MuteTab B E T A

Take control of noisy tabs: mute by default, blacklists, and more
What is MuteTab B E T A?
MuteTab B E T A is a powerful Chrome extension that provides superior sound management on your browser tabs. Backed up with new features from 2016, it allows viewing only recently noisy tabs, muting all tabs, background tabs, or incognito tabs by default. It offers control via buttons and keyboard shortcuts for tab muting, and exemptions through whitelists and blacklists. ‘Music list’ and 'Privacy mode' are other highlights. With this tool, you can optimize your sound management to a new level.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 1.93 (15)
Version: 3.0.12 (Last updated: 2020-02-25)
Creation date: 2020-02-25
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size: 724.99K

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Your feedback on this beta is greatly appreciated.

June 2016 update: M u t e T a b now mutes, knows when tabs are playing sound, and includes new features such as showing only recently noisy tabs, mute by default, and blacklists.

The extension was first released in 2011 as an experiment in providing browsers with a better sound management experience given limitations imposed by Chrome and Flash. This latest version fixes previous functionality and adds new features thanks to work done since then that gave Chrome audio indicators and tab muting and made that accessible to extensions.

M u t e T a b's features include:

  • Shows only tabs that are playing sound now or did so recently. This is great if you have a large number of tabs open, they span across windows, or you want help identifying what was playing sound.
  • Mute all tabs, background tabs, or incognito tabs by default.
  • Buttons and keyboard shortcuts to mute all tabs, mute background tabs, and unmute all tabs.
  • Set exceptions to muting behavior via whitelists and blacklists.
  • Add your music player to a "music list" so that it gets excluded when muting all or background tabs.
  • "Privacy mode" will mute all of your tabs (including your music) when you want silence; you can then unmute tabs you want to listen to. You can assign it to a keyboard shortcut, too.
  • Disable automuting lets you temporarily disable all of the above behavior.
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Allows switching to a tab with sound
  • Works well with Opera
  • Helpful for muting tabs
Cons
  • Doesn't work with latest Vivaldi version
  • Noisy ads continue even after muting or blacklisting
  • Does not function properly for many users
  • Existing tab audio muting feature in Chrome
  • Requests for volume control per tab are common
Most mentioned
  • Doesn't work at all
  • Works with Opera but not Vivaldi
  • Native Chrome feature already exists
Recent reviews
главное - позволяет переходить на вкладку со звуком. остальное мне не надо)
by stiven sti, 2022-12-12

Doesn't work at all, noisy add keep commin even if I mute or blacklist the entire site.
by Aka Nobody, 2021-12-25

doesn't work with latest vivaldi version (don't know if it works with ANY version actually, I haven't tested this with vivaldi, with Opera it works great)
by Venack Lentz, 2020-11-08
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Extension safety

Risk impact

MuteTab B E T A requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

MuteTab B E T A has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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