How to Turn Quiet Mode On or Off In Instagram: Easy Guide

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Plus, we go over what quiet mode does and how it works

Co-authored by Hannah Dillon Reviewed by Stan Kats

Last Updated: July 14, 2024 Fact Checked

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What Instagram's Quiet Mode Does

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How to Turn Quiet Mode On or Off

Are your Instagram notifications getting overwhelming, but you don't want to turn them off completely? If so, you may be interested in Instagram's "quiet mode" feature. Quiet mode will pause your notifications for part of the day so you can focus on work, school, family time, or just take a break from the slew of notifications you get on a daily basis. In this article, we'll explain quiet mode in depth and how to enable or disable it in Instagram.

Quick Steps

Go to your Instagram profile.
Tap the three-line button in the upper-right corner.
Tap on Notifications in the top section of your Instagram settings.
Tap on Quiet mode near the top of your notifications settings menu.
Tap the toggle to turn quiet mode on or off.
Set your quiet mode settings as desired.

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What Instagram's Quiet Mode Does

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Quiet mode allows you to silence Instagram notifications for 12 hours or less. By default, quiet mode will pause your Instagram notifications between 11 pm and 7 am, but these hours can be altered to fit your needs. Once quiet mode turns off for the day, Instagram will give you a recap of what notifications you got while they were paused.^{[1]
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- When you enable quiet mode, you can still use Instagram like normal (including sending and receiving messages). However, your status will change to "in quiet mode," letting your friends know you have turned on quiet mode.
- Quiet mode can only silence notifications for up to 12 hours a day. If you want to turn off your Instagram notifications altogether, learn how in this wikiHow article.^{[2]
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- When you message someone with quiet mode turned on, you will get an auto-reply message that says, "[username] wasn't notified about this message because they're in quiet mode." The recipient will still get your message but won't be notified immediately, so expect a potential delay in their response.

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How to Turn Quiet Mode On or Off

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As of right now, quiet mode can only be enabled or disabled on the Android or iPhone app.
This will open up your Instagram settings.
It's near the top of the screen, and the option has a bell icon.
Once again, this option is near the top of the screen.
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Tap the toggle to turn quiet mode on or off. If you want to disable quiet mode, once you turn it off you can exit Instagram's settings. If you are enabling quiet mode, you can also set a few quiet mode settings:
- Select a Start time and End time. By default, these are set to 11 pm and 7 am. To change the start and end time, tap the timestamp and select a new one.
  - You can only set your quiet mode window for up to 12 hours.
- Choose the days of the week you want quiet mode enabled. If one of the days of the week is highlighted, that means it's turned on. By default, quiet mode is enabled every day of the week. Tap the days to turn quiet mode on or off to your preference.