{"id":38856,"date":"2017-10-16T21:01:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T13:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=38856"},"modified":"2018-04-26T17:20:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T09:20:05","slug":"chrome-canary-mute-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/chrome-canary-mute-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Permanently Mute Websites in Chrome Canary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Autoplaying videos or audios<\/strong> are common enough on the internet that it is considered by many, including myself, to be one of the <strong>annoying parts of the internet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>However, these nuisances <strong>may no longer be a problem<\/strong> in the near future as Google is looking to implement a <strong>mute website feature<\/strong> to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-chrome-59-whats-new\/\">Chrome browser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the current Chrome browser, <strong>users are able to mute tabs<\/strong> from playing any audio. Doing so is merely a simple matter of right-clicking on the tab and selecting the \"<strong>Mute Tab<\/strong>\" option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/adblock-plus-alternatives-chrome\/\">4 AdBlock Plus Alternatives for Chrome<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>While the feature is useful, the drawback, however, is that you have to <strong>manually mute the tabs you want<\/strong>. Additionally, the mute no longer applies once the tab is closed.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-canary-mute-websites\/01-mute-tab.jpg\" width=\"266\" height=\"298\" alt=\"mute tab\"><\/figure>\n<p>On the other hand, with this upcoming feature Google has decided to implement a feature that would <strong>allow users to permanently mute a website<\/strong> until requested otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>To enable the mute, all the user has to do is click on the \"<strong>View Site Information<\/strong>\" button located in the address bar and look for the \"<strong>Sound<\/strong>\" option.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-canary-mute-websites\/02-sound-option.jpg\" width=\"335\" height=\"660\" alt=\"sound option\"><\/figure>\n<p>On the \"<strong>Sound<\/strong>\" option, user can then <strong>choose to toggle between Allow or Block<\/strong>, allowing audio to be played as per usual or to be muted.<\/p>\n<p>This feature is currently <strong>only available on Google\u2019s experimental Chrome Canary browser<\/strong>. For those who have Chrome Canary, you can enable this new feature by appending <code>--enable-features=SoundContentSetting<\/code> to Chrome Canary\u2019s target box.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/chrome-canary-mute-websites\/03-canary-properties.jpg\" width=\"381\" height=\"565\" alt=\"canary properties\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-chrome-security-extensions\/\">10 Must-have Chrome Security Extensions<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autoplaying videos or audios are common enough on the internet that it is considered by many, including myself, to be one of the annoying parts of the internet. 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