Tab Muter

Re-enables the "Mute Tab" feature once found in Chrome itself.

Tab Muter: Restore Chrome's Mute Tab Feature

"Tab Muter" is a Chrome extension that revives the once-removed ability to mute individual browser tabs, bypassing Chrome’s current 'Mute Site' function. By providing a user-friendly solution, Tab Muter lets you silence specific tabs with a simple click, restoring granular audio control to enhance your browsing experience. It's open-source, with support and tipping options available.

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Extension stats

By: https://tab.muter.computer

Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.43

(181)

Version: 2.1.0 (Last updated: 2024-03-16)

Creation date: 2020-04-27

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Size: 56.89K

Email: cw*****@sorrel.sh

URLs: Website

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 1,845 ▲ 88

Other rankings

#445 in Functionality & UI ▼ 1 #15 in tab keyword 45 ▼ 1

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Easy to set keyboard shortcuts for muting tabs
Works as advertised and is simple to use
Helps manage audio from multiple tabs
Useful for specific applications like Twitch streams
Fast to install and functional immediately

Cons

Does not allow muting via the right-click context menu
Has issues with muting entire websites instead of individual tabs
Sometimes stops working properly with newer Chrome updates
Requires toggling to fix some functionality problems
Considered unnecessary as Chrome may have re-added similar features

Most mentioned

Functionality to mute tabs individually
Issues with muting entire websites instead of tabs
Desire for improved muting via right-click context menu
Problems after Chrome updates affecting performance
Easy installation and usability

User reviews

Just here to bump this essential extension.

Adeel Zafar, 2025-02-23

IF YOU ADD A FUNCTION KEY FORM CHROMES SETTINGS IT BECOMES AWSOME

fdhjfdsdb, 2025-01-28

I really like how it does it's job, but I think an unintended side effect is not being able to mute tabs by right-clicking now. I have to solely use the extension, which I'm not sure if that's intended. I'll use it for now and hope it gets fixed later, but it's definitely not ideal to have to solely use this extension to mute tabs.

Deven Jordan, 2025-01-15

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Tab Muter does not require any sensitive permissions.

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High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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