Mute Current Tab

Toggle mute for the active tab with one click.

As of June 2026, Mute Current Tab has 633 users and a 4.50/5 rating from 2 reviews in the Productivity category.

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2 reviews
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Version
1.0.2
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

645.08557.5469.92Apr 1, 2026Jun 1, 2026
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About

Nothing shatters concentration faster than an unexpected blast of sound—an autoplay video, a looping ad, a notification chime hidden on some long-forgotten page. The Browser already lets you mute individual tabs, but the tiny speaker icon is hard to hit, and you must repeat the hunt for every noisy site. The Mute Current Tab extension condenses that entire workflow into a single click: press the toolbar button and the tab you’re viewing goes silent (or springs back to life if it was already muted).

The core experience could not be simpler. When a tab starts playing audio, you click the extension’s speaker-slash icon. The browser instantly sets muted = true for that tab and an “X” appears across the icon. Click again and the sound returns. No context menus, no global mute—just precise control.

When the active tab is muted, you see a red diagonal slash; when unmuted, a clean white speaker appears. The tooltip text flips between Mute tab and Un-mute tab so screen-reader users and keyboard navigators get the same clarity.

Concrete Benefits for Real-World Scenarios
Remote workers on calls – You’re screen-sharing a slide deck when a background tab starts a loud ad. One tap silences that single offender without muting the video-conference platform you still need to hear.

Students in libraries – Studying from multiple online sources? Keep research tabs silent while YouTube’s study-with-me playlist stays audible.

Streamers and presenters – Prevent rogue notification sounds from leaking to your audience, yet leave game audio unmuted.

Parents with curious kids – When youngsters open random sites on the family computer, you can mute the chaos instantly rather than scrambling for volume controls.

Anyone with dozens of tabs – Power users often forget which tab is responsible for sound. Instead of searching for the tiny speaker icon across a crowded strip, click once and move on.

Precision: Only the active tab is affected, so background music and alerts remain untouched.

Technical

Version
1.0.2
Manifest
V3
Size
38.27KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
40
Featured
No

Metadata

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Developer ID
u200b358975e2654f32a7e8dd8481f0bf
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Jun 23, 2025
Last Updated (Store)
Jun 23, 2025
Last Scraped
Jun 1, 2026
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