# Mute a stream

Muting streams to reduce notification clutter is easy. Simply hover your mouse
over the stream in the streams list on the left of the chat, press the down
chevron button ![chevron](/static/images/help/chevron.png)
to bring up the stream dropdown menu and press **Mute the stream**.

![stream dropdown](/static/images/help/mute_the_stream.png)

After pressing, the stream should turn gray in the streams list.

![muted stream](/static/images/help/grayed_stream.png)

### Unmute a stream

To unmute a stream, hover your mouse over the grayed stream in the streams
list, press the down chevron button ![chevron stream](/static/images/help/chevron.png)
 and press **Unmute the stream**.

![unmute option](/static/images/help/unmute_option.png)

The unmuted stream should return to a white background like other streams in
the streams list.

# Mute a stream

You can mute streams to reduce the amount of notifications you receive.

{!stream-actions.md!}

2. Click on the {!down-chevron.md!} Select the **Mute the stream (stream name)**
option from the actions dropdown.

3. Upon selecting the **Mute the stream (stream name)** option, the selected
stream will be grayed out in the left sidebar, confirming the success of your
muting.

## Unmute a stream

{!stream-actions.md!}

2. Click on the {!down-chevron.md!} Select the **Unmute the stream (stream name)**
option from the actions dropdown.

3. Upon selecting the **Unmute the stream (stream name)** option, the selected
stream will return to its normal colors in the left sidebar, confirming the
success of your unmuting.

Add macros to the *Mute a stream* doc.
docs: Add macros to the *Mute a stream* doc.

