How to use Quiet Mode on Instagram?

Instagram has launched Quiet Mode, which updates your activity status, pauses notifications and sends an autoreply when someone DMs you. The feature is available to all Instagram users in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. (Meta, the platform's parent company, said it hopes to launch it in more countries "soon."). The goal of Quiet Mode, according to a statement from Meta, is "to help people focus and to encourage people to set boundaries with their friends and followers."

When you turn on Quiet Mode, notifications will be paused, your profile's activity status will change to "Quiet Mode" and any DMs you receive will get an autoreply. Once the feature is turned off, you'll get a brief summary of notifications you missed.

Anyone who wants their contacts to know they've paused notifications can use Quiet Mode, though Meta has made it clear the feature is targeted at young users, who increasingly use Instagram as a messaging tool.