# Muting users in 1.7
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/muting-users-in-1-7/56408
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2017年一月26日 18:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muting-users-in-1-7/56408 "2017-01-26T18:08:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)
#### Post date: [2017年一月26日 18:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muting-users-in-1-7/56408/1 "2017-01-26T18:09:00Z")
Thought I’d break this into a new topic. Im getting ready to communicate to our users soon about the mute users feature added in 1.7. Sounds very practical
From what I read @zogstrip it sounds like the main benefits are
- blocking users from sending PMs
- avoiding notifications on the user’s posts where you are mentioned but not participating
- avoiding notifications if the user likes your posts
Am i missing anything? Does it stop email notifications if the user replies to your topic? (This might be helpful for future to avoid unwanted 🔥)
Would be curious if any other community admins have heard feedback from their users on this feature. My sense is our users will be very pleased
> [@Feature Request: A Civilized Mute for Users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-a-civilized-mute-for-users/22114?source_topic_id=56170):
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> I’m proposing a feature request here for a mute user functionality in discourse. I’ve seen a lot of people express interest on one level or another for the ability to block or ignore users. There’s been a fair bit of discussion for and against such a feature. The biggest argument for a mute feature it to block a users ability to generate a massive amount of notification spam, which itself could prevent a user from using discourse effectively as notifications are lost. The biggest argument agai…
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2017年一月27日 00:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muting-users-in-1-7/56408/2 "2017-01-27T00:41:27Z")
You get _zero_ notifications from a user you have muted. Zero. None.
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### Author:  [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)
#### Post date: [2017年一月27日 01:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muting-users-in-1-7/56408/3 "2017-01-27T01:48:04Z")
Great @codinghorror! Does that apply to email notifications as well?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2017年一月27日 02:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muting-users-in-1-7/56408/4 "2017-01-27T02:55:36Z")
It should yes. Mailing list mode might be an exception.
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### Author:  [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)
#### Post date: [2018年一月14日 15:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muting-users-in-1-7/56408/5 "2018-01-14T15:22:33Z")
did this get implemented and then removed?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2018年一月14日 19:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muting-users-in-1-7/56408/6 "2018-01-14T19:41:44Z")
No it did not get implemented and then removed.