Mute Tab

Mute Tab

Restores the 'Mute Tab' functionality of versions prior to Chrome 71.

What is Mute Tab?
'Mute Tab' is a Chrome extension which reinstitutes the 'Mute Tab' functionality removed since Chrome 71. Designed for individual tab audio control, it offers users the ability to easily mute sound from a specific tab through a conveniently placed context menu or direct interaction with the extension icon.
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By: trmcnvn
Users: 400,000+
Version: 1.4 (Last updated: 2019-09-18)
Creation date: 2019-09-18
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
Size: 41.79K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Chrome 71 removed the flag that enables per-tab audio muting. This extension allows you to mute individual tabs by a new context menu option or interacting with the extension icon.

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Works as intended
  • Useful for watching multiple streams
  • Great for muting individual tabs
Cons
  • Becomes unreliable after Chrome updates
  • Tab muting functionality can be unreliable
  • May not unmute tabs properly
Most mentioned
  • Broke with recent Chrome update
  • Issues with tab muting
  • Unreliable functionality
Recent reviews
Tested on twitch.tv, works as expected. Super helpful!
by Ryan Blanchard Ryan Blanchard, 2024-04-23

Works as described
by Mohammed Awad Mohammed Awad, 2024-04-15

As other's have mentioned, it's currently broken due to a change in Chrome. Now it works to mute the site, rather than the tab. But worse, it can break your browser, which is why I'm posting this review - as a warning to others. While the extension's mute now works across a site, it is still separate from the built in "mute site" option, meaning you can't natively unmute a site muted with the extension. And since this setting is preserved, if you have muted any site and then remove or disable the extension, the site will stay muted. It would be easy for someone to disable the extension because of the issues, and later run into a muted site without connecting the dots on why it's muted. Additionally, it the control only works for the first tab opened for a site. Using it in any other tab will update the icon to say it's muted, but it will not actually mute. (Similarly, muting via the first tab won't update the extension icon in the other tabs.) If you close the first tab, the control switches to the next tab. But I found a situation where if I then mute this tab (the one newly in control), then use "reopen closed tab" to bring back the previous primary tab, and then attempt to unmute, it breaks all media playback. Videos can be scrubbed, but will not play. Edit: After disabling the extension, the native "mute site" feature will still not work for existing tabs. Closing the tab and opening it again seems to fix this.
by shockthetoast shockthetoast, 2024-03-29
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Safety
Risk impact

Mute Tab is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

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