Hush
Hush finds the noisy tab and mutes the rest, with one shortcut or automatically as you switch tabs. Nothing leaves your browser.
- No network requests
- No account
- Tab names are optional
The Problem
A tab starts playing a video and you spend a minute hunting for it. Or you want one tab's sound and nothing else, and muting tabs one by one gets old fast.
What Hush Does
Mute Others In One Keystroke
Press Alt+M and the tab you're on keeps playing while every other tab goes quiet. Press it again and they return.
Auto-Follow
Turn it on with Alt+A and the sound follows the tab you're on, after a grace delay you choose, so a switch never cuts a sentence in half.
See What Is Playing
A “Playing now” list and a “Played in the last 10 minutes” list, with jump-to-tab and a mute button for each tab. The icon badge counts tabs you can actually hear.
Restores Exactly
Hush only unmutes tabs it muted itself. A tab you muted by hand stays muted. “Put everything back” and “Pause Hush” undo it all in one click.
Pinned Tabs Stay On
Auto-follow never mutes a pinned tab, so your pinned music or call tab keeps playing.
Works Across Windows
Keep the active tab in every window audible, or only the window you're using. Your other windows stay muted.
How It Works
Install And Pin It
Add Hush to Chrome and pin its icon so the badge is always visible.
Pick A Mode
Mute others (Alt+M), mute all (Alt+Shift+M) or auto-follow (Alt+A).
Forget About It
Switch tabs as normal. Hush keeps the sound where you are.
Verify It Yourself
Hush asks for very little. Here is exactly what it can do, and how to check.
- storage
- Saves your settings on your device.
- tabs (optional)
- Requested only if you click “Show tab names”, so the list can show page titles. Without it the list shows generic labels and Hush reads no titles or addresses. You can turn it off again in Settings.
- Network
- None. Hush has no accounts, no sync and no analytics, and its code makes no network requests.
Open chrome://extensions and look at Hush's permissions and Details page, or open Hush's Settings to see whether tab names are on or off. Read the privacy policy.
Questions
Will Hush unmute tabs I muted myself?
No. Hush only ever unmutes tabs it muted itself, so anything you muted by hand stays muted.
Does it read my tab titles or browsing history?
Not by default. Titles are read only if you click “Show tab names” and approve the optional tabs permission, and they stay on your device. You can turn that off in Settings.
Can I change the shortcuts?
Yes. Alt+M, Alt+Shift+M and Alt+A are defaults, and you can rebind them at chrome://extensions/shortcuts.
Why do I see mute icons on tabs I'm not listening to?
The “Mute silent tabs too” setting mutes every background tab ahead of time so nothing can burst in. Turn it off and Hush only mutes tabs that are making sound, which leaves fewer mute icons.
Does the sound stop on the tab I just left?
After a short grace delay that you set in Settings, so you don't lose the end of a sentence when you switch.
Quiet Tabs, Without The Hunting.
Free, no account, and nothing leaves your browser.
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