Whether you are working from home or in an office, social media is always the biggest source of distraction. Nobody likes being hassled on social media. That is where learning how to mute people on social media, rather than block them, is the greatest way to keep your social feeds a pleasant place to be without flagging to the offending user that they have annoyed you. 

The trouble is muting someone is not always as straightforward as simply blocking them. Each social media platform has its own set of rules and methods for muting or blocking someone online. It is all about learning what works best, and where. 

In this article, I will tell you about how you can mute someone on Facebook without blocking them. 

How to mute someone on Facebook

Keeping up with your Facebook friends’ updates can be exhausting. Luckily, Facebook gives you a couple of ways to organize your space on the platform. You can put together Facebook friends’ lists and even keep them private to hide your friends on the platform from one another.

First of all, go to your friend’s profile. 

Click on the Following and select the Unfollow button. 

You can also unfollow users in your news feed by clicking the three-dots menu on a post and choosing “Hide post”, “Snooze for 30 days” or “Unfollow”.