Is it possible to mute firefox

The big news in browser tab muting is that with Windows 10 Spring Update , Microsoft's Edge browser finally lets you mute tabs with a single click -- among other Edge improvements. Meanwhile, there is good news on the web-browsing horizon because password-free web security is coming to Chrome, Firefox and Edge.

Google's browser displays a little speaker icon on any tab that is currently playing audio. To mute the audio for a tab, right-click the tab and choose Mute site. You can perform this maneuver without leaving your current tab. Microsoft's browser finally has joined the tab-muting party. With the Windows 10 April Update , Edge now lets you click the speaker icon of a noisy tab to mute it. The designer probably thought the sounds would draw readers in, but they might instead distract and annoy you.

Some sites offer mute buttons, often with a loudspeaker icon, but not all do. Muting your speakers may not be a solution because you want to listen to another program's audio, such as songs, podcasts or movies. To mute Firefox alone, use the Windows Volume Mixer, which controls individual program's volumes.

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There are few things worse than opening a website only to have it blare unwanted music at you. That's why nearly every web browser lets you mute tabs. The mute tab feature silences everything in a specific tab, meaning that even the loudest video ad won't bother you.

Despite being the most popular internet browser around, Google Chrome doesn't have a built-in way to mute tabs like other browsers. Instead, Google Chrome lets you mute entire websites. This means that if you mute a tab, any other tab that's on the same website will also be muted. When you want to unmute it, right-click a tab that's on that website again and select Unmute Site. If you specifically want to mute individual tabs instead of whole websites, you'll need to install an extension.

We recommend the plainly named Tab Muter extension. An icon that looks like a black speaker will appear in your Extensions list.