How to Mute All Tabs in Chrome, Edge and Brave (2026)

To mute all tabs in Chrome, click the first tab, Shift-click the last to select them all, then right-click any selected tab and choose Mute site. That is 3 clicks, and Chrome remembers the mute for those sites.

This is for anyone hit by a stray autoplay video mid-call. Chrome has no "mute everything" shortcut, so if it happens often, Edge's Ctrl + M, an extension or a single command is quicker.

How do I mute all tabs in Chrome?

Select the tabs, then mute them from the right-click menu.

1. Click the leftmost tab in the window.
2. Hold Shift and click the rightmost tab. To mute only some, Ctrl-click (Command-click on Mac) them instead.
3. Right-click a selected tab and choose Mute site (Google's tab help calls it Mute). Choose Unmute the same way later.

• By site, not by tab: it stays muted on future visits until you unmute it.
• The speaker icon does not mute: Chrome dropped click-to-mute around Chrome 71 (late 2018). The chrome://flags "Tab audio muting UI control" flag is not reliably available in stable Chrome.

How do I mute tabs in Edge and Brave?

Both mute a single tab with one click on its speaker icon.

• Edge: click the speaker icon (Microsoft's guide), or press Ctrl + M to toggle the current tab. On Mac it is also Ctrl + M (Control, not Command), per Microsoft's shortcut list. For all tabs, Microsoft points to Edge Add-ons extensions.
• Brave: click the speaker icon to mute and again to unmute; the brave://flags flag "tab-audio-icon-interactive" turns this off. Right-click offers Mute tab and Mute site; select all with Shift-click to mute everything.

Which extensions mute all tabs?

Mute Tab is the more complete option and the only one here that mutes every tab except the one you are on.

Store details as of October 2026. Skip unMute if you want an actively maintained tool; it has not been updated since 2024.

How do I mute a whole window with one command?

In SuperCommands, run the Mute All Tabs command: no tab selecting.

1. During a call, a background tab starts an autoplay video. Press Alt + S on any web page.
2. Type Mute All Tabs (c mute in the command list) and press Enter. Every tab in the current window goes quiet, including background tabs.
3. After the call, press Alt + S and run Unmute All Tabs (c unmute).

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Which one should you pick?

• Pick Edge's Ctrl + M if one loud tab is the usual problem.
• Pick Chrome's select-all and right-click if you mute a few times a week.
• Pick Mute Tab if you want "mute all except this one" or auto-muting of new tabs.
• Pick SuperCommands if you want a keyboard command that silences a whole window in Chrome, Edge or Brave; it is free and open source, and the local version is 100% free, forever.

FAQ

Is there a keyboard shortcut to mute a tab in Chrome?

Not built in. Edge has Ctrl + M; in Chrome, assign one with Mute Tab or run Mute All Tabs from Alt + S in SuperCommands.

Why can't I click the speaker icon to mute a tab in Chrome?

Chrome removed click-to-mute around Chrome 71 (late 2018). Right-click the tab and choose Mute site instead.

Does Mute site in Chrome mute all tabs from that website?

Yes. Every tab from that site is muted, and it stays muted on later visits until you choose Unmute site.

How do I mute tabs in all Chrome windows at once?

Chrome's built-in method works one window at a time. The Mute Tab extension can mute tabs in other windows too.