Muting someone on Instagram is simple, but unmuting someone can be difficult.
This is due to the “unmute” option being kept from view.
To mute someone’s posts, you must go to your feed, press the triple-dots icon on the desired post, and then mute it.
But how can you unmute on Instagram?
Unmuting requires a few extra steps because you won’t be able to do it from your feed. First, navigate to the profile whose posts you wish to unmute. Next, tap the “Following” button and select “Mute.” Finally, toggle off the “Posts” option.
To make matters worse, if you forget who you muted, you won’t be able to find them using the search box because you don’t know their name or username.
This article will teach you how to unmute Instagram posts or stories even if you’ve forgotten who you muted.
How To Unmute Posts on Instagram
There are two sides to unmuting posts on Instagram. How you unmute posts when you specifically remember the person you’ve muted slightly differs from how it’s done when you don’t.
Lucky for you, we’ll handle both scenarios, one after the other.
If You Remember Their Username
If you know someone’s Instagram name/username, you can unmute their posts as follows:
- The first step is to go to their profile.
- Tap the “Following” button.
- After that, tap on the “Mute” option.
- Turn off the “Posts” option to unmute their posts.
Just like that, you’re done. Their posts will no longer be muted and will appear in your feed.
If You Don’t Remember Their Username
If you can’t remember the username of the person you muted, there are some additional steps you’ll need to take to find their profile.
You must search for their name or username to find them, which is a bit difficult when you don’t remember their identity.
As a result, you must reach the list of muted accounts:
- Go to your profile.
- Tap the menu icon in the right corner of your profile.
- Tap on “Settings and privacy.”
- Tap on “Muted” under the “What you see” section.
- Select the user that you want to unmute.
- Tap on the “Following” button.
- Tap on “Mute.”
- Turn off the switch for “Posts.”
Ways To Unmute Stories on Instagram
Just like in the case of muting posts, and for the same reasons, different approaches are required when muting the story of someone whose name/username you remember as opposed to one you don’t.
We’ll take a look at both approaches.
If You Remember Their Username
Follow these steps:
- To unmute someone’s story on Instagram, go to their profile.
- Tap on the “Following” button.
- After you’ve clicked the “Following” button, tap on the “Mute” option.
- Turn off the “Stories” switch to unmute their stories.
If you turn off the “Stories” switch, their stories will no longer be muted.
If You Don’t Remember Their Username
If you can’t remember the username/name of the person you muted, you’ll need to look them up in the list of muted accounts.
Here’s how you do it:
- Navigate to your profile.
- Tap the menu button in the upper right corner of your profile.
- Select “Settings and privacy.”
- Tap on “Muted” under the “What you see” section.
- Choose the user you want to unmute.
- Tap the “Following” button.
- Tap on “Mute.”
- Turn off the “Stories” switch.
Viola! You’re all done.
Conclusion
Performing actions on Instagram might be difficult since some features are concealed from view.
One of such elements hidden from view is the “mute” and “unmute” buttons, but if you know your onions well, they would be no problem.
You’ll even be able to put some of your friends through when they don’t know how to go about it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Muting merely prevents you from seeing the stories and posts of the selected party. Unfollowing achieves the same, but you’ll have to follow the individual again if you intend to see those updates. Furthermore, muting occurs incognito, so the other party is unaware, whereas unfollowing a person is visible. When you follow them back, they also receive a notification.
The @silent Instagram feature allows you to send discreet direct messages. That implies the message’s receiver will not be notified.
