The automatic launch of multimedia content on websites is a factor that negatively affects the experience of Internet users. It must have happened to you more than once to be disturbed by the sound of an unexpectedly triggered video while you are surfing the web peacefully. It can be an advertisement, podcast or web radio module integrated into a web page.
After a few months on Chrome Canary in beta, mute the sound on the site Available since version 64 Google Chrome. Although it is very easy to access, you may have overlooked it.
Google Chrome: how to change a website
The option is accessible from the contextual menu of the tabs. you will have to disable sound for each website However, this is done very simply: just right click on tab click after site mute the site. Any audio or video that will now play automatically will play without sound on that site.
Those who want to disable the default sound on all websites by going a little further in the settings can do so. Knowing that this option is not very ergonomic for the internet user. Indeed, to get the sound back on a regular website like YouTube or Netflix, you have to right-click on the tab and then click on it. Unmute the site. But the process will not be repeated in the future. The site is added to a whitelist maintained over time.
To mute all sites:
- enter inside Settings > Advanced Settings.
- In the section ” Privacy and security ” to click Content settings > Her
- Alternatively, enter this in the address bar to go directly to the configuration page: chrome://settings/content/sound
Audio is allowed by default on all websites. In this case, every muted site will appear in the blacklist in the “mute sound” category. It is also possible to disable voice authorization of all sites. In this case, you will need to re-enable the sound on each site that you consider to be non-intrusive, and then it will appear in the whitelist in the “Allow” section.
