How to Mute Someone on Snapchat Without Blocking

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Snapchat is a great way to stay connected with friends, but sometimes the notifications can become overwhelming. Maybe someone sends too many messages, posts Stories all day, or keeps a group chat constantly active.

Rather than blocking or deleting them, you can mute them. It lets you eliminate distractions while staying in touch. In this guide, you’ll learn how to mute someone on Snapchat on both iPhone and Android, along with a few helpful tips to manage your notifications better.

What Happens When You Mute Someone on Snapchat

When you mute someone on Snapchat, they are not notified. Everything continues normally from their side.

They can still:

• Send you Snaps
• Send messages
• Tag you in Stories
• See your content (depending on your privacy settings)

The main difference is on your side. You stop receiving notifications or seeing their content prominently.

Unlike blocking or removing someone, muting helps you control your Snapchat experience without changing your friendships.

Steps to Mute Someone in Snapchat on iPhone and Android

The steps are similar on the iOS and Android app. Snapchat keeps these controls inside chat settings and friend profiles. Below are the different ways you can mute someone.

Turn Off Call and Chat Notifications (Including Group Chats)

If someone messages too often, you can silence notifications for that conversation.

1. Open Snapchat.
2. Go to the Chat tab.
3. Press and hold the conversation you want to mute.
4. Tap Chat and Notification Settings.
   
5. Select Notifications Settings.
6. Toggle on Mute Chats.
7. Select a time limit, like For 1 hour or Four 8 hours or Until I unmute them.
8. Then toggle on Mute Calls and set a time as well.
9. Hit Done to confirm your choice.
   

A crossed bell icon will appear next to their name to show they’re muted. This works for individual chats and group chats. You’ll still receive messages, just without notifications.

For group chats, you can also enable notifications only for mentions and replies to your messages from Chat Notifications.

Mute Someone’s Stories in Snapchat

If a friend posts Stories too frequently, you can hide them without unfriending them.

1. Launch Snapchat and move to the Chats section.
2. Press and hold the friend’s chat.
3. Tap Story Settings from the options.
4. Toggle on Mute Story and tap Mute on the dialogue box.
5. Keep the Story Notifications disabled.
6. Tap Done to save it.
   

Their Stories will no longer appear at the top of your feed, but you can still view them manually if you want.

This method is useful when you want to fine-tune your Stories feed without removing anyone.

Disable a Friend’s Location on Snapchat

Snapchat’s Snap Map lets you see friends’ locations, but you can stop viewing location updates for specific friends.

1. From Chats, long-press the friend’s chat.
2. Tap Location Settings.
3. Toggle on Mute [friend’s name] Location.
4. Finally, hit Okay.
   

It prevents you from seeing your friend’s location updates.

Tips for Managing Snapchat Notifications

Muting people is just one way to make Snapchat less distracting. If you have a lot of active friends, group chats, and story updates, notifications can quickly become overwhelming. The good news is that you can control almost everything.

Here are a few extra tips:

1. Turn off non-essential notifications by going to Snapchat profile > Settings (gear icon) > Notifications.
   
2. Mute busy group chats instead of leaving them.
3. Use Do Not Disturb mode on your phone when needed.
4. Review notification settings regularly.
5. Keep only important conversations unmuted.

These small changes can make Snapchat feel much calmer and easier to use.

Keep Snapchat Notifications Under Control

Muting someone on Snapchat is a simple way to reduce noise without damaging relationships. Whether it’s chat notifications, Stories, group conversations, location sharing, or game alerts, Snapchat gives you plenty of control.

The best part is that muting is private. The other person won’t know. You stay connected while keeping your notifications under control. For more tips and tricks, explore our other Snapchat guides.

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