Clever Mute

This extension mutes all sites by default. If a site tries to play any sound you'll be notified so you can decide what to do

What is Clever Mute?

'Clever Mute' is a Chrome extension designed to eliminate unwanted noise during your web browsing experience. It mutes all sites by default, notifying you when any site tries to play sound. It further improves convenience with features like one-click muting or unmuting, auto-blacklisting ignored notifications, customizable whitelist, and giving a cleaner browser appearance by only being triggered when a site attempts to play audio.

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By: https://www.edertone.com

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Users: 1,000+

Rating: 3.88 (34)

Version: 0.5.1 (Last updated: 2021-12-31)

Creation date: 2018-09-16

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
notifications
tabs
activeTab

Size: 104.45K

Email: ed*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 23282 ▼ 141

Other rankings

#4032 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 5 #203 in software keyword 64 ▲ 2 #245 in icon keyword 18 ▼ 3

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Summary

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https://www.paypal.me/clevermute

When this extension is installed, every new website that is loaded by the browser will be muted by default unless it's found on the extension's whitelist. Several features allow you to control which sites sound and which don't:

You can mute or unmute any site just by clicking the extension icon, just like it's normally done with the tab speaker icon.
When a website starts trying to play sounds you'll be notified by this extension. Then you can unmute it for the current browser session or add it to the white list. If you ignore the notification or close it, the website will be automatically added to black list.
A website that is whitelisted will be unmuted by default and you won't receive any notification.
KILLER FEATURE: This extension is only triggered when a tab tries to play audio. This improves the extension efficiency and avoids having unnecessary muted speaker icons on tabs that do not sound, giving a cleaner appearance to the browser tabs.

User reviews

User reviews summary

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

Easy to toggle sound on/off
Blocks autoplay audio effectively
Useful for controlling sound on various sites
User-friendly and intuitive interface
Helpful for avoiding annoying sounds from ads

Cons

Not compatible with dark theme in Chrome
Poor user interface design
No user-configurable options
Delayed muting lets sound play for a fraction of a second
Lacks an options page to set black- or whitelisting

Most mentioned

Plays a split second of audio before it is muted
Struggles with certain websites, notably YouTube
Needs improvement to mute sound immediately
Does not have an option to disable notifications
Lack of regular updates to the extension

Recent reviews

Always blocks translate.google.co.uk, no matter what I do. Works on most other sites, though.

Lex Wassenberg, 2023-10-10

Thanks you for you work. But plug. without asking, will be useful. with asking every time, and play sound for 1s is useless.

M S, 2022-01-25

Does the opposite of what I was looking for but still works for what I needed, Yes there is a some sec of audio when a new tab is opened but that's no big deal. so far works well

TBO1981, 2021-11-19

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Safety

Risk impact

Clever Mute may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.