Sound access is used for playing music or sound within the Edge browser without installing any app or program on the computer.
However, websites like news sites are misusing sound permission to play the hosted podcast or video embedded without user consent.
Microsoft Edge has an option within the sound settings section to allow or block the autoplay media permissions. You can also add a few selected sites like YouTube to play sound and block the rest.
Allow Autoplay Sound
Some websites may use the auto-play feature to play unnecessary content. However, some websites like YouTube, Instagram, and so on do not play such unnecessary content; hence, they should be permitted to play sound using the sound settings.
Here are the steps to allow sound permission:
- Launch the Microsoft Edge on the Computer.
- Click on the More
menu for options. - Select Settings from the list.
- Switch to the Cookies and Site Permissions from the sidebar menu.
- Scroll down and choose the Media autoplay option within Site Permissions.
- From the drop-down, choose the Allow option.
This will allow the website to use the sound access permissions to play the sound and music within the website. By listing them in the Allow section, you can partially allow a specific website to play sound.
Block Sound Access
news websites tend to play sounds without our consent. It is alarming and very irritating. It is always recommended to block autoplay by using sound settings. Here are the steps to block sound access:
- Launch the Microsoft Edge on the Computer.
- Click on the More menu for options.
- Select Settings from the list.
- Switch to the Cookies and Site Permissions from the sidebar menu.
- Scroll down and choose the Media autoplay option within Site Permissions.
- From the drop-down, choose the Limit option.
It will completely block the website from accessing the sound port to autoplay any music or voice from the website.
Bottom Line
Microsoft Edge offers many features to enable or disable the auto-play feature of sound via edge sound settings. Often, we come across websites that misuse the auto-play sound and make it irritating.
Similarly, we can also manage sound access on the Edge Android phone. You can enable or mute the sound play for specific sites.
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Alas, Microsoft has yet to provide an option for “mute tabs by default”. Clicking on a hyperlink to have audio blare at you in a new tab is highly annoying, and providing a tab icon on which to mute is too late. The tab has already starting blaring at you, and then you have to quickly move the mouse cursor atop the tab icon to shut it up.
There is the edge://settings/content/mediaAutoplay setting, but Limited and Allow do not automatically mute tabs by default. You can go to edge://flags/ to enable the “Show block option in autoplay settings”, restart Edge, but choosing Block does not work. For example, search Youtube, and open a hit in a new tab. The video begins playing, and so does the audio. Many Youtube authors must have very poor sound systems since they choose a volume level that is horrendously loud.
For Firefox, I use the “Mute sites by default” add-on. I have not yet found an equivalent add-on for Edge.
Hello, you can perhaps use the Mute Tab option in the Edge browser. You need to right-click for the context menu on the tab and select ‘Mute Tab’. There is also a keyboard shortcut
Control+Mfor quick action.