Vacationing and posting about it in your stories? A hearty yes. Who doesn’t like that? But posting every photo from the trip without a second’s thought to how they looked? That’s a no-no! Yet we all have at least one friend or relative who does that every time. No matter how often you touch on their Instagram stories, they never end.
Now, that would be a little embarrassing but a lot more annoying. Their names pop up in your Instagram feed’s stories section whenever you open it! What do you do then?
You mute their stories! Yes, that’s pretty much it.
However, Instagram users have a pressing question regarding muting stories, and we’re here for that discussion. They ask, If I mute someone’s story on Instagram, can they still see mine?
You’re not the only one who occasionally thinks about this topic. So, stay tuned till the end to find out the answers! Let’s get going.
If I Mute Someone’s Story on Instagram Can They Still See Mine?
The step to muting someone’s story is a breeze! It takes you a couple of seconds at max, and you’re at peace for as long as you want. We’ll explain it first before diving deep into the main topic.
Here’s how you do it:
Step 1: Launch Instagram on your phone.
Step 2: Swipe through your stories section to reach the target user’s stories.
Step 3: Once you’re there, long tap the story.
Step 4: Upon doing so, two options appear: View profile and Mute.
Select Mute.
Step 5: The next thing you’ll see is a confirmation box.
The full message states:
Mute (username)?
You can unmute them from their profile. Instagram won’t let them know you muted them.
Step 6: You now have three choices: Mute story, Mute story and posts, and Cancel.
Choose Mute story.
Tip: To mute a story, swipe to the end of your story section to find their story circle. Long press on it and select unmute story.
A Story muted message will flash on the screen and the person’s story will be hidden.
If you swipe through the end of your story, you can still see them. However, their story circles would be blurry, indicating they are muted, and there would be no vibrant circle surrounding it, so you wouldn’t know if they updated one.
Just so you know, you may visit their profile to see their stories! Hence, if you choose not to watch it, do nothing and keep browsing Instagram without considering their stories.
Returning to the original question, people can still view your Instagram story even if you mute theirs. They can only be blocked from accessing it when you purposefully hide it from them by adjusting your story settings.
To put it plainly, muting their story is solely you refusing to see it, and it has virtually nothing to do with them. If they don’t wish to see their stories, they can mute you, too, and you won’t know about it.
How to hide your story from someone?
As you saw, muting stories is useless if the original intention was to prevent people from seeing your story. It’s a one-sided action and doesn’t affect the target person.
But sometimes, we hope to block someone from viewing our stories. After all, what if you told your mum you’re returning home? Do you want her to see you spending the night at a friend’s house? It’ll just worry her or make her upset. You don’t want that to happen, right?
Fortunately, Instagram has come to save the situation! You must follow a few steps, and the person you are targeting won’t be able to see your stories! Do you want to know the steps to completely hide your story from someone?
Here’s how you do it:
Step 1: Open Instagram on your device.
Step 2: Your Story circle is visible in your top left corner. Give it a tap.
Step 3: After that, click the Gear icon in the screen’s upper right corner.
Step 4: Locate and press the Story option on the Camera settings screen.
Step 5: You’ll be whisked to your Story page.
There must be an option to Hide story with (number) people mentioned right under it. Give it a click.
Step 6: In the Hide story from page, tap on the circle next to the user’s name to hide them from your story.
To do so, use the search bar at the top to look for the person or manually scroll until you find their name.
The checkmark circles will appear at the top of the page. Return to your Story page once you’ve selected people to hide your story from. The (number) person will begin to reflect on how many people you have hidden the story from.
Tip: Click the (number) person option in the story’s settings to stop hiding your stories from someone. Tap on the target person’s name to remove the checkmark from the circle next to their name.
Repeat the same steps for every user you want to unhide the story from. When you return to the story settings page, you’ll find the number count decreasing, which means your steps succeeded.
Wrapping it up
We discussed whether or not muting someone’s story affects their ability to view yours. We have provided a detailed explanation of what happens and the steps to mute your story if you stumbled on our blog without knowing the necessary actions. We also discussed the hide story from feature if you want to block a person from viewing your story.
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