No, it’s not just you: Instagram won’t stay muted anymore, even if you have your mute switch on. Here’s what you can do to get Instagram to be quiet again.
Look, we all use Instagram when we probably shouldn’t. We open the app and scroll through the feed or tap through Stories spontaneously — even when we’re around other people and need to do so silently. That used to not be a problem — on the iPhone, just keep the mute switch flipped down and Instagram stays silent. Except, it doesn’t anymore.
No, it’s not just you: Instagram won’t stay silent anymore, even if you have your mute switch on. Infuriatingly, if you mute your phone while in the Instagram app it’ll stop the sound for a bit, but the next Story you load or video you scroll past will go right back to blaring sound.
