MuteUnmuteIntro

import ZulipNote from "../../components/ZulipNote.astro"; import FollowUnmuteOptions from "../include/_FollowUnmuteOptions.mdx";

import MuteIcon from "~icons/zulip-icon/mute"

Zulip lets you mute topics and channels to avoid receiving notifications for messages you are not interested in. Muting a channel effectively mutes all topics in that channel. You can also manually mute a topic in an unmuted channel, or unmute a topic in a muted channel.

In unmuted channels, muted topics are marked with <MuteIcon /> in the left sidebar, inbox, and elsewhere. Muting has the following effects:

• Messages in muted topics do not generate notifications (including alert word notifications), unless you are mentioned.
• Messages in muted topics do not appear in the Combined feed view or the mobile Inbox view.
• Muted topics appear in the Recent conversations view only if the Include muted filter is enabled.
• Unread messages in muted topics do not contribute to channel unread counts.
• Muted topics and channels are grayed out in the left sidebar of the desktop/web app, and in the mobile app.
• In the desktop/web app, muted topics are sorted to the bottom of their channel, and muted channels appear in a collapsible section at the bottom of their channel folder in the left sidebar.

To avoid missing messages you care about, you can choose which topics you'd like to unmute automatically:

<FollowUnmuteOptions />

You can search muted messages using the is:muted search filter, or exclude them from search results with -is:muted.

<ZulipNote> **Note**: Some parts of the Zulip experience may start to degrade if you receive more than a few hundred muted messages a day. </ZulipNote>