{"id":46594,"date":"2022-07-30T20:39:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T20:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=46594"},"modified":"2022-07-30T20:39:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T20:39:14","slug":"how-to-mute-someone-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-mute-someone-on-twitter","title":{"rendered":"How to Mute Someone on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1ba9971d35d\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1ba9971d35d\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1ba9971d35d\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-mute-someone-on-twitter\/#How_to_Mute_Someone_on_Twitter\" title=\"How to Mute Someone on Twitter\">How to Mute Someone on Twitter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-mute-someone-on-twitter\/#muting_words\" title=\"muting words\">muting words<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-mute-someone-on-twitter\/#muting_usernames\" title=\"muting usernames\">muting usernames<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-mute-someone-on-twitter\/#muting_hashtags\" title=\"muting hashtags\">muting hashtags<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-mute-someone-on-twitter\/#muting_emojis\" title=\"muting emojis\">muting emojis<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Mute_Someone_on_Twitter\"><\/span>How to Mute Someone on Twitter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px 10px; height:auto; max-height:300px; max-width:33% width:auto;\" alt=\"how to mute someone on twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/eCVWpxV.jpg\" align=\"right\">  <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering how to mute someone on Twitter, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. In this article, we&#8217;ll discuss how to mute words, hashtags, usernames, and emojis. Follow along as we explain each step. Once you&#8217;ve completed all of these steps, you should be able to mute anyone from your news feed. In order to do so, you&#8217;ll need to sign in with your Twitter account.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"muting_words\"><\/span>muting words<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In order to block certain words and phrases from being re-tweeted by other people, you need to know how to mute words on Twitter. Twitter allows you to mute words for a specified period of time. In addition, you can also choose who will be affected by the muted words, and the period of mute is customizable. To mute words, click on the &#8216;+&#8217; sign in the right-hand corner.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to read a particular Tweet, you can choose to mute specific words or phrases. When you mute a word, it will no longer be shown in your Home timeline or notifications. This also applies to hashtags. You can choose to mute a specific tweet or account, or use the Mute option to block certain words or hashtags. If you don&#8217;t want to be disturbed by the muted words, you can also mute your account as a whole.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"muting_usernames\"><\/span>muting usernames<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are many reasons why you might want to mute usernames on Twitter. Some users may not want to share sensitive information, and others might be offended by offensive language. Muting other users can be a good way to protect yourself. Here are some ways to do this. To mute a username, tap the three dots that appear next to the &#8220;Following&#8221; button in the upper right corner of a tweet. Then, select &#8220;mute (account name)&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>You can unmute other users&#8217; tweets at any time, and you can view a list of muted accounts in the settings tab. You can also unmute users by visiting their profile. The main downside to muting someone is that you may forget the username if you haven&#8217;t checked it off while you were on the site. But if you&#8217;ve accidentally muted someone, you can unmute them from the settings page.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"muting_hashtags\"><\/span>muting hashtags<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In case you have a hard time hearing certain words or phrases, you can easily silence them on Twitter with the mute feature. This feature is available on desktop and mobile devices, and it&#8217;s not case sensitive. Here&#8217;s how to mute hashtags on Twitter. After enabling this feature, you can add punctuation within words, though it&#8217;s not mandatory. Once you mute a word or phrase, hashtags are also muted.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re unable to read a specific tweet, you can mute it by typing @ after it. This will keep the content hidden from your timeline, but you won&#8217;t see a notification from that user. If you use a hashtag, you can also mute it to prevent it from showing up in searches. The hashtags and words will be muted on the timeline, but they will still show up when someone mentions or replies to them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"muting_emojis\"><\/span>muting emojis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Twitter recently introduced a new feature that lets you mute specific words, phrases, usernames, and emojis. While muting a word does not remove it from your timeline, it will keep it from appearing in notifications or emails. It will also prevent notifications for the muted word from showing up in your search results. If you wish to unmute a word, you must go to your account settings and enable targeted muting.<\/p>\n<p>First, open the Twitter application. Next, select the &#8220;Privacy and safety&#8221; option from the menu on the upper part of the screen. Then, type the word or phrase you&#8217;d like to mute. You can also change the duration of the muting process. This way, you can filter out tweets that contain offensive language. You can re-send your tweets later without fear of being reported.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PZzI2kJ19lg\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"306\" width=\"547\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"margin:0px auto; display: block;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Mute Someone on Twitter If you&#8217;re wondering how to mute someone on Twitter, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. In this article, we&#8217;ll discuss how to mute words, hashtags, usernames, and emojis. Follow along as we explain each step. 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