Guide: How to Mute Anyone on Google Meet
Google Meet comes with basic features you have to communicate effectively, but it has some shortcomings, just like any other decent video calling app. An example is the inability to natively mute all participants in a group conversation at the same time. You will find out feature in other apps such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Skype. What if you need to mute everyone in your Google Meet group video call? We will talk about the solution in this post. Relax, you are not alone while you are struggling with that. Thousands of users like you are looking for ways to mute all participants in a Google Meet video. Without further ado, let’s move on to the section below to find out how to mute everyone in Google Meet. Note: The workarounds below only apply to Google Meet PC / Internet users. You cannot use it tricks on his mobile app or a mobile browser.
1. Mute browser tab
A brilliant solution to mute all Google Meet attendees is to mute the tab where the meeting is running. Google has implemented the Mute tab feature back to Chrome for this purpose – to mute the sound of those websites that play annoying audio in the background. If you don’t have time to trace the audio source on the website, you can simply mute the entire tab. In addition to Chrome, other popular browsers such as Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox also let users mute tabs. Since Google Meet doesn’t have a native feature to mute participants remotely, the Mute tab is feature is a brilliant improvisation. Did you know: For internet users, Google Meet video meeting only works in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
To mute everyone on Google Meet, you must use the Mute tab in your browser featureIt’s pretty easy to apply, but we’ll show you how to do it in Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
Mute everyone on Google Meet in Chrome
Step 1: Launch the Chrome browser and right-click on the Meet tab.
Step 2: Select Mute Site.
That will mute all audio / sound from the website running in the tab until you unmute it. Consequently, this will (indirectly) mute everyone in the Google Meet call. To unmute Google Meet, such as when you need to hear participants speak, right-click the tab and select Unmute Site.
One drawback of Chrome’s Mute site feature is that it mutes other tabs for the same site that supports the feature. Let’s say you’ve opened three YouTube tabs. When you mute one of the tabs, Chrome will also mute the other two YouTube tabs.
Mute everyone on Google Meet in Firefox
The Mute tab of the Mozilla Firefox browser feature can also be improvised to mute everyone on Google Meet. Follow the steps below to get it done. Step 1: Launch Mozilla Firefox on your computer and right click on the Google Meet tab. Step 2: Select the Mute tab to mute the audio from Google Meet.
That should put a crossed speaker icon on the tab. This is an indication that the tab is muted, and so is everyone in your Google Meet video call.
To unmute Google Meet in Firefox, right-click the muted tab and select Unmute Tab.
Mute everyone on Google Meet in Microsoft Edge
On Microsoft Edge you can use the ‘Mute’ tab feature to mute everyone in a Google Meet call. You can also check other Microsoft Edge tips and tricks together with that. The process is quite simple and straightforward; the steps are listed below. Step 1: Launch Microsoft Edge in your browser and right-click on the Google Meet tab. Step 2: Select the Mute tab.
Pro Tip You can also use the keyboard shortcut ‘Ctrl + M’ to mute a tab in Microsoft Edge.
2. Mute with browser extension
There are Chrome extensions that allow you to mute a tab in the browser. You’ll find these extensions useful if (i) you want to mute everyone in a Google Meet call, and (ii) you want to mute a particular tab without having to mute an entire website – in Chrome. We have tested some of these extensions and found that this ‘Mute Tab (by trmcnvn)’ is stable. More than 50,000 people use it and have given it a 5-star rating in the Chrome Web Store. Follow the steps below to learn how to use the extension to mute multiple participants in Google Meet. Step 1: Go to the extension page of the Mute tab and tap ‘Add to Chrome’ button to install in your browser.
Install the Mute tab (by trmcnvn) Step 2: Tap Add extension button at the prompt to confirm the installation.
Step 3: Now to mute a Google Meet tab and everyone in it, tap the speaker icon in the Chrome menu next to the address bar.
That will put a letter M under the speaker icon, which means the tab is muted. To unmute the tab, simply tap the speaker icon (with an M below it).
Stop the noise
Muting participants individually in Google Meet can be exhausting, especially if you have a large audience. It is not certain if (and when) Google would roll out a native ‘Mute All’ feature to the video calling platform. In the meantime, you can use the tricks mentioned above to simultaneously mute all participants in your Google Meet video. The next up: Do you want to see all participants in Google Meet? Find how to Use and enable grid or tile layout in Google Meet on Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows and Mac.
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