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Mute a topic

If you would like to stop receiving notifications from a certain topic, you can choose to mute it.

There are two main ways of muting a topic; you can mute a topic through the stream list or through your view.

Muting a topic through the stream list

1. Find the Streams section located on the left sidebar. In the stream list, click on the stream that the topic you want to mute belongs to. Upon clicking on the stream, a dropdown with all the topics in the stream will appear.

2. In the stream topics dropdown, hover over a topic to reveal a {!down-chevron.md!} To mute the topic, simply select the Mute the topic (topic name) option from the dropdown.

3. Upon clicking Mute the topic (topic name), a tooltip titled Topic Muted will appear, and the topic will be grayed out in the stream list dropdown, confirming the success of your muting of the topic.

Muting a topic through your view

1. The default Home view displays all messages from unmuted streams and topics that you've subscribed to. Search for messages belonging to the topic that you wish to mute in the Home view.

   !!! tip "" Alternatively, you can narrow your view to messages sent to the topic that you want to mute by entering the search operator topic:(topic name) in the search bar.

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2. Select the Mute the topic (topic name) option from the dropdown to mute the topic that the selected message belongs to.

3. Upon clicking Mute the topic (topic name), a tooltip titled Topic Muted will appear, and any messages belonging to the topic will disappear from your view, confirming the success of your muting of the topic.