# Mute Tab

> Full control of noisy tabs with keyboard shortcut support

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `mute-this-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Balvin
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos,tabs
- **Daily users:** 916
- **Weekly downloads:** 30
- **Rating:** 3.50 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.3.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-27
- **First published:** 2019-04-28
- **Size:** 81 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mute-this-tab/)
- **Website:** [https://webextension.org/listing/mute-tab.html](https://webextension.org/listing/mute-tab.html)

## Description

Mute Tab is a powerful browser extension designed to give you full control over noisy tabs. With features like muting individual or multiple tabs, muting all except the active tab, and support for incognito tabs, it ensures a distraction-free browsing experience. You can toggle mute states via toolbar popup or custom keyboard shortcuts. Its lightweight, nonpersistent background scripts mean no unnecessary resource consumption.

Additional functionalities include monitoring newly opened tabs, dark mode support, and a Focus Mode to mute all except your current tab. Ideal for meetings or online conferences, Mute Tab keeps unwanted sounds, especially from ads and banners, silently running without interruption. Open-source and actively maintained, this extension provides seamless sound management tailored to your browsing needs.

## Rankings

- #3,447 — Overall
- #329 — Tabs
- #46 — tab
- #57 — tabellenkalkulation
- #92 — restore tabs
- #97 — database

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `contextMenus`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- 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-this-tab)