How to Mute WhatsApp Group? (with Images)

Want to mute WhatsApp group you are a part of? People may add you to the WhatsApp group, you don’t even want to be a part of. Sometimes group chats notification creates a lot of noise which might irritate you. You can leave the group if you want but WhatsApp notifies the leaving message to everyone present in the group and you may not want anyone to know you are leaving.

In this case, you can mute the WhatsApp group chat. You will be still receiving messages but the WhatsApp won’t notify you about these messages to maintain your silence. Today we will discuss two methods to mute WhatsApp group chat.

Steps to Mute WhatsApp Group Chat:

Method 1 of 2

Step 1: Tap on the WhatsApp app on your android phone to open it.

Step 2: Select the WhatsApp group that you want to mute. Once selected tap and hold the group name, it will let you select the group name in the CHATS tab.

Step 3: At the top right corner of the WhatsApp screen you can see a mute button as you can see in the image below. Tap on the Mute button.

Step 4: From the displayed option you can decide for how much ‘duration’ you want to mute WhatsApp group chat. Doing this you won’t even get the notification of the arriving messages to the group chat.
If you just want to mute the sound but let the notification arrive without creating a sound or vibration you can check the checkbox ‘Show notifications’. When all done tap on OK.

You can now observe that the muted group has a mute icon in front of the group name as you can see in the image below.

You can unmute it anytime time you want.

Method 2 of 2

Step 1: Open your WhatsApp app and at the top right corner of the screen tap on the menu button denoted by three vertical dots. And from the displayed options tap on Settings.

Step 2: On the Settings page tap on the Notification menu as it will allow you to set the notifications for group chat.

Step 3: Now, on the Notifications page, under Group Section Tap on Notification tone.

Step 4: From the available tones tap on Silent. And from now onwards, no sound will occur when WhatsApp will notify you about the group chats.