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Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos

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Boris wrote:

> Firefox v. 149.0.2

153.0.4 here but don't think settings have changed for a couple of years

> If relevant, I have "Updates disabled by your organization" enabled.
> 
> Lately, whenever I launch a webpage, and a video add appears(for Allstate
> Auto Insurance, for instance), or a news story, audio automatically begins to
> play.  The only way I can turn the audio off is to right-click on the browser
> tab and select Mute tab.  I have to do this everytime such an add or video
> appears.
> 
> Is there a way to permanently disable this annoyance?
Within Tools > Settings > Permissions & Data > Autoplay
set the Default for all websites droplist
to either block audio or block both

What I then do is add an exception for youtube.com, to allow both

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Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-12 17:29 +0000
  Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos dillinger <dillinger@not.invalid> - 2026-08-12 19:49 +0200
    Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-12 18:33 +0000
  Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-08-12 11:19 -0700
    Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-12 18:51 +0000
  Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-12 19:56 +0100
    Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-12 19:28 +0000
      Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-12 20:46 +0100
        Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-08-12 14:36 -0700
  Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-08-13 19:43 +1000
    Re: Permanently Mute Automatic Audio on Videos Boris <Boris@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-13 16:00 +0000

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