diff --git a/tests/ui/test_ui_tools.py b/tests/ui/test_ui_tools.py
index 0a4d9ec030..d6c68577be 100644
--- a/tests/ui/test_ui_tools.py
+++ b/tests/ui/test_ui_tools.py
@@ -1078,6 +1078,7 @@ def test_users_view(self, users, users_btn_len, editor_mode, status, mocker):
         user_btn = mocker.patch(VIEWS + ".UserButton")
         users_view = mocker.patch(VIEWS + ".UsersView")
         right_col_view = RightColumnView(self.view)
+        self.view.model.is_muted_user.return_value = False
         if status != "inactive":
             user_btn.assert_called_once_with(
                 user=self.view.users[0],
diff --git a/zulipterminal/ui_tools/views.py b/zulipterminal/ui_tools/views.py
index 6d01a82566..4134f7b1b1 100644
--- a/zulipterminal/ui_tools/views.py
+++ b/zulipterminal/ui_tools/views.py
@@ -726,6 +726,10 @@ def users_view(self, users: Any = None) -> Any:
 
         users_btn_list = list()
         for user in users:
+            with open("tx.txt", "a") as f:
+                f.write(str(self.view.model.is_muted_user(user["user_id"])))
+            if self.view.model.is_muted_user(user["user_id"]):
+                continue
             status = user["status"]
             # Only include `inactive` users in search result.
             if status == "inactive" and not self.view.controller.is_in_editor_mode():