How to Mute Someone on Twitter/X Without Unfollowing (2026)

To mute someone on Twitter/X without unfollowing: click ··· on any of their tweets → Mute @username. Done — no notification is sent, they stay on your following list, they can still see and interact with your posts. Their tweets stop appearing in your timeline immediately. To manage your mute list: Settings → Privacy and safety → Mute and block → Muted accounts.

Last verified: May 31, 2026 · Reading time: 4 min · Difficulty: Easy

When to mute vs unfollow vs block

Twitter/X gives you three levels of distance from an account. Most people only use two of them.

Action	They know?	Still see your posts?	You see theirs?	Reversible?
Mute	No	Yes	No	Yes
Unfollow	Not directly (may notice follower count drop)	If public	No (unless you re-follow)	Yes — re-follow
Block	Yes (they’ll see “You’re blocked”)	No	No	Yes — unblock

Use mute when:

• The person posts content you don’t want to see but you want to stay connected
• You follow them professionally and don’t want them to know you stopped seeing their posts
• It’s a friend or family member whose non-political or non-noisy content you sometimes want to see (just not right now)
• You want the option to check their profile manually without seeing them in your feed

Use unfollow when:

• You genuinely don’t want to follow this account anymore
• The professional or personal relationship doesn’t require maintaining a visible following connection

Use block when:

• The account is harassing you or posting content you find harmful
• You want to prevent them from seeing your profile and content entirely

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How to do it

From a tweet (fastest):

1. See their tweet in your feed.
2. ··· in the top-right of the tweet.
3. “Mute @username”.

From their profile:

1. Go to their profile.
2. ··· button (top-right of the profile, next to Follow/Following).
3. “Mute @username”.

That’s it. No confirmation screen on most platforms — it’s immediate.

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Managing your mute list

Over time your mute list might get long. To review and manage it:

Settings → Privacy and safety → Mute and block → Muted accounts

This shows everyone you’ve muted. Click the Muted button next to any account to unmute them immediately.

There’s no limit on how many accounts you can mute. Some people mute hundreds — effectively using Twitter/X as a curated list of accounts they actively check rather than a passive feed.

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The limit of account muting

Muting individual accounts doesn’t help with content injected by the algorithm — suggested posts from accounts you don’t follow, trending topics, and “You might like” suggestions all bypass account mutes.

For that, the tools are:

• Switch to the Following tab — shows only accounts you follow, chronologically. Algorithmic injection disappears.
• Muted words — hides posts containing specific terms regardless of source.
• News Feed Eradicator — removes the Home timeline entirely.

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What to do next

1. Mute the 5–10 accounts in your feed whose posts you most often scroll past or dread.
2. Check your mute list in 30 days — add more if new noise has crept in.
3. Pair account muting with Muted Words for keyword-level control.

Related guides

• How to control your Twitter/X feed — every method in one place.
• How to hide political content on Twitter/X — keyword-level muting setup.
• How to mute someone on Facebook without unfriending — same concept, different platform.