How to mute whole Google Meet meeting

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I am looking for a way to mute a Google Meet meeting. I want for a period of time to not listen to anybody that is speaking without disrupting the meeting for the others.

I already tried to right click on Google Meet tab and select 'mute tab' but for some reason, this option is grayed out for Google Meet tabs.

A way to easily mute the whole Google Chrome Application would do also.

Strangely there is no speaker icon on the Google Meet tab in chrome, so you can't mute via that trick. And if you click on the lock to the left of the URL, it gives you the option to mute sound, but it doesn't work for Google Meet. Seems that Google Meet on Chrome cannot be silenced unless you silence all of chrome, or all of your computer! — Fixee, Jan 29 '19 at 20:26

Daniel · Answer 1 · 2020-04-08T08:34:41.630

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Meanwhile you can mute single tabs in Google Chrome. Just tested it with a Google Meet session. All you need to do is right-click on the tab and select to mute the website. Still this will mute ALL running Google Meet sessions, not just the one.

To "mute" a single session you can choose a different Speaker in the settings.

edited Apr 08 '20 at 08:34

answered Apr 08 '20 at 08:25

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You are right. This wasn't happening when I posted the question but it works now! – papakias Apr 08 '20 at 09:39
That's the answer I was looking for! – Grzegorz Jun 18 '20 at 14:56

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 17 '20 at 10:10

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You can simply go to that particular tab, right click on it. and mute tab enter image description here

edited Aug 17 '20 at 10:10

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answered Aug 17 '20 at 09:19

Nikhil Kumar

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Yes right now this is the correct answer. I asked the question back then because this was not available in that particular version of Chrome. Thank you for your answer though! – papakias Aug 17 '20 at 11:10
Notice there is no "Mute Tab" option, but "Mute Site". With this solution, if there are multiple Google Meet tabs, they are all muted at once. – Diego Queiroz Dec 07 '20 at 11:21

Rubén · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-13T08:22:10.117

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As of February 2023, all Google Workspace editions includes Host Management in Google Meet. When this feature is turned on, meeting hosts can mute all participants at once. For details see Pin or mute Google Meet participants.

Also, nowadays Chrome include controls that might help to mute the whole meeting, at least for the user at the computer. For details see Control your music, videos & more

Original answer

The simplest solution is to mute the device by using the device sound controls.

If your device sound controls allow to mute specific applications , mute Chrome.

edited Feb 13 '23 at 08:22

answered Nov 07 '17 at 14:20

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I don't want to mute the whole device though. Just Meet or Chrome (if the first is not possible) – papakias Nov 07 '17 at 14:56
@papakias : I added a link to a question about how to mute apps on Mac OS. – Rubén Nov 08 '17 at 00:16

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered May 09 '20 at 19:52

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A very handy solution is to install a Chrome Extension to allow mute individual tabs (instead of all running Google Meets sessions, or changing the output audio device).

Just search for "Mute Tab" in the Chrome Web Store (there are several).

I use this one: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mute-tab/blljobffcekcbopmkgfhpcjmbfnelkfg

answered May 09 '20 at 19:52

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This is a pretty old question. I think that after the latest updates Chrome lets you mute Meet tabs now – papakias May 10 '20 at 11:23
I validated every answer before posting my own. All answers remains up-to-date to the current Google Chrome version. – Diego Queiroz May 11 '20 at 12:31

How to mute whole Google Meet meeting

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