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How To Turn Off Annoying Sounds

7/12/2013 9:06:36 AM

Don’t let the sounds on your PC or mobile device drive you mad. We reveal how to disable tiresome beeps, clicks and dings

Keypad tones on phones

There are few things more irritating then sitting next to someone whose phone beeps or clicks every time they press a key, especially if they’re writing a long message. Fortunately, these noises are very easy to turn off. On an Android device, go to Settings, tap Sound, scroll download to System and deselect the option Keystones, ‘Dial-pad touch tones’ or ‘Audible touch tones’, and ‘Touch sounds’. On an iPhone, go to Settings, Sound and turn off the option Keyboard Clicks.

Windows start-up sound

If you don’t line noise your PC makes when Windows starts, you can disable it without needing to mute the rest of your system. Just press the Windows key + R to open the Run box, type mmsys.cpl and hit Enter to open the Sound box. Alternatively, go to Control Panel, ‘Hardware and sound’ (Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices in Windows XP) and click ‘Change system sounds’. Click the Sounds tab, deselect the option ‘Play Windows Startup sound’ below the ‘Program events’ list and click OK.

Just press the Windows key + R to open the Run box, type mmsys.cpl and hit Enter to open the Sound box

Just press the Windows key + R to open the Run box, type mmsys.cpl and hit Enter to open the Sound box

Click the Sounds tab, deselect the option ‘Olay Windows Startup sound’ below the ‘Program events’ list and click OK

Click the Sounds tab, deselect the option ‘Olay Windows Startup sound’ below the ‘Program events’ list and click OK

Onscreen mouse clicks

Incessant mouse clicks can often prove annoying, especially if you’re working on your PC late at night. Although you can’t stop your actual mouse buttons form making a noise (unless you have a particularly quite model), you can turn off the clicks that sound when you select files, web links and other items. Go to the Sound box in the Control Panel, click the Sounds tab and scroll down to Windows Explorer in the ‘Program events’ list. Select the option Start Navigation, then click the drop-down Sounds menu and choose None. Click Apply or OK to confirm the change.

Facebook notification sounds

Be default, Facebook now beeps when someone likes or comments on your posts, or posts on your timeline. If you’d prefer it to stay silent, click the icon in the top-right corner of any Facebook page, select Account Settings and click Notifications in the left-hand column. In the How You Get Notifications section, click the View link next to On Facebook and deselect the option ‘Play a sound when each new notification is received’. Click Save Changes to confirm.

Facebook notification sounds

Facebook notification sounds

Sounds on the pages

In Windows 7 and Vista, you can control the sound for your browser separately from other programs, allowing you to browse the web in silence without needing to mute your system. To do so, start playing and audio or video file on a web page, then click the volume icon on your taskbar and choose Mixer. When the Volume Mixer opens, click the volume icon below your browser to mute the sound or just drag the slider bar down to make it quieter.

Sounds on the pages

Sounds on the pages

Windows ‘dings’

If you don’t like the ‘ding’ sound that Windows makes when you turn up the volume or an error message appears, you can turn it off. On the Sounds tab in the Control Panel, select Default Beep and choose None from the drop-down menu. To get Sound back, choose Windows Ding.

Kindle Fire battery warning

It’s useful to know when your Kindle Fire is running out of battery power, but the warning sound can be irritating and even starting of you have headphones plugged in. you can change the low-battery alarm in Settings, Sound & Display. Here, you can either choose to Mute All Notifications or tap Notification Sounds and select a less annoying noise.

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