Mute 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 for you, and will never generate any desktop, email, or mobile push notifications.

• All messages sent by muted users, including the name, profile picture, and message content, are hidden behind a Click here to reveal banner.

• Muted users are hidden from Private messages in the left sidebar and the list of users in the right sidebar. Private messages between you and a muted user are excluded from all views, including search, unless you explicitly search for pm-with:<that user>.

• Muted users have their name displayed as "Muted user" for emoji reactions, polls, and when displaying the recipients of group private messages.

• Muted users are excluded from the autocomplete for composing a private message or mentioning a user.

• Recent topics and other features that display avatars will show a generic user symbol in place of a muted user's profile picture.

• To avoid interfering with administration tasks, stream and organization settings display muted users' names and other details.

From the message view

Via the right sidebar

See your list of muted users

From there, you can also search for and unmute users.

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