Mute Tab
Workflow & Planning
Restores the 'Mute Tab' functionality of versions prior to Chrome 71.
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300K
Rating
4.3
Reviews
190
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Tab Muter
Re-enables the "Mute Tab" feature once found in Chrome itself.
Users100KCurrent public install base
Rating4.4Store average score
Reviews186Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
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Version2.1.0
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Size55.56KiB
Languages1English
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Once upon a time, Chrome had a feature hidden away in chrome://flags to allow users to mute individual tabs by clicking the speaker icon next to the tab's title. This was deemed "not good enough", as the Chrome developers wanted to remove the need for users to manually control tab audio, so it was removed in favour of the "Mute Site" feature.
Chrome can't yet automatically determine which tabs should be playing audio, so I made this extension to let the user make that decision. The button's in a different place due to Chrome API limitations, but apart from that, this extension should work exactly as the old "Mute Tab" feature did.
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This extension is free software; the source code is available at https://github.com/sersorrel/mute-tab.
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Total ratings / reviews186Chrome Web Store public rating/review count
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Thanks for fixing what chrome devs ruined.
Thank you for this extension, just one minor quibble: I use a dark theme and since the extension icon is black it is hard to see it. Other than that, works as expected
Best substitute since Google removed the ability to click on the speaker icon in a tab to mute/unmute. Please let Google know that we want this feature back - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-muter/bnclejfcblondkjliiblkojdeloomadd
Google bring back "Tab audio muting UI control" pls!
chrome71最傻叉改动——取消了直接在标签页静音单个标签的功能。
Thanks for this. Just wish you could mute the tab with a simple click.
Does exactly what it says. No need to change a flag that you may not be familiar with. It just mutes the tab you are currently viewing. Can't ask for much more than that. Thank you for this simple but needed option restoral.
Thank you. I've been using the Mute tab feature since its implementation years ago. suddenly i am not able to. I do miss just being able to click the little icon on the tab itself, but this works well enough. "Mute Site" from google is completely useless as often times i have multiple tabs open from the same site and need to only mute 1 or two not the whole site.
Great extension for a feature ripped from my hands, almost as good as the original way of doing it. Can't click on the mute button to mute it anymore, but either leave the button on the toolbar or right-click the tab and its just the same. Thanks for doing this and keeping it open-source!
Можно ли переместить кнопку расширения в адресную строку? Можно ли скрывать значок если на сайте нет звука?