How to Unmute Someone on LinkedIn

Realized your LinkedIn feed feels a little too quiet? If you’ve muted a connection and want to bring their updates back into view, the process is straightforward once you know where to look. This guide will walk you through exactly how to find your muted list and unmute anyone on both desktop and mobile, so you can reconnect with their professional content.

Why Did I Mute Someone in the First Place?

Before jumping into the how-to, it’s helpful to remember why you might have hit the mute button. Muting on LinkedIn is a common way to curate your feed without taking the drastic step of removing a connection. You’re still connected, they can still message you, and they can see your content - you just don't see theirs. Common reasons for muting someone include:

• Content Overload: A connection might be posting dozens of times a day, cluttering your feed and drowning out other updates you want to see.
• Irrelevant Updates: Someone you connected with for a specific reason might have pivoted, and their content is no longer relevant to your professional interests.
• Temporary Break: Maybe you just needed a short break from a particular person's or company's string of updates but didn't want to sever the connection permanently.
• Sales Pitch Overload: Some connections use their feed primarily for hard-selling, which can get old fast. Muting them cleans up your experience while keeping the networking door open.

Whatever your reason, deciding to unmute someone is just as valid. Perhaps their content has become relevant again, you miss their insights, or you simply want to broaden the perspectives you see on your feed. Luckily, reversing the decision is easy.

What Muting Does (and Doesn’t) Do on LinkedIn

Understanding the specifics of muting is important because it’s different from unfollowing or removing a connection. Getting this right helps you manage your network more effectively.

When you mute someone:

• You stop seeing their posts and articles in your main LinkedIn feed.
• The person you muted is not notified. It's a completely private action.
• You remain first-degree connections.
• They can still see your posts, view your profile, and send you direct messages.
• You can still view their profile at any time by searching for them directly.

This is different from unfollowing, which serves a nearly identical purpose - hiding their content from your feed. On LinkedIn, the terms are often used interchangeably, and in fact, LinkedIn’s own settings group muted and unfollowed people into the same list. For all practical purposes on the platform, muting and unfollowing achieve the same result.

However, this is completely different from removing a connection. When you remove someone, you are severing the professional tie. You are no longer 1st-degree connections, which limits how you can interact, and they will need to send you a new connection request to reconnect. Muting is the far less permanent and more subtle option for quiet feed management.

How to Unmute Someone on LinkedIn (Desktop Guide)

The trickiest part of unmuting someone isn't the action itself, but finding the hidden list of people you've muted. LinkedIn tucks this away in your settings. Follow these steps on your computer to find it and bring a connection’s content back to your feed.

Step 1: Navigate to "Settings & Privacy"

First, log in to your LinkedIn account. On your homepage, look at the very top navigation bar. You’ll see an icon with your profile picture and the word "Me." Click on this to open a dropdown menu. From that menu, select "Settings & Privacy."

Step 2: Go to the "Visibility" Section

The "Settings & Privacy" area has several categories listed on the left sidebar. It usually defaults to the "Account preferences" tab. You’ll need to click on the "Visibility" tab. This section controls who can see your activity, profile, and network information.

Step 3: Find "Unfollowed"

Now that you're in the "Visibility" section, scroll down to the sub-section called "Visibility of your LinkedIn activity." Inside this area, you'll find an option labeled "Unfollowed." It might seem counterintuitive since you’re looking for people you "muted," but as mentioned, LinkedIn groups both muted and unfollowed individuals into this single list.

Click "Change" next to the "Unfollowed" option.

Step 4: Unmute the Connection by "Refollowing"

Clicking "Change" will take you to a new page that displays a complete list of all the people, companies, and "Creator Mode On" profiles you have muted or unfollowed. The list is organized chronologically, with the most recently muted/unfollowed appearing at the top.

Scroll through this list to find the person you want to unmute. Next to their name, you will see a blue button that says “Refollow.”

Technically, you're "refollowing" them to get their posts back in your feed, which is LinkedIn’s way of saying “unmute.” Click that "Refollow" button.

That’s it! The person will disappear from the list, and LinkedIn’s algorithm will slowly start reintroducing their content into your feed. There’s no extra confirmation step, clicking "Refollow" completes the process.

How to Unmute Colleagues on LinkedIn (Mobile App Guide)

Many of us manage LinkedIn from our phones. The process for unmuting is just as simple on the mobile app, though the clicks are slightly different. These steps apply to both iOS and Android versions of the LinkedIn app.

Step 1: Open Settings

Open the LinkedIn app on your phone. Tap on your profile picture in the top-left corner of the screen. This will slide a menu open. From that menu, tap on "Settings."

Step 2: Head to the "Visibility" Tab

Just like on the desktop, the Settings menu is divided into categories. Tap on the "Visibility" tab to access the options related to who sees your profile and activity.

Step 3: Tap on "Unfollowed"

Scroll down within the "Visibility" page until you find the "Visibility of your LinkedIn activity" section. Here, you'll see the “Unfollowed” option. Tap it.

Step 4: "Refollow" to Unmute

You’ll now be on a screen showing a list of every person and company page you have previously muted or unfollowed. Find the person you wish to unmute in the list.

Next to their name will be a grayed-out button that says "Following." Because the button is clickable, simply tap it. A confirmation message might appear briefly at the bottom of your screen confirming that you are now following them again. Tapping this button instantly removes them from your muted list and signals to the algorithm to show you their content once more.

What Happens After You Unmute Someone?

Once you’ve clicked "Refollow," don't expect their very next post to instantly appear at the top of your feed. LinkedIn’s algorithm doesn't work that way. It will gradually reintroduce that person’s articles, updates, and shares into your main feed over the next few hours or days.

The key thing is that the action is immediate on your end. The person is no longer on your muted list, their future content is eligible to be shown to you, and of course, they still won’t be notified of any of these changes. You can always go directly to their profile to see their recent activity if you don't want to wait for the algorithm to catch up.

Final Thoughts

Unmuting someone on LinkedIn is a simple way to recultivate your professional feed and bring valuable voices back into your daily scroll. Once you remember that LinkedIn files muted connections under the "Unfollowed" list in your settings, the process takes just a few clicks whether you're on desktop or your phone.

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