Mute Autoplay Videos

by Kentaro Tanaka · Workflow & Planning

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View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Mutes all HTML5 videos when opening a webpage. No more annoying websites blasting videos at you with no warning!

Users

290

+17 in 30 days

Rating

1.0 / 5

unchanged in 30 days

Ratings

0 in 30 days

Store rank

#55K

#46K among extensions

Version

1.1

updated 3 Jan 2022

Users

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 290 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years

Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 3 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About Mute Autoplay Videos

I created this extension because I hate when websites autoplay videos and it blasts my headphones without warning. Especially news websites, Netflix, etc. This extension mutes all HTML5 videos upon opening a website. Obviously there are some websites where you want it to autoplay when opening (e.g. Youtube) so it's a simple two click process to add the current website as an exception. Seems to work well for my uses, let me know if you find any websites that it doesn't work on and I'll try to look into it.