How to unmute someone on instagram

Perhaps you've been unlucky enough to run into one or two Instagram users who don't know how to take a hint. Maybe they're filling your feed with a barrage of duplicitous selfies and inspirational quotes. Perhaps they keep tagging you in pictures of their food. Or perhaps, the worst offense of all, they're that person who replies religiously to every single post on your account (like, even the ones where you're just asking people what their favorite movie is).

These users are everywhere on Instagram—and if you've found yourself wanting to give them the silent treatment, we have good news for you: In 2019, Instagram rolled out a feature called 'mute,' which allows users to hide another user's posts from their feed without unfollowing them completely.

Note: This guide will focus on muting accounts and unmuting accounts through the Instagram mobile app. While muting and unmuting is similar between Android and iOS, the instructions may vary slightly between devices.

How to unmute someone on Instagram

You can unmute someone on Instagram in the app's push notification settings.

• Open Instagram on your phone or tablet.

• Tap your profile icon at the bottom-right corner of the screen.

• Tap the menu button at the top-right corner of the screen.

• Tap Settings.

• Tap Notifications.

• Tap Push Notifications, which are located near the top of this page, to expand them and see a list of people you've muted and muted storytellers (people whose stories you've muted). Users that have been muted from appearing in your feed will have a bell icon next to their name on this page rather than an "unmute" option, so if you find someone here that you follow, then they're being hidden for one reason or another, not just muted (likely because their content has been reported as inappropriate by other users).

While you are on a profile or someone's post, you can mute or unmute the account.

• While you are on a profile or someone's post, you can mute or unmute the account. Just tap the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen.

• You can also mute or unmute people from their profiles. Tap the three-dot menu, then tap Mute Posts or Mute Story.

• You can even mute and unmute people from their Stories. In order to do that, swipe up while watching their story to reveal an option to mute them.

You can even mute and unmute people from their stories.

Sometimes you just need to take a break from someone's posts and stories, but it's easy to forget who you've muted. Here's how to check and unmute accounts on Instagram:

• Open the Instagram app and go to your profile by tapping on the home icon in bottom right corner of the screen.

• Tap on the Settings icon in top right corner of your profile page, then tap Muted Accounts at the bottom of your screen under Push Notification Settings section. This will bring up all the accounts you've muted so far.

• Tap on an account that you want to unmute and hit Unmute button next to their username at top of their profile page or post. Now their posts will show up on your feed again!

Remember that if you mute or remute an account, it will apply both to posts and stories posted by that person or brand, depending on what setting they had before they were muted.

Tap the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen.

Tap the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen.

This will bring up a menu, where you can choose to mute your friend's posts.

If you choose mute, you'll no longer see their posts and stories in your feed. If that's the reason why you chose to mute them in the first place, then congrats! You're all set. However, if you'd like to continue seeing their posts on Instagram but just don't want them cluttering up your feed, be sure to visit their profile from time to time so they'll still show up on your feed for 24 hours after posting. This will also help ensure that your account stays at least somewhat active for them—after all, nobody likes a ghost follower!

A menu will pop up with different options including "mute."

• A menu will pop up with different options including "mute."

• Tap "mute."

• Choose how long you want to mute the account. You can mute someone's posts, stories, or both for a day, a week, indefinitely, or until you unmute them.

• Choose whether you want to mute posts, stories, or both. If you choose both then this account won't appear in your feed or be able to send you notifications about its stories.

• Tap "Mute" to confirm.

If you decide that you want to see this person's posts again, you have to go back into your settings and unmute them by following the same steps.

If you decide that you want to see this person's posts again, you have to go back into your settings and unmute them by following the same steps. To do that:

• Tap on the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen

• A menu will pop up with different options including "mute"

• Select "muted accounts" and find the account you had previously muted

• Next to their name there will be a speaker icon with a line through it; hover over that icon until another menu pops up and select "unmute @username

Conclusion

Although it's very satisfying to feel like your life is in order, sometimes there are things you just don't know how to do. In this case, how to unmute someone on Instagram that you accidentally muted for no reason.

I know what you're thinking: "Why would I mute someone if I didn't have a good reason? That's awful!" Well, the truth is that sometimes when people say dumb things, we can be quick to act without thinking about the consequences of our actions. The first step in fixing this problem is admitting that it's a real problem and taking responsibility for our actions, which might mean unmuting all those accounts you muted for no reason.