Smart Mute

Listen to audio one tab at a time.

Tired of juggling multiple tabs blasting audio at the same time? Mute Background Audio Automatically with Smart Mute. Smart Mute ensures only one tab plays sound at a time, giving you full control over your browsing experience. Whether you're listening to music, watching videos, or working in silence, Smart Mute keeps your audio clean, focused, and interruption-free.

🚨 Important Notes

Smart Mute does not pause media--it only mutes tabs. Keyboard shortcuts and right-click controls are not available yet but are under consideration for future releases.

🔊 Key Features

😎 Core Functionality - Mute Background Tabs Automatically Never deal with overlapping audio again. Smart Mute lets only your active tab play sound while automatically muting all others. It's the easiest way to control audio playback across multiple tabs.

🔇 Silent Mode - Block All Browser Audio Need complete silence? Silent Mode mutes all tabs in your browser, giving you a distraction-free environment. Perfect for work, study, or late-night browsing. Combine with the Whitelist feature to allow audio only from trusted sites.

📌 Exclude Pinned Tabs - Keep Essential Tabs Playing Always want music or chat apps running in the background? Enable Exclude Pinned Tabs to allow pinned tabs to play sound--even when they're not in focus.

👍🏼 Whitelist - Let Favorite Sites Always Play Audio Add trusted websites like YouTube, Spotify, or podcast platforms to your Whitelist. These sites will always be allowed to play audio, regardless of which tab is active.

🚫 Blacklist - Mute Annoying Sites by Default Sick of websites that autoplay ads or videos? Add them to your Blacklist to ensure they stay muted every time you visit.

🚧 Remember Last Tab (Beta) When your active tab stops playing audio, Smart Mute can automatically unmute the last tab that had sound. This intelligent feature improves your audio flow and ensures seamless transitions between tabs.

⚙️ How Smart Mute Works Smart Mute uses tab activity and real-time audio detection to manage which tab can play sound. It doesn't pause content--it simply mutes or unmutes audio based on your settings.

🔐 Privacy & Permissions To enable Whitelist and Blacklist functionality, Smart Mute needs access to website URLs. This is used in real time only to compare against your configured list. No data is collected or stored.

🔧 Additional Permissions Required

To enable Whitelist and Blacklist functionality, Smart Mute needs access to website URLs. This is used in real time only to compare against your configured list. No data is collected or stored.

🤩 Why Users Love Smart Mute

✅ Prevents audio overload from multiple tabs ✅ Simple, intuitive controls ✅ Works seamlessly with YouTube, Spotify, and more ✅ Keeps your focus intact while multitasking