This post shows students and new users the steps to mute or unmute the sound when using Windows 11. When the sound coming out of your computer is too loud, Windows allows you to quickly mute the volume from the Quick settings panel, as well as in the Windows setup application.
Although one can adjust the sound volume in Windows 11, at some point, you may want to completely mute or turn off the sound coming out of your computer. Toggling the sound device’s mute option is the fastest way to do it, and the steps below will show you how.
In Windows 11, you can adjust or mute the sound volume directly from the Quick settings menu on the taskbar. Just activate the quick settings menu by clicking on a hidden or translucent button located at the top of the Wi-Fi, speaker and / or battery icons.
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To start learning how to mute sound in Windows 11, follow the steps below.
How to mute the sound volume in Windows 11
As mentioned above, Windows allows you to quickly mute the volume of the sound coming out of your computer from the quick settings menu.
The Quick Settings menu is a hidden button located at the top of the Wi-Fi, Speaker, and Battery icons.
Once you click the Quick Settings button, it should open the menu. From there, just toggle the speaker / sound icon to mute. Doing so will turn off all sound coming out of your computer.
You can also move the slider to the far left to mute the sound coming out of your computer. When the speaker is muted or turned off, you should have a little X in front of the icon.
How to unmute the sound in Windows 11
If you want to unmute, click the speaker icon again or simply move the slider to the right to unmute and increase the sound volume.
How to mute or unmute from the Windows Settings app
Can also be used Windows settings application to mute or unmute the sound in Windows 11. If you right-click in the Quick Settings area of the taskbar, it should show up and give you the Sound settings options as shown below.
Click Sound Settings to open the Windows settings application and open the sound settings.
If you have multiple sound devices, you can mute or unmute the volume for each one independently. Select the sound device for which you want to adjust the volume and move the slider to the left to decrease and to the right to increase the sound.
You should do that!
Conclusion:
In this tutorial we have seen how to quickly mute or unmute the sound volume in Windows 11. If you find any errors above or have something to add, use the comment form below.
