Google Chrome for the computer lets you control the sound access permission to websites to avoid misuse. You can either enable or disable sound access for all the websites. The sound setting page also has the option to add the site URL in the specific bucket to allow or mute the sound. It also helps in controlling the auto-play background music.
Sound access is used for playing music or sound within the Chrome browser without installing any app or program on the computer. However, famous news websites misuse sound permission to auto-play live podcasts or video embeds without user consent.
This is quite annoying, and the only way out of this is to block all the sound permissions for such websites. It can be more annoying if you are at some gatherings and suddenly auto-play audio starts playing, and you are not even aware that from where the sound is coming and how to close it. So, blocking sound in Chrome Computer is the best option.
Google Chrome can allow or block sound permissions within the sound settings section. You can also add selected sites, like YouTube, Spotify, etc., to play sound and block the rest of them.
On this page, you can find and jump to:
Allow Sound Access
The Chrome browser is enabled to play the sound by default for all websites. If you cannot hear sound after playing music, you must allow sound permission for the sites. It is available under Chrome audio settings.
Here are the steps on how to allow audio:
- Launch Google Chrome on your computer.
- Click on the More
menu for options. - Select Settings from the list.
- Scroll down to the Privacy and Security section, and select the Site settings from the menu.
- Choose the Sounds option within Additional Content settings.
- Click on the toggle button to Allow sound play.
It 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
If you do not want any website to play the sound or music, you can block the sound permissions for these websites. You can block all sites or add the sites into the Mute bucket to disable them from playing sound. Here are the steps to block sound access:
- Launch the Chrome browser on your computer.
- Click on the More menu for options.
- Select Settings from the list.
- Scroll down to the Privacy and Security section, and select the Site settings from the menu.
- Choose the Sounds option within Additional Content settings.
- Click on the toggle button to Mute the play sound.
This will completely block the website from accessing the sound port to play any music or voice from the website. In case you want to block sound for a specific website, then you can list the website URL under the Mute section to disable the sound permission for that website.
It will turn off the sound for the website listed in the mute section and won’t play any music or voice for the same. The sound will be muted irrespective of the main switch in Sound setting permissions.
Bottom Line
Google Chrome allows playing or muting the sounds and music within the websites at the site settings level. You can customize it to block sound from all the websites or allow it to play. You can customize the play or mute for the selected website by adding the URL in the correct bucket.
Similarly, you can also control the sound permissions on the Chrome Android browser. You can either mute or allow sound and customize the sound play option for selected websites.
What are your default sound permissions on the Chrome browser? Have you muted any sites on a Chrome computer?
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