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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Extension stats

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

Ranking

# 24353 ▼ 99

Other rankings

#4495 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 24 #216 in software keyword 19 ▼ 15 #232 in sound keyword 47 ▼ 1 #240 in source code keyword 26 ▼ 9 #241 in icon keyword 18 ▲ 2

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Extension 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

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

Works on most sites for muted audio control.
Easy to toggle on/off.
Provides good control over audio.
Intuitive to whitelist whole domains.

Cons

Triggers a split second of audio before muting.
Lacks user-configurable options for black- and whitelisting.
Annoying notifications that can't be disabled.
Delayed muting can be disruptive.
Poor GUI design regarding dialog interactions.

Most mentioned

Always blocks translate.google.co.uk.
Plays a split second of audio before muting.
Lacks an options page for configuration.
Automatic blacklisting on dialog close is problematic.
Works well on Vivaldi browser despite some limitations.

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