Google Hangouts Mute – How to Disable Notification Alert Sounds

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I found the new Google Hangouts sounds annoying and they don't provide a way to disable them. The only thing you can do is disable notifications entirely, per contact even, not globally.

How can you just mute the sound alerts for new messages?

Best Answer

Google now offers an option to mute sounds:

This setting applies to all Hangouts notifications from Gmail, Google+ and the Chrome extension on the same desktop computer.

Turn sound off for notification sounds

Click menu ▼ at the top of your Hangouts list.

Check the box next to "Mute."

From: Google Hangouts - Turn off notification sounds

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