--- aliases: - ../silences/create-silence/ # /docs/grafana//alerting/silences/create-silence/ - ../silences/edit-silence/ # /docs/grafana//alerting/silences/edit-silence/ - ../silences/linking-to-silence-form/ # /docs/grafana//alerting/silences/linking-to-silence-form/ - ../silences/remove-silence/ # /docs/grafana//alerting/silences/remove-silence/ - ../unified-alerting/silences/ # /docs/grafana//alerting/unified-alerting/silences/ - ../silences/ # /docs/grafana//alerting/silences/ - ../manage-notifications/create-silence/ # /docs/grafana//alerting/manage-notifications/create-silence/ canonical: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting/configure-notifications/create-silence/ description: Create silences to stop notifications from getting created for a specified window of time keywords: - grafana - alerting - silence - mute labels: products: - cloud - enterprise - oss title: Configure silences weight: 440 refs: configure-alertmanager: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/set-up/configure-alertmanager/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/set-up/configure-alertmanager/ silence-url: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/configure-notifications/template-notifications/reference/#alert - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/configure-notifications/template-notifications/reference/#alert shared-alert-labels: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/annotation-label/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/fundamentals/alert-rules/annotation-label/ shared-notification-policies: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/fundamentals/notifications/notification-policies/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/fundamentals/notifications/notification-policies/ shared-silences: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/configure-notifications/create-silence/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/configure-notifications/create-silence/ shared-mute-timings: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/configure-notifications/mute-timings/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/configure-notifications/mute-timings/ alertmanager-architecture: - pattern: /docs/grafana/ destination: /docs/grafana//alerting/set-up/configure-alertmanager/ - pattern: /docs/grafana-cloud/ destination: /docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/alerting/set-up/configure-alertmanager/ --- # Configure silences Silences stop notifications from being created for a specified time window but do not interrupt alert evaluation. Use them to temporarily prevent alert notifications, such as during incident response or a maintenance window. {{< admonition type="note" >}} Silences are assigned to a [specific Alertmanager](ref:alertmanager-architecture) and only suppress notifications for alerts managed by that Alertmanager. {{< /admonition >}} {{< docs/shared lookup="alerts/mute-timings-vs-silences.md" source="grafana" version="" >}} ## Add silences To add a silence, complete the following steps. 1. In the left-side menu, click **Alerts & IRM** and then **Alerting**. 1. Click **Silences**. 1. From the **Alertmanager** dropdown, select an external Alertmanager to create and manage silences for the external data source. Otherwise, keep the default option of Grafana. 1. Click **Create silence** to open the Create silence page. 1. In **Silence start and end**, select the start and end date to indicate when the silence should go into effect and expire. 1. Optionally, in **Duration**, specify how long the silence is enforced. This automatically updates the end time in the **Silence start and end** field. 1. In the **Label** and **Value** fields, enter one or more _Matching Labels_ to determine which alerts the silence applies to. {{< docs/shared lookup="alerts/how_label_matching_works.md" source="grafana" version="" >}} Any matching alerts (in the firing state only) display under **Affected alert instances**. 1. In **Comment**, add details about the silence. 1. Click **Submit**. ## Edit silences To edit a silence, complete the following steps. 1. In the left-side menu, click **Alerts & IRM** and then **Alerting**. 1. Click **Silences** to view the list of existing silences. 1. Find the silence you want to edit, then click **Edit** (pen icon). 1. Make the desired changes, then click **Submit** to save your changes. ## Remove silences To remove a silence, complete the following steps. 1. In the left-side menu, click **Alerts & IRM** and then **Alerting**. 1. Click **Silences** to view the list of existing silences. 1. Select the silence you want to end, then click **Unsilence**. > **Note:** You cannot remove a silence manually. Silences that have ended are retained and listed for five days. ## Rule-specific silences Rule-specific silences are silences that apply only to a specific alert rule. They're created when you silence an alert rule directly using the **Silence notifications** action in the UI. As opposed to general silences, rule-specific silence access is tied directly to the alert rule they act on. They can be created manually by including the specific label matcher: `__alert_rule_uid__=`. ## URL link to a silence form Default notification messages often include a link to silence alerts. In custom notification templates, you can use [`.Alert.SilenceURL`](ref:silence-url) to redirect users to the UI where they can silence the given alert. If [`.Alert.SilenceURL`](ref:silence-url) doesn’t fit your specific use case, you can also create a custom silence link for your custom templates. {{< collapse title="Create a custom silence link" >}} When linking to a silence form, provide the default matching labels and comment via `matcher` and `comment` query parameters. The `matcher` parameter should be in the following format `[label][operator][value]` where the `operator` parameter can be one of the following: `=` (equals, not regular expression), `!=` (not equals, not regular expression), `=~` (equals, regular expression), `!~` (not equals, regular expression). The URL can contain many query parameters with the key `matcher`. For example, to link to silence form with matching labels `severity=critical` & `cluster!~europe-.*` and comment `Silence critical EU alerts`, create a URL `https://mygrafana/alerting/silence/new?matcher=severity%3Dcritical&matcher=cluster!~europe-*&comment=Silence%20critical%20EU%20alert`. To link to a new silence page for an external Alertmanager, add a `alertmanager` query parameter with the Alertmanager data source name. {{< /collapse >}} ## Inhibition rules Inhibition rules are supported in the Prometheus Alertmanager. You can [configure a Prometheus Alertmanager](ref:configure-alertmanager) to handle the notification of alerts and suppress notifications via inhibition rules. Inhibition rules are not currently supported in the Grafana Alertmanager. For tracking the progress of this feature request, follow [this GitHub issue](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/68822).