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# Mute a user
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!!! tip ""
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This feature mutes a user from your personal perspective, and does not
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automatically notify anyone. Consider also reporting abusive behavior to
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organization [owners and administrators](/help/roles-and-permissions),
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who can take organization-level actions like
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[deactivating a user](/help/deactivate-or-reactivate-a-user).
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You can mute any user you do not wish to interact with. Muting someone will
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have the following effects:
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* All messages sent by a muted user will automatically be [marked as
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read](/help/marking-messages-as-read) for you, and will never
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generate any desktop, email, or mobile push notifications.
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* Muted users are hidden from [**Private
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messages**](/help/private-messages) in the left sidebar and the list
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of users in the right sidebar. Private messages between you and a
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muted user will only be visible if you [explicitly
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search](/help/search-for-messages) for your private messages with
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the user.
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* All stream messages and group private messages sent by muted users
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are hidden behind a **Click to reveal** banner. This allows you to
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understand whether other users' messages are responses to messages
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sent by a muted user, while seeing the muted user's name, profile
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picture, or message content only for those messages which you have opted
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into reading.
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* Muted users have their name displayed as "Muted user" for [emoji
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reactions][view-emoji-reactions], [polls](/help/create-a-poll), and
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when displaying the recipients of group private messages sent by
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unmuted users.
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* Muted users are excluded from the autocomplete for composing a
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private message or [mentioning a user](/help/mention-a-user-or-group).
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2021-05-12 08:13:26 +02:00
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* Areas in Zulip which show users' avatars will now show a generic user symbol
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in place of a muted user's profile picture.
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2021-05-11 02:39:02 +02:00
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* To avoid interfering with administration tasks, parts of the
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settings UI (such as the list of subscribers to a stream, or members
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of the organization) will display muted users' names and other
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details as normal.
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!!! tip ""
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Zulip offers no way to distinguish a user
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that has muted you from a user that is ignoring you.
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[view-emoji-reactions]: /help/emoji-reactions#see-who-reacted-to-a-message
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### From the message view
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{start_tabs}
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1. Click on a user's profile picture or [mention](/help/mention-a-user-or-group).
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1. Click **Mute this user**.
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1. On the confirmation popup, click **Confirm**.
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{end_tabs}
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### Via the right sidebar
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{start_tabs}
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1. Hover over a user's name in the right sidebar.
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1. Click on the ellipsis (<i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-ellipsis-v-solid"></i>) to
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the right of their name.
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1. Click **Mute this user**.
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1. On the confirmation popup, click **Confirm**.
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{end_tabs}
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### See your list of muted users
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{start_tabs}
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{settings_tab|muted-users}
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{end_tabs}
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From there, you can also search for and **unmute** users.
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## Related articles
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* [Mute a stream](/help/mute-a-stream)
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* [Mute a topic](/help/mute-a-topic)
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