AutoMute

I love this extension and have been using it for years, but just last week it started unmuting every tab by default, and when I click "Mute current tab" it does nothing, still says "Mute current tab". No muting any more. I'd love to get this fixed if possible...

Dan Hentschel Developer Apr 3, 2025

Thank you for your review. I'm sorry that you're experiencing problems. I understand that must be very frustrating. While other users are also reporting issues, I haven't heard about this specific problem before. I'd love to work with you to find a solution. The latest release of AutoMute (v3.2.0) has added a "Report a problem" feature on the AutoMute extension menu. Please use this feature to send me debug information when you see the issue. I will look at it ASAP. If you need more direct assistance, please feel free to email me at dan@hentschels.com.

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Big fan of this extention, the update give new behaviours that weren't there before. I just need it to mute new tabs and not to mute the one i've unmuted. It seems it mutes unmuted tabs when you open another tab in the background. I would love to work with you on this please reach out as this has been one of my fav extentions as a streamer who doesn't want all sounds going out

Dan Hentschel Developer Mar 30, 2025

Thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry you were experiencing issues. As of this message, the latest version is 3.2.0. This version of the extension fixes a couple of bugs found with help from the community. It also adds the ability to report a problem from the AutoMute extension menu. If you are able, I would appreciate you trying the extension again. Please let me know if you continue to see undesired behavior.

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I hope I'm not jumping the gun here but it seems like we have the most excellent automute back and in fine form after just a couple of days of misbehavior. Thanks for fixing it so quickly! This extension is one of very few that I plan to use forever. Thanks for all of your great work.

EDIT: 14 April 2025 - The latest update to the extension seems to have fixed all the issues I noted in my original (one star) review. It is back to being an essential extension in my Chrome arsenal. ORIGINAL REVIEW: No stars if I could. Worked great before this latest update - even though Chrome tried to take it away. This update randomly mutes Youtube videos - WHILE PLAYING!!! Lets you watch one video, then when you try to watch another the tab is muted for no reason. Until this is fix... Show more

Dan Hentschel Developer Mar 28, 2025

Thank you for updating your review. I'm glad it's working for you now. Please feel free to contact me if you experience any issues in the future.

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Went from great to buggy. Now seems to randomly mute tabs as I am listening. No idea why. Thought my earbuds were going bad at first. Thought maybe it was switching away and back to a tab, but that is not it. Hoping for an update - will update review if fixed, but for now, just going to turn it off.

Dan Hentschel Developer Mar 28, 2025

Thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry you were experiencing issues. As of this message, the latest version is 3.2.0. This version of the extension fixes a couple of bugs found with help from the community. It also adds the ability to report a problem from the AutoMute extension menu. If you are able, I would appreciate you trying the extension again. Please let me know if you continue to see undesired behavior.

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New update ruined it. Now it just mutes randomly. I'd give it zero stars if I could. Removed.

Dan Hentschel Developer Mar 28, 2025

Thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry you were experiencing issues. As of this message, the latest version is 3.2.0. This version of the extension fixes a couple of bugs found with help from the community. It also adds the ability to report a problem from the AutoMute extension menu. If you are able, I would appreciate you trying the extension again. Please let me know if you continue to see undesired behavior.

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Maybe my definition of domain is different from theirs. I'm not sure this extension is worth having anymore.

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Adding to the chorus: this extension used to work perfectly but something broke a couple months ago. Now, even if youtube with wildcards is on my whitelist, youtube videos opened in new tabs will be muted. I noticed that if I go into the extension options with muted tabs already open and hit 'Save', the webpages that are on the whitelist will unmute themselves. So clearly the whitelist still works, but something is now preventing the extension from automatically applying the rule to new tabs... Show more

Not sure why but as of today it started muting every new tab, even whitelisted pages.