What is the difference: Facebook Messenger Mute vs Ignore

Facebook is by far the most famous social media platform, it has its users from teenage school kids to retired old citizens. Everyone uses Facebook on a daily basis to get updates from the life of friends and family and vice versa. But it does not mean that every user is a geek and knows each and every part of Facebook and its messenger service. If you wanted to know what is the difference between Facebook messenger mute vs ignore you are in the right place.

We will teach you everything that you should know about Facebook messenger mute vs ignore. Stick with us till the end and everything will be clear.

What is Facebook Messenger

In case you don’t know what Messenger is, then let’s clear this doubt first. FB Messenger is an instant messaging app/platform that works alongside Facebook.

Now that we have cleared this let’s move ahead.

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Difference between Facebook Messenger mute and Ignore

Muting messages is a fairly old concept. You might know how to mute any chat on Whatsapp or Instagram, and in case you don’t, muting a chat will stop the notification that you receive from that particular chat.

On the other hand, Ignore is the same as Mute but a notch above, you can call it an advance version of mute. Previously, the ignore option was only available for Messenger and not on other apps, but now you have the same option on Whatsapp also by the name of “Archived Chats”. 

The mute option just stops all the notifications from a particular chat, it’s just like you have put your phone on silent mode for an individual chat. So you can mute those family Whatsapp groups and you won’t be annoyed by the bombarding of messages.

The Ignore option however removes that chat of that individual from the chat menu and puts the chat in a different section by the name “Message requests”. This is very useful for those types of groups which you never wanted to be a part of but you had to, and now you are irritated by the notifications that it sends to your phone.

How to mute or ignore someone on Messenger

You just need to have the messenger app installed on your phone and log in with your Facebook account, then follow these steps

1. Open the chat that you want to mute or ignore.
2. On the top right corner, you will see an “i” button, tap on that.
3. Now just select the mute or ignore option, and that’s it.

And this was a quick guide for you on what is the difference between Facebook Messenger Mute vs Ignore. We have also an article on What is the difference: Twitter Mute vs Twitter Unfollow which you can check from here.

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