AutoMute

EDIT: 14 April 2025 - The latest update to the extension seems to have fixed all the issues I noted in my original (one star) review. It is back to being an essential extension in my Chrome arsenal. ORIGINAL REVIEW: No stars if I could. Worked great before this latest update - even though Chrome tried to take it away. This update randomly mutes Youtube videos - WHILE PLAYING!!! Lets you watch one video, then when you try to watch another the tab is muted for no reason. Until this is fixed I've switched to a different extension, that doesn't work as well as the old automute, but better than this new buggy version.

I love this extension and have been using it for years, but just last week it started unmuting every tab by default, and when I click "Mute current tab" it does nothing, still says "Mute current tab". No muting any more. I'd love to get this fixed if possible...

Big fan of this extention, the update give new behaviours that weren't there before. I just need it to mute new tabs and not to mute the one i've unmuted. It seems it mutes unmuted tabs when you open another tab in the background. I would love to work with you on this please reach out as this has been one of my fav extentions as a streamer who doesn't want all sounds going out

I hope I'm not jumping the gun here but it seems like we have the most excellent automute back and in fine form after just a couple of days of misbehavior. Thanks for fixing it so quickly! This extension is one of very few that I plan to use forever. Thanks for all of your great work.

Went from great to buggy. Now seems to randomly mute tabs as I am listening. No idea why. Thought my earbuds were going bad at first. Thought maybe it was switching away and back to a tab, but that is not it. Hoping for an update - will update review if fixed, but for now, just going to turn it off.

New update ruined it. Now it just mutes randomly. I'd give it zero stars if I could. Removed.

Maybe my definition of domain is different from theirs. I'm not sure this extension is worth having anymore.

Maybe my definition of domain is different from theirs. I'm not sure this extension is worth having anymore.

Simple and wonderful

Simple and wonderful

Adding to the chorus: this extension used to work perfectly but something broke a couple months ago. Now, even if youtube with wildcards is on my whitelist, youtube videos opened in new tabs will be muted. I noticed that if I go into the extension options with muted tabs already open and hit 'Save', the webpages that are on the whitelist will unmute themselves. So clearly the whitelist still works, but something is now preventing the extension from automatically applying the rule to new tabs. I hope the developers can take a look and debug the issue.

Adding to the chorus: this extension used to work perfectly but something broke a couple months ago. Now, even if youtube with wildcards is on my whitelist, youtube videos opened in new tabs will be muted. I noticed that if I go into the extension options with muted tabs already open and hit 'Save', the webpages that are on the whitelist will unmute themselves. So clearly the whitelist still works, but something is now preventing the extension from automatically applying the rule to new tabs. I hope the developers can take a look and debug the issue.

Not sure why but as of today it started muting every new tab, even whitelisted pages.

Not sure why but as of today it started muting every new tab, even whitelisted pages.

Since the latest Chrome update (99) there is a weird bug where a new tab starts muted even though it's on the whitelist. Other than that a really great and simple extension.

Since the latest Chrome update (99) there is a weird bug where a new tab starts muted even though it's on the whitelist. Other than that a really great and simple extension.

Used to work fine but currently randomly mutes whitelisted sites.

Used to work fine but currently randomly mutes whitelisted sites.

The is the bomb. I hate websites that autoplay video and sound. This is the solution. Update: some websites have found a way around the extension's whitelist mode. You can be running in Whitelist mode and go to a site like FoxNews.com and the sound will not be muted. Oh, well. I'm glad the developer gave us something that worked for a while. Still works on a lot of sites, but they'll probably figure out a way around soon.

The is the bomb. I hate websites that autoplay video and sound. This is the solution. Update: some websites have found a way around the extension's whitelist mode. You can be running in Whitelist mode and go to a site like FoxNews.com and the sound will not be muted. Oh, well. I'm glad the developer gave us something that worked for a while. Still works on a lot of sites, but they'll probably figure out a way around soon.

Unable to unmute tabs. Terrible.

