How to Mute Words and Accounts on X — and Filter AI Reply Spam (2026)

X gives you two built-in tools for a quieter timeline: muted words and muted accounts. Both are worth setting up, and both take about a minute. This guide walks through each one, then covers the part native mute doesn't handle well: whole groups of accounts, like reply bots, rage-bait farms and AI content accounts, that change their wording faster than you can add keywords.

How to mute words on X

Muted words hide posts that contain a word, phrase, hashtag or @username you choose. On desktop:

1. Click More in the left sidebar, then Settings and privacy.
2. Open Privacy and safety → Mute and block → Muted words.
3. Click the + button.
4. Type the word or phrase. One entry per word or phrase; hashtags work too.
5. Choose where to mute it (Home timeline, notifications, or both) and from whom (anyone, or only people you don't follow).
6. Choose how long: until you unmute it, or for a fixed period such as 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days.
7. Click Save.

In the mobile app the path is the same: tap your profile picture, then Settings and privacy → Privacy and safety → Mute and block → Muted words. X moves menu items around now and then, so if a label differs slightly, search "muted words" in the settings search box.

Tips that make muted words more useful:

• Use time limits for events. Spoilers, live sports or an election night are good fits for a 24-hour or 7-day mute. You don't end up with a list of stale words you've forgotten about.
• Mute the phrase, not just the word. "giveaway" alone catches legitimate posts. A specific phrase like "claim now" is more precise.
• Mute hashtags. A trending hashtag is the simplest way to step out of a pile-on.

How to mute accounts on X

Muting an account hides its posts from your timeline without unfollowing or blocking it. The account is not notified.

1. Open the ⋯ menu on any post from the account, or on its profile page.
2. Select Mute @username.

To review or undo it later, go to Settings and privacy → Privacy and safety → Mute and block → Muted accounts.

Mute is the quiet option. Block goes further: the account can't see your posts or interact with you. For spam and bots, mute is usually enough. For harassment, block.

What native mute can't do

Muted words and muted accounts work well for what they were built for: a topic you're tired of, or a person you want to see less of. They hold up less well against the kinds of accounts that fill many timelines today:

• Reply bots rarely repeat themselves. Crypto "giveaway" replies, generic AI-written praise, "great thread!" style engagement farming. The wording varies from post to post, so a word list keeps falling behind.
• AI content accounts don't announce themselves. Accounts that post AI-generated images or GPT-written news summaries usually don't add "made with AI". There is no keyword to mute.
• Accounts come in batches. Muting one bot does nothing about the next fifty from the same operation. Native mute is one account at a time.
• Your list is only yours. Every person who wants a cleaner timeline builds the same mute list from scratch. Nobody keeps it up to date for you.

That last point is the real gap. For one-off annoyances, native mute is enough. For whole categories, you need a list somebody maintains.

Filtering bots, rage bait and AI content with Blokari

Blokari is a browser extension that filters x.com using curated lists instead of one-off mutes. Curators maintain the lists; you subscribe to the categories you want. There are four for X:

• Bot / Spam: automated accounts, crypto spam, reply bots and giveaway scams.
• AI Content: AI-generated image farms, GPT-written news bots and synthetic media posted without disclosure.
• Rage Bait: outrage-farming accounts and decontextualized clips posted for engagement.
• Propaganda: state media accounts and documented influence networks.

Blokari checks each post, including replies in a thread, against the lists you've enabled, and filters it at the level you choose:

• Green (blur): posts from listed accounts are blurred with a badge. Click to reveal. Lists only.
• Yellow (hide deceptive): hides posts from listed accounts, plus posts matching the subscription's curator rules. For example, the Bot / Spam category includes phrases like "send 1 ETH" and "follow & RT" patterns, so a brand-new bot account using them gets caught too.
• Red (hide all): hides everything matched, and adds heuristics where a subscription defines them.

Each level includes everything from the level below it. Start with Green to see what gets caught before you hide anything.

Some categories also have options for edge cases. Bot / Spam lets you keep useful bots such as weather or news feeds, Rage Bait can allow satire, and AI Content can allow AI art. You can set these, and a separate filter level, per category.

Your own blocklist and whitelist

Next to each post Blokari adds a small 🦔 button. Click it to put the author on your personal blocklist. Their posts disappear right away, with no settings page. Hidden posts collapse into a compact chip that says why they were hidden and lets you undo it. If someone you want to read is caught by a category, add them to your whitelist and they always show.

Native mute vs. Blokari

They work well together. Keep native mutes for topics and spoilers, since they follow your account to your phone. Use Blokari for the categories of accounts no word list keeps up with.

Set it up in two minutes

1. Install Blokari from the Chrome Web Store. It works in Chrome, Edge and Brave on desktop.
2. Open Options → Subscriptions and turn on the X categories you want. Bot / Spam and AI Content are a good start for reply spam.
3. Pick a level. Start with Green (blur) for a few days, then move up to Yellow if you're happy with what it catches.
4. Reload x.com. Filtering starts immediately and needs no further maintenance.

The free tier includes every X category, the full database and your personal lists on one browser, with monthly list updates. Pro (€3/month) adds daily list sync and all your browsers. Business (€8/month) adds realtime sync.

Beyond X

The same accounts and the same AI content show up everywhere. Blokari uses one extension and one set of lists for YouTube, LinkedIn, X and Reddit. If AI content is what bothers you most, see how to block AI-generated YouTube channels and what the data says about how much AI content is out there. If your LinkedIn feed is just as bad, here's how to filter LinkedIn.

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