# Mute Tab Manager
> Mute any tab instantly with one click or a keyboard shortcut. Full YouTube support — keeps the player UI in sync when muted, surviving page reloads and SPA navigation.
Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/mute-tab-manager](https://chrome-stats.com/d/mute-tab-manager)
## Overview
- **ID:** `mute-tab-manager`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** My Name is Tito
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 13
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22
- **First published:** 2026-03-19
- **Size:** 19 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mute-tab-manager/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/mynameistito/mute-tab-manager](https://github.com/mynameistito/mute-tab-manager)
## Description
Mute Tab Manager gives you fast, reliable tab muting with first-class YouTube support.
Features
- Instant Tab Muting
- Mute and unmute the active tab with a single toolbar click or the keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+M.
- A clear badge on the icon always shows you whether a tab is muted.
- Mute All Tabs at Once
- Right-click the toolbar icon and choose Mute All Tabs to silence every open tab in one action — great for quickly silencing your browser before a meeting or presentation.
Real YouTube Support
Standard browser muting doesn't update YouTube's player controls — the volume icon stays unchanged and the player behaves inconsistently. Mute Tab Manager directly silences the underlying video element, keeping YouTube's UI in sync. Mute state is automatically re-applied after in-page navigation and page reloads, so YouTube never sneaks audio back in.
- Dark Mode
- The toolbar icon adapts automatically to your system's light or dark theme.
- Lightweight & Private
- No background network requests. No tracking. Mute state is stored in session memory only and is cleared when you close the browser.
Permissions
- Tabs — needed to query and mute tabs
- Storage — stores mute state for the current session only
- Context Menus — adds the right-click toolbar menu
- youtube.com — injects a small script to keep YouTube's player UI in sync with the mute state
## Rankings
- #29,783 — Overall
- #225 — manager
- #229 — manage
## Permissions and access
### Permissions
- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
### Host permissions
- `*://*.youtube.com/*`
### Content script matches
- `*.youtube.com`
## Safety
- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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-tab-manager)