Muting is a feature that allows you to remove an account's posts from your home timeline without unfollowing or blocking that account. You can mute an account by navigating to their profile and clicking the three dot "•••" menu then clicking "mute account". A "mute" icon will then be visible next to their display name or username showing that you have successfully muted them. Accounts that you mute will not know that they are muted and. Given specific circumstances described below, certain content from accounts that you mute may be viewable with the click of a button or may be hidden from you completely. In order to unmute an account, simply do the same thing mentioned above but instead the button within the three dot "•••" menu will display "unmute account".

For quick reference, go to https://gab.com/settings/mutes where you'll find your existing mutes in a list.

Important notes about muting accounts:

- You can follow muted accounts and they can follow you.
- Accounts that you mute will still be able to send you chat messages.

Understanding where content is hidden or removed when you are muting an account:

• Statuses:
  - If you repost or quote repost a status from an account and you are muting then you will see a message that you are muting that account and be shown a button to view.
  - If you are on your home timeline or viewing notifications then you will not see content from an account that you are muting.
  - If you are on an account's profile that you are muting then you will be shown a message that you are muting that account with an option to view all of their statuses.
  - If you are on an individual status page of an account that you are muting then you will be shown a message with an option to view that status.
  - If you are on any other page other than the ones listed prior then you will be able to see the entire status from an account that you are muting.

• Comments
  - If you are viewing comments underneath a status then you and a comment is from an account that you are muting then it will be hidden with an option to view.

• Chat messages:
  - If you are in a chat message conversation with an account that you are muting then all of their messages will be hidden with an option to view.