Managing Privacy, Visibility, and Account Settings on Threads: A Comprehensive Guide

Threads offers a range of features that enable you to manage your privacy, control your visibility, and handle your account settings. Let’s take a deep dive into these features to fully understand how they can enhance your Threads experience.

Switching Your Threads Profile to Public or Private

You can switch your profile privacy setting on Threads, which determines who can see and interact with your posts. Here’s how:

• Tap ‘profile’ in the bottom right to go to your profile.
• Tap ‘settings’ in the top right.
• Tap ‘Privacy’.
• Tap switch on next to Private Profile to make your profile public or tap switch off to make your profile private.
• Tap OK to confirm.

Understanding Differences Between Public and Private Profiles on Threads

Switching your Threads profile to public or private will change who can see your posts.

The differences between public and private profiles on Threads

Managing Who Can Mention You on Threads

You can control who can mention you on Threads. If someone not in your selected audience tries to mention you, they’ll be notified that you don’t allow mentions from everyone. Here’s how you can change your mention settings:

• Tap ‘profile’ in the bottom right to go to your profile.
• Tap ‘settings’ in the top right.
• Tap ‘Privacy’, then tap Mentions.
• Tap the circle to the right of the audience you want to let mention you (example: Everyone, People You Follow, No One).

Muting or Unmuting Someone on Threads

When you mute someone you follow on Threads, you won’t see their threads or replies in your feed. To mute someone:

• Tap ‘more’ on a post by the profile you want to mute.
• Tap ‘Mute’.

To see a list of profiles you’ve muted:

• Tap ‘profile’ in the bottom right to go to your profile.
• Tap ‘settings’ in the top right.
• Tap ‘Privacy’, then tap ‘Muted’.

Restricting or Unrestricting Someone on Threads

When you restrict someone, you won’t receive any more notifications about that person including if they like, reply to, repost or quote your content. To restrict someone:

• Tap ‘more’ on a post from the profile you want to restrict.
• Tap Restrict or Unrestrict.

Hiding Replies You Don’t Want to See on Threads

You can manage which replies you see on Threads by customizing the privacy settings related to offensive words and phrases and your own set of custom words and phrases. Here’s how you can make these changes:

• Tap ‘profile’ in the bottom right to go to your profile.
• Tap ‘settings’ in the top right.
• Tap ‘Privacy’, then tap Hidden Words.

From here, you can:

• Tap ‘select’ next to On or Off below a setting.
• Tap Manage custom words and phrases and type the words, phrases, or emojis you want to hide. Tap Add to add each custom word and phrase to your list.

This feature allows you to have more control over the responses you see on your threads by automatically hiding replies with offensive words, phrases, or emojis. It also lets you hide replies with any custom words, phrases, numbers, or emojis that you specify.

Hiding the Like Count for Your Post on Threads

After you post, you can hide the like count. Here’s how:

• Tap ‘profile’ in the bottom right to go to your profile.
• Tap ‘more’ next to the post you want to edit.
• Tap Hide like count.

Managing Settings for Threads

You can manage some settings on Threads by following these steps:

• Tap ‘profile’ in the bottom right to go to your profile.
• Tap ‘settings’ in the top right.

It’s important to know that some settings apply to both Threads and Instagram, but can only be managed from your Instagram settings. You may see “Other settings” link at the bottom of some settings on Threads. Tap on it to go directly to your Instagram settings.

Managing your Threads settings

Please note that while we strive to provide accurate and up-to-date information, there may be occasional errors or changes in the app’s features that we might have missed. If you notice any inaccuracies or have additional tips to share, please feel free to leave a comment. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us improve this guide. Thank you for your understanding and support.

That’s it! By understanding these features, you can maximize your Threads experience while ensuring your privacy and comfort. Happy threading!