Apply to questions about blocking, usually temporarily, a form of communication, often either notifications from contacts or the audio channel of an audio-visual stream.
Questions tagged [mute]
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How can I mute a Google+ circle?
I've seen that the main stream is composed of all the singular streams from the various circles. I can mute a single post or contact, but not a circle (all the posts coming from people belonging to that circle) nor compose the main stream in order…
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How do you disable the notification alert sounds in the new Google Hangouts?
I found the new Google Hangouts sounds annoying and they don't provide a way to disable them. The only thing you can do is disable notifications entirely, per contact even, not globally.
How can you just mute the sound alerts for new messages?
fregante
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Why doesn't the Gmail "mute" button show up for me?
In Gmail, there's a nice feature where you can "mute" a thread so that new replies on it no longer get marked as new, so that you aren't bothered by them any more. (Supposedly. I've never actually seen it in my own account. I understand that it's…
Adam Tuttle
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YouTube videos automatically set to mute
YouTube videos have all started playing with the audio slider set to mute. I can slide the volume on for each video to hear the audio, but when opening a new video it's also automatically set to mute.
How can I get videos to automatically play with…
Andrew Lott
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How does 'muting' work for Gmail?
My understanding was that when you "muted" a conversation in Gmail, future emails came in but they didn't bring that conversation back into the inbox. I clearly don't understand how this feature works because I just muted a conversation, and…
Michael Pryor
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Is it possible to use Gmail filters to mute a conversation?
I've tried using a filter to skip the Inbox, but when someone else replies to the original email it ends up in the Inbox again.
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"Mute" alternative for conversations that aren't in the inbox
How can I both:
Keep mailing lists out of my inbox (to read separately later)
Selectively hide mailing list conversations (including their future messages)
I've tried using a filter for mailing lists that adds a label and skips the inbox. When…
ændrük
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Mute Facebook comment threads after clicking Like
When I Like or comment on a Facebook entry, I get notified on every single comment for the rest of the thread. Sometimes I want that, and sometimes I don't.
I know I can opt out of these notifications entirely, but I just want to mute a few noisy…
Dan Fabulich
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How to turn off "Tap to Unmute" on YouTube?
How do you turn off the "Tap to Unmute" feature on YouTube playlists?
I created a long playlist of videos to 'watch later' for the purpose of streaming them to my TV in sequence automatically (streaming from my iPad via Apple TV). It is extremely…
Robert Cartaino
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Can I mute or disable autoplay for Twitch's featured streams?
Whenever I visit the homepage for Twitch.tv, the currently featured stream automatically starts playing at full volume.
Is it possible to mute featured streams on the Twitch homepage?
If not, can I prevent them from auto playing at full volume?
Stevoisiak
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How to stop receiving email notifications for specific comment threads on YouTube?
Whenever I reply to a comment on YouTube, I am automatically subscribed to all replies to that same comment. Usually this is what I want, as the comments emailed to me are usually replies to what I said or at least relevant.
However, other times it…
Shelvacu
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Gmail "Mute" not working
Gmail is still delivering muted emails to my Priority Inbox's "Unread" section, despite the fact that I don't have any filter that would tell it to do this, and despite the fact I'm not in the recipients list.
(It's from a Google Group.)
Why is…
user541686
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Marking all further messages in a thread as read in Gmail
I subscribe to a number of mailing lists which occasionally have interesting information but often contain conversations that I am not interested in. Unfortunately, these conversations can often run into hundreds of messages.
Is there any…
Vincent Tjeng
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Can I disable "mute" in Gmail video chat?
I really like to use the video chat built in to Gmail to let my baby son and my grandma talk to each other. The problem is that he really likes to get up close to the camera and "type" on the keyboard of the laptop at the same time. I wouldn't mind…
Kim Morrison
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How to mute an email thread in Google Inbox mobile web app?
In Gmail, email threads can be muted.
How can they be muted in the Google Inbox mobile web interface?
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