# Mute Shortcuts

> Adds mute functionalities via hotkeys

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/mute-shortcuts](https://chrome-stats.com/d/mute-shortcuts)

## Overview

- **ID:** `mute-shortcuts`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** egvl
- **Category:** search-tools,tabs
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-09-09
- **First published:** 2020-09-08
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mute-shortcuts/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/egvl](https://github.com/egvl)

## Description

Mute Shortcuts is a Firefox add-on that allows you to easily mute and unmute tabs using hotkeys. With this add-on, you can mute/unmute all audible tabs, mute/unmute a specific site, cycle through audible tabs, and open links in new muted tabs. It is unintrusive and simple to use, similar to the mute options in Chrome and Safari.

## Rankings

- #68,165 — Overall
- #137 — shortcut

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `menus`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/mute-shortcuts)