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