Mute Tab

Have full-control over noisy tabs (active tab, all tabs, all other tabs, and more) with keyboard shortcut support

Mute Tab - A Chrome Extension for Managing Noisy Tabs

'Mute Tab' is a chrome extension that provides enhanced control over your browsing experience by offering the ability to mute, unmute, and close noisy tabs. You no longer have to worry about abrupt audio disturbances during an important task or an online meeting. With features like individual tab muting, muting all incognito tabs, monitoring new tabs, and supporting a dark mode, it offers a higher level of customization to your browser. Define your own keyboard shortcuts for convenience, and enjoy a seamless browsing session with Mute Tab.
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Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.40
(5)
Version: 0.2.3 (Last updated: 2024-11-05)
Creation date: 2019-04-30
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size: 65.54K

Other platforms

Mute a While (v2.7)
3.05 (59) 5,244+
Mute Tab (v0.2.3)
4.75 (4) 601
Mute Tab (v0.2.3)
3.80 (4) 1,604+
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Extension summary

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This browser extension provides control over muting, unmuting, and closing noisy tabs. When a tab is muted, it can still play video and audio streams silently, ensuring that unexpected noises from browser tabs, particularly ads and banners, don't interrupt your work. This feature is especially useful during meetings or online conferences. You can mute or unmute tabs with just one click. It uses a nonpersistent background script, which means it doesn't consume any resources unless actively used by the user.

Key Features:

  1. Mute individual tabs
  2. Mute other tabs in the current window
  3. Mute tabs in other windows
  4. Mute all tabs except the active one
  5. Mute all incognito tabs
  6. Monitor and mute newly opened tabs
  7. Support dark mode (dark theme)

This extension allows you to toggle the muting state of the currently active tab, tabs in the current window, tabs in other windows, and all tabs except the active one. You can mute and unmute specific noisy tabs or enforce the muting state for all matching tabs. Additionally, you can close other noisy tabs using a single keyboard shortcut.

You can access the extension's controls either through the toolbar popup or by setting custom keyboard shortcuts, based on your preference. User-defined keyboard shortcuts provide access to all supported actions for muting and unmuting tabs.

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User reviews

It's better if there is a sign attached to the icon of this extension in a muted tab so we can clearly distinguish whether a tab have been muted, especially when the tab only make sound off-and-on.
by Flyingfish Lucent, 2024-08-18

Works and mutes tabs on other windows! Thanks!
by Omarock, 2023-12-06

- Does EXACTLY what is says. - Hotkey Support. - Easy to use and setup. - Gets a 10/10 from me.
by Adam widdowson, 2023-07-23
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Mute Tab does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Mute Tab has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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