Unable to unmute tabs. Terrible.

Stopped working recently, can no longer mute/unmute from the button on the tab

Stopped working recently, can no longer mute/unmute from the button on the tab

Exactly what I was looking for : no sound by default when opening a web page ! Thank you automute and the developer behind it :-)

Exactly what I was looking for : no sound by default when opening a web page ! Thank you automute and the developer behind it :-)

Needs a small fix for websites that use double domains like Bandcamp. For instance: artistname.bandcamp.com Other than that, great extension.

Needs a small fix for websites that use double domains like Bandcamp. For instance: artistname.bandcamp.com Other than that, great extension.

It worked better with some previous versions of Chrome (now the little icon to switch on/off one tab sound has disappeared and only the keyboard shortcuts work) but it's still useful.

It worked better with some previous versions of Chrome (now the little icon to switch on/off one tab sound has disappeared and only the keyboard shortcuts work) but it's still useful.

works great!

works great!

Chrome changed from "mute tab" to "mute site" and broke this extension. It's been a while with no fix. The developer is done supporting this I guess.

Chrome changed from "mute tab" to "mute site" and broke this extension. It's been a while with no fix. The developer is done supporting this I guess.

This is exactly what I wanted BUT it shows the "muted speaker" icon on every tab which is very annoying. It's particularly annoying on pinned tabs because I can no longer see the icon for the website! Please give us the option to not show that icon.

This is exactly what I wanted BUT it shows the "muted speaker" icon on every tab which is very annoying. It's particularly annoying on pinned tabs because I can no longer see the icon for the website! Please give us the option to not show that icon.

I used to love this extensions, but it seems like it may have been broken when Chrome switched from Mute Tab to Mute Site. Has a problem when trying to Unmute Site.

I used to love this extensions, but it seems like it may have been broken when Chrome switched from Mute Tab to Mute Site. Has a problem when trying to Unmute Site.

I have to turn off the extension to unmute a tab. What happened to the option where I could right cick on a tab to unmute? You guys think I have the time to add sites to the whitelist? I prefer unmuting tabs manually like the previous version.

I have to turn off the extension to unmute a tab. What happened to the option where I could right cick on a tab to unmute? You guys think I have the time to add sites to the whitelist? I prefer unmuting tabs manually like the previous version.

Used to be simple, intuitive and effective. No longer.

Very nice extension, works exactly as advertised.

Very nice extension, works exactly as advertised.

since the newest chrome update (64), you can't unmute a tab by right clicking on it anymore since chrome has now their own option for muting a website. hope it gets fixed soon, you still can unmute a tab by clicking the auto mute symbol to the right though.

since the newest chrome update (64), you can't unmute a tab by right clicking on it anymore since chrome has now their own option for muting a website. hope it gets fixed soon, you still can unmute a tab by clicking the auto mute symbol to the right though.

I've been using this for quite awhile and it's exactly what I needed, but it appears to be somewhat broken as of the latest update to Chrome (64.0.3282.119); the "little speaker" icon on the tab itself stays in the "muted" state and the tab's unmute functionality is not working. The tab can be unmuted by clicking on the icon near the address bar, however.

I've been using this for quite awhile and it's exactly what I needed, but it appears to be somewhat broken as of the latest update to Chrome (64.0.3282.119); the "little speaker" icon on the tab itself stays in the "muted" state and the tab's unmute functionality is not working. The tab can be unmuted by clicking on the icon near the address bar, however.

I wish AutoMute didn't change the icon displayed - I already have the AutoMute icon on the browser, change THAT to indicate if a tab is being muted contextually, so I can still see which pinned tab is which - otherwise, pinned tabs are pretty much useless.

I wish AutoMute didn't change the icon displayed - I already have the AutoMute icon on the browser, change THAT to indicate if a tab is being muted contextually, so I can still see which pinned tab is which - otherwise, pinned tabs are pretty much useless.

There's still no HTML5 video blocker for chrome but this is a good stopgap.