Sound in the browser in Windows 10 - how to fix?

If the sound suddenly disappeared in your browser, or it appears, it disappears, to deal with it is usually relatively easy - perhaps the reason in the system settings, it is possible that the sound is turned off at the level of the browser itself, and in some cases, when playing a video, the cause may be Wrong work of hardware acceleration.

In this manual, in detail what to do if the sound is stopped playing in the browser on the example of Google Chrome and Yandex Browser in Windows 10. By analogy, you can usually correct the problem in other browsers.

• Sound is disabled in the browser itself
• Windows 10 parameters affecting sound reproduction in browser
• Additional Information
• Video instruction

If the sound disappeared due to its trip to the Yandex browser or Google Chrome

The first of the possible causes of the problem is to disable the site's sound directly in the browser, and everything you need to correct the problem - to turn it on again.

1. In Google Chrome, pay attention to whether the speaker icon on the tab where the sound should be played. If they crossed out, you can click on the header of the Right-click tab and select "Enable Sound on the site" item. Another possibility is to click on the speaker icon in the address bar to the right of the current page address and select the "Always turn on the Sound site" item. If the speaker is not displayed, then, apparently, the sounds in the content of the current page are simply absent.

   

2. In Yandex browser, it is enough just to click on the speaker icon in the tab title to enable or disable sound playback from the site.

   

Windows 10 settings that may affect the sound playback in browsers

Attention: All the following is suitable for the script when the sound is only in the browser, but with system sounds, games and other content containing audio all right, otherwise use the instructions from the second paragraph of this article. If the sounds have disappeared completely in all programs, use the instruction disappeared Windows 10 sound - how to correct the problem.

If everything is in order in the browser itself, you should pay attention to the Windows 10 settings associated with the volume and output of the sound of individual programs. I recommend the following procedure:

1. Right-click on the speaker icon in the notification area on the right below and select "Open the Volume Mixer" item.

   

2. Make sure that the browser volume is not installed on the minimum value (otherwise increase the volume), and also see if the volume level is displayed for it when playing anything with sound inside the browser window.

   

3. Right-click on the speaker icon again and select "Open Sound Options".
4. In the sound parameters, scroll through the window to the "Advanced Sound Options" section and click "Device Settings and Application Volume".

   

5. In the list of applications, make sure that the volume for browsers is set to the desired level, different from 0, and the desired device is selected as the output device (for example, speakers or "default"), and not some other. For example, another computer user could configure sound output from the browser to the connected TV or other audio device. If you do not know what to choose, you can try all available options.

   

Additional ways to solve the problem

In the event that previous options did not bring results, try such methods:

1. If the sound is not played (or disappears) when playing online video, try turning off the hardware acceleration in the browser.
2. Try temporarily disable all extensions in the browser (even necessary) and check whether the picture will change with audio playback.
3. Just in case, try to open some other sites containing content (for example, video) with sound and check whether the sound is played there.

Video instruction

Waiting for someone from readers can ask a question about how to look above the video, if there is no sound in the browser, I will answer: you can open it on another device, for example, a smartphone.