view and manage your list of muted accounts

You can see your full list of muted accounts by going to your Muted account settings on twitter.com or by visiting your app settings on Twitter for iOS or Android.

In the Twitter app for iOS:

1. Tap your profile icon, 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. You can also follow or unfollow any of the accounts on this list by tapping  the Follow and Unfollow icons.
7. To block or report an account, tap the profile image. You’ll be directed to the account’s profile. From here, tap the gear icon  and select Block or Report from the menu.

In the Twitter app for Android:

1. In the top menu, you will either see a navigation menu icon  or your profile icon. Tap whichever icon you have.
2. Tap Settings and privacy.
3. Tap Privacy and safety.
4. Under Safety, tap Muted accounts. 
5. You can unmute users by tapping the mute icon 
6. You can also follow or unfollow any of the accounts on this list by tapping on the Follow and Unfollow icons.
7. To block or report an account, tap the profile image. You’ll be directed to the account’s profile. From here, tap the overflow icon  and select Block or Report from the menu.

Via twitter.com:

1. From your profile icon, select Settings and privacy.
2. Click on Muted accounts.
3. From the top of the list, you can select to view accounts you follow that you have muted, or all accounts that you have muted. 
4. You can unmute accounts by clicking the mute button 
5. To block or report an account, click the overflow icon  and select Block or Report from 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.