Mute Individual Tabs in Google Chrome

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Hi,, VisiHow! This is a tutorial on how to mute individual tabs in Google Chrome.

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   The first thing we need to do is to open up Google Chrome

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   The setting to mute individual tabs cannot be found in the "Settings" area of Google Chrome

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   Instead, we must copy and paste a line of text after this sentence into the search box. chrome://flags/#enable-tab-audio-muting

   

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   Once we've done this, simply go to this by pressing "Enter"

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   We'll be taken to a special settings tab in Google Chrome.

   

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   We look for the line that says "Enable tab audio muting UI control"

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   We then click "Enable" under the line.

   

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   Once this is done, we must restart the computer or restart Google Chrome

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   Once again, we open up Google Chrome

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   We open a tab with a link to a music site

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   For example, open http://play.spotify.com.

   

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   Once the tab starts to have sound, we'll see a little speaker pop-up right on the top of the tab

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   We simply click on the speaker icon, and it will turn red

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   Sound is no longer coming out of that tab. However, all of the other tabs will still have sound.

   

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    We click the speaker icon again to unmute the tab

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