status-web/apps/website/docs/your-profile-and-preferences/mute-your-notifications.md

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347 0 en Mute your notifications

You can turn off and on your notifications for the entire app or specific communities, channels, group chats, and direct messages (DMs) for a designated period. Communities, group chats, channels and direct messages appear greyed out when you mute their notifications.

:::tip You have the option to [set notification exceptions][set-notification-exceptions] to fine-tune your notification preferences, allowing certain notifications to come through even if others are muted. For instance, you can mute all notifications for a channel except for messages sent by a specific user. :::

Mute all the Status app notifications

=== "Mobile"

1. From the tab bar, tap :mobile-messages: **Messages**.
1. Tap your profile picture.
1. Scroll down in the list and tap :mobile-mute: **Notifications**.
1. Turn **Notifications** off.

=== "Desktop"

1. From the navigation sidebar, click :desktop-settings: **Settings**.
1. In the **Settings** sidebar, click :desktop-notification: **Notifications and Sounds**.
1. Turn **Notifications** off.

:::info Muting all the Status app notifications mutes ephemeral notifications (the ones appearing on your screen and disappearing shortly after). :::

Mute specific notifications

You still see a badge if someone mentions you in a muted channel, community, group chat, or direct message. This badge displays the number of mentions.

=== "Mobile"

1. From the tab bar, tap :mobile-communities: **Communities** to mute a community or channel, or tap :mobile-messages: **Messages** to mute a group chat or DM.
1. Long press the community, channel, group chat or DM you want to mute.
1. Tap :mobile-mute: **Mute**.
1. Select the length of time you'd like to mute your notifications.

=== "Desktop"

### Mute communities

1. From the navigation sidebar, click :desktop-settings: **Settings**.
1. From the settings sidebar, click :desktop-communities: **Communities**.
1. Choose the community you want to mute, and click :desktop-notification: **Mute**.

### Mute channels

1. From the navigation sidebar, click the community with the channel you wish to mute.
1. In the channel sidebar, right-click the channel.
1. Select :desktop-notification: **Mute**.

### Mute group chats or DMs

1. From the navigation sidebar, click :desktop-messages: **Messages**.
1. In the **Messages** sidebar, right-click the group chat or DM you wish to mute.
1. Select :desktop-notification: **Mute**.