How To Find Out If Someone Muted You on Instagram

When you mute someone on Instagram, they will not know that you have muted them. Similarly, if someone mutes you, you will not receive any notification, and there’s no way to identify this from the app.

That said, there are a few subtle indicators that might suggest if someone has potentially muted you.

1. Find Out if The Person is Active or Not

Before you start looking for signs that you’ve been muted, it’s important to check if the person is even actively using Instagram.

If they haven’t posted anything or interacted in weeks or months, there’s a good chance that they might just be taking a break from social media.

1. To check, go to their profile page and see what they’ve been doing – did they post new content? Did they interact with other people?
2. You might also visit their tagged photos section to see who tagged them recently, and check if the person has liked or commented on them.
3. Additionally, scroll through your home and explore feed to see if that person has recently commented on or liked someone’s post.

If they have, you can be pretty sure that they’re still active on Instagram. Now, let’s check if they have possibly muted you or not.

2. Make a Close Friends List and Post A Story for That List

Instagram has a Close friends feature that lets you share your story ONLY with the people you’ve chosen to be on your close friends list.

This feature is useful when you want to share more personal moments with only a close group of friends without broadcasting them to all your followers.

If you suspect one or more people have muted you, you can take advantage of this feature to help you narrow down the possibilities.

1. To create a close friends list, go to your profile and tap the three lines on the top right corner.
2. Tap on the Close Friends option.
3. You’ll see a list of people you can choose to include on the list.
4. Choose only one person whom you think has muted you.
5. Create a story and share it only with your Close friends list.
6. Wait for 24 hours and see if that person viewed your story.
7. If the person viewed your story, it means they haven’t muted you.
8. If the person doesn’t view your story, there’s a possibility that they might have muted you.
9. Do this several times to ascertain if that person ever views your story.

The person you added to your Close friends list will not know if they’re the only person on that list.

So, if you have done this several times and that person still doesn’t view your story, it’s most likely that they have muted you.

3. Still Not Sure? Request a Mutual Friend to Conduct a Test

If you’re still uncertain about whether the individual has muted you, here’s an additional strategy to reach a definitive conclusion.

In this method, you’ll have to enlist the assistance of a mutual friend. Here’s how to do it:

1. Request your mutual friend to create a Close Friends list on their Instagram account, including only the person you suspect has muted you.
2. Next, your friend needs to post a story accessible to their Close Friends list only.
3. Once the story is posted, patiently wait for 24 hours to allow sufficient time for that person to potentially view the story.
4. Replicate this process multiple times to boost the likelihood of determining whether you’ve been muted. The more times this test is conducted, the greater the chances of achieving an accurate result.
5. If that person regularly views your friend’s stories but consistently avoids yours, it’s a strong indication that they’ve muted you.

Additional Indicators That You Might Have Been Muted

Instagram allows users to mute the stories, posts, or both, of other accounts. So, if you’re muted, it can be challenging to discern which type of your content has been muted.

1. If you have followers who used to view your stories but no longer do, yet they continue to like or comment on your posts, it’s possible they’ve muted your stories.
2. The same applies to those who regularly interacted with your posts but abruptly ceased, despite continuing to view your stories. In this case, it’s plausible that they’ve muted your posts.
3. If that person stops all interaction with your content — stories and posts — when they previously engaged, there’s a good chance you’ve been muted on both fronts.

However, it’s important to remember that these signs are merely indications. There’s no definitive way to confirm if you’ve been muted.

It’s also worth considering other possibilities, such as the person taking a social media break or potentially unfollowing you rather than muting.

To ascertain whether you’ve been muted on Instagram, consider implementing all the methods discussed above.