In an effort to help you tame your photo feed, Instagram announced Tuesday that they are adding a mute feature to the app.

The company says that the feature will let you hide posts and stories from accounts without unfollowing them. The change is being rolled out over the coming weeks.

The feature will allow you to access the profile page of the muted account, which will not know they are muted.

The company says: To mute an account, tap the … menu. From there, you can choose whether to mute posts, or mute posts and stories from an account. You can also mute posts and stories by pressing and holding on a story in your tray, or from a profile.

Snapchat and Twitter also offer a mute feature.

Instagram says the change will make your feed more personalized to the user. And though the mute feature will likely be welcome, many users have been wanting an option to see a chronological feed again.

Instagram just released a mute feature and I heard friendship dynamics across the world shifting

— Man Repeller (@ManRepeller) May 22, 2018

FINALLYmute button is coming to Instagram pic.twitter.com/XmvRqrwrME

— victoria sanusi ‍♀️ (@victoriasanusi) May 22, 2018

Instagram out here adding a mute function but won’t allow you to choose whether or not your TL is in chronological order pic.twitter.com/k50j9u8Eg8

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) May 22, 2018

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