Automatic mute method and automatic mute device

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, and discloses an automatic mute method and an automatic mute device. The automatic mute method is applied to a terminal, and comprises the steps that a message received by a notification bar is monitored when the display of the terminal is locked; the number of unread messages is acquired and accumulated when the fact that unread messages are in the notification bar is monitored; when the cumulative number of unread messages is greater than a first threshold, an automatic mute mode is turned on; and after the automatic mute mode is turned on, a user is not prompted by any received message. According to the automatic mute method and the automatic mute device, which are provided by the embodiment of the invention, setting is carried out once and for all; and after automatic mute is turned on, prompting is not carried out for any message received by the terminal; and the use scope is enlarged. 本发明实施例涉及通讯技术领域，公开了种自动静音方法和自动静音装置。自动静音方法