Can you mute words on LinkedIn? What works instead
No. LinkedIn has no muted words list, so you can’t mute a word, keyword or hashtag in your feed. What it does have: unfollow a person or page, hide posts from someone you don’t follow, mark a post Not interested, and, in the US, a switch for political content. They work the same in the app and on the website. Here’s each one, and how to filter LinkedIn by topic on a computer.
Updated November 8, 2026What LinkedIn lets you do
Each of these starts from the More icon (the three dots, ⋯) at the top right of a post. The steps are the same on the website and in the LinkedIn app on iPhone and Android.
Unfollow a person or page
Choose Unfollow. Their posts stop appearing in your feed, and they aren’t told. If you’re connected, you stay connected. It works for company pages too. To undo it, go to Settings & Privacy, then Account preferences, and open People you unfollowed.
Hide posts from someone you don’t follow
Plenty of your feed comes from strangers: a connection liked or commented on their post, so LinkedIn shows it to you too. On their posts, choose Hide posts by [name]: it works on people you don’t follow. Older guides, and some of LinkedIn’s own help pages, call this muting.
Mark a post Not interested
Choose Not interested. The post disappears, and LinkedIn may use that to adjust what it recommends. The same menu now has Seems like AI slop, for posts that read like AI filler. Some posts also have an X at the top right that removes just that one. All three work one post at a time, so they nudge your feed rather than filter it.
Turn off political content (US only)
This is LinkedIn’s one topic switch. In Settings & Privacy, under Account preferences, open Feed preferences and turn off Show political content. You’ll see less about parties, candidates, elections, ballot measures and military conflicts, in your feed and notifications. It’s only offered in the US, it doesn’t cover social issues, even when they’re argued in political terms, and it means less, not none.
Sort your feed
On a computer, you can sort your feed by Most relevant first or Most recent first. That choice lasts for the session. Outside the European Economic Area, sorting may only be on a computer. To keep one as your default, set Preferred Feed View under Account preferences in Settings & Privacy. Sorting changes the order, not what’s in your feed.
Report what breaks the rules
Spam, scams and offensive posts can be reported from the same More menu. Hiding a post doesn’t report it.
What’s missing
- No word or hashtag filter. There’s no way to say “no posts about layoffs” or “nothing about AI”, and no way to mute a hashtag.
- One topic, one country. The only subject LinkedIn lets you turn down is politics, and only in the US.
- People, not topics. Unfollow and Hide posts work one person or page at a time, and a story everyone’s posting about comes from everyone.
- Suggested and promoted posts come from accounts you didn’t choose at all. On an ad, choose Hide this ad.
- Third-party keyword lists match exact words. Some browser add-ons let you list words to hide, but a post about the same thing in different words still gets through.
On X, muted words do exist (with the same limits): see how to mute words on X. If politics is the problem, see how to take a break from politics. For a wider tidy-up, see how to clean up your social media feed.
Mute topics on LinkedIn, not just people
Remedy is a Chrome extension that filters your feed by meaning. It works on LinkedIn too, though it isn’t switched on there by default: open linkedin.com in Chrome, click the Remedy icon, and choose Turn on for linkedin.com, then allow access. Free covers one site at a time; Lite and Plus cover every site.
Then describe what you’re done seeing, like “no engagement bait” or “nothing about layoffs”, and Remedy removes those posts as you scroll, whoever posted them and whatever words they use. The popup lists everything it took out. On Plus, it checks images too. It works on a computer, not in the LinkedIn app.
Questions
Is there a mute option on LinkedIn?
For people, yes: open the More menu on one of their posts and choose Unfollow or Hide posts. For words, no. Mute in LinkedIn Messaging only silences a conversation’s notifications.
Can you mute keywords or hashtags on LinkedIn?
No. LinkedIn has no muted words, keyword or hashtag filter for your feed. Its only topic setting is a switch for political content, in the US.
Can someone tell if you mute or unfollow them on LinkedIn?
No. LinkedIn doesn’t notify people when you unfollow them or hide their posts, and if you unfollow a connection, you stay connected.
How do I exclude a word from a LinkedIn search?
Type NOT in capitals right before the word, like “marketing NOT crypto”. It works in LinkedIn search, not in your feed.