Microsoft - Windows 10 Tip: Yikes, stop that sound! Mute-a-tab in Microsoft Edge

Windows 10 Tip: Yikes, stop that sound! Mute-a-tab in Microsoft Edge

<div><p>Does this sound familiar? You’ve got multiple tabs open in your browser and all of a sudden, music or voices blares from one of them. You scramble to find the audio icon on that tab, open the page and scroll down to stop the video that’s playing.</p>
<p>There’s a faster way to shut down that sound.</p>
<p>A new feature with the <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/04/30/whats-new-in-the-windows-10-april-2018-update/"><strong>Windows 10 April 2018 Update</strong></a> can mute tabs in Microsoft Edge.</p>
<p>Here’s how to do it:</p>
<div id="attachment_166047" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/windows-10-tip-yikes-stop-that-sound-mute-a-tab-in-microsoft-edge.gif"><img class="size-full wp-image-166047" src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/windows-10-tip-yikes-stop-that-sound-mute-a-tab-in-microsoft-edge.gif" alt="Cursor moves to a tab playing music, clicking on it to mute" width="640" height="360" /></a></p>
<p class="wp-caption-text">To mute a tab in Microsoft Edge, click the audio icon</p>
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<p>Simply click the audio icon or right-click the tab to choose Mute from the drop down menu.</p>
<p>If you like this, check out <strong><a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/tag/windows-10-tips/#Pb0VJIHG5gUvmKUY.97">more Windows 10 Tips</a>.</strong></p>
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