Twitter’s new mute button officially rolls out, lets you block annoying users

Twitter today unveiled its widely-rumored mute button, giving anyone the power to silence over-active Twitter users in a couple of clicks.

According to Twitter, this feature is slightly less severe than a full-on block, and should help prevent over-active users (like yours truly) from taking over your feed. As Twitter wrote, “Muting a user on Twitter means their Tweets and Retweets will no longer be visible in your home timeline, and you will no longer receive push or SMS notifications from that user.”

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Unlike with a full user block, Twitter says, “The muted user will still be able to fave, reply to, and retweet your Tweets; you just won’t see any of that activity in your timeline.”

The feature first appeared for some Twitter users last week. Muting remains a popular feature in third-party apps like Tweetbot and Tweetdeck.

Available on iPhones, Android devices, and the Web, Twitter claims that muting adds a new layer of curation to the service. Luckily, Twitter doesn’t notify users when you mute them, as that would be quite awkward. According to Twitter:

The muted user will not know that you’ve muted them, and of course you can unmute at any time.

To mute a user from a Tweet on your iOS or Android device or on Twitter for web tap more and then mute @username. To mute someone from their profile page, tap the gear icon on the page and choose mute @username.

Facebook offers a similar feature in its own news feed.

If you don’t see the feature yet, don’t panic. It’s rolling out over the coming weeks to everyone.