How do I silence Facebook sounds?

Facebook is one of the most widely used social media platforms, with over 2 billion monthly active users. With so many users constantly interacting, Facebook has become a very noisy place, with chimes, beeps, and other sounds playing frequently. While some sounds can be useful alerts, many users find constant Facebook sounds and notifications distracting or irritating. This is especially true on mobile, where Facebook autoplays videos with sound and sends various notifications.

Unwanted sounds can make it difficult to focus while browsing Facebook or be disruptive if using the app in public places. Fortunately, Facebook provides settings to control notification sounds on desktop and mobile. This guide will cover how to mute, adjust, or turn off different Facebook sounds on iOS and Android devices as well as Mac/Windows computers.

Understanding Facebook Sounds

Facebook includes a variety of sounds that play for different features on the platform. The main types of sounds on Facebook include:

• Video sounds – Videos that users post on their feeds or watch in Watch contain audio tracks that play as you view them.
• Message sounds – When receiving new messages, Facebook plays a notification sound to alert you.
• Notification sounds – For notifications like friend requests, posts mentions, and more, Facebook uses sounds to notify you.
• Ad sounds – Video ads on Facebook also contain audio that plays as you scroll past them on your feed.

Each of these sounds can be controlled independently in the settings to enable you to customize which noises you want to hear on Facebook.

Locating Sound Settings

To access sound settings on the Facebook desktop site, click the downward arrow in the top right corner and select “Settings.” On the left-side menu, click “Sound” to open the sound settings options. There you can turn on or off individual sounds like notifications and video sounds.

On the Facebook mobile app, open the menu from the bottom right corner and select “Settings & Privacy” then “Settings.” Scroll down and select “Sound” to view and customize all your sound preferences. For iOS, you can toggle all in-app sounds, while Android allows you to control notification and video sounds separately.

Muting Video Sounds

To mute or silence the auto-play sounds from Facebook videos in your Feed:

1. Open the Facebook app on your mobile device and tap on the menu icon in the top right corner.
2. Scroll down and tap on Settings & Privacy > Settings
3. Scroll down to the Media section
4. Tap on the Autoplay toggle. This toggles the setting on or off to enable or disable autoplay sounds for Facebook videos.

You can also customize whether Facebook videos autoplay when you are connected to Wi-Fi or cellular data. To change these settings:

1. Follow steps 1-3 above.
2. Under Autoplay, tap on Videos Start With to select if videos should start with or without sound when on Wi-Fi or cellular data.

Refer to Facebook’s Help section for additional information on customizing video autoplay and sound settings.

Silencing Message Sounds

Facebook Messenger allows users to control notification and alert sounds easily within the app’s settings. To mute Messenger sounds on an Android device, open the Messenger app and tap your profile icon in the top left. Then go to Preferences > Notifications & sounds. Here you can toggle sound effects and notifications on or off to silence incoming message sounds.

On an iPhone, the process is similar. Open Messenger and tap your profile icon, then go to Notifications > Sounds and toggle the Slider next to Sounds to the off position. You can also customize additional alert preferences here for more granular control.

As stated in Facebook Help documentation, muting messenger notifications within the app is the most direct way to silence incoming chat sounds and alerts. The page also recommends checking your device’s notification settings outside of Messenger to ensure no secondary alerts still occur.

Disabling Notification Sounds

One of the main ways that sounds occur on Facebook is through notifications. Notifications can be triggered for various parts of Facebook, such as your feed, groups you’re in, events, and messages. In order to turn off the sounds for notifications, you’ll need to go into your Settings.

To access your Settings on the Facebook mobile app, tap the three-line menu icon in the top right corner and select Settings & Privacy, then tap Settings. Scroll down to the Notifications section. Here you can control notification sounds for your feed, groups, events, and more (https://m.facebook.com/help/android-app/302202129901479). Make sure Sounds is disabled for each notification type you want to silence.

You can also silence specific notifications by tapping into each category. For example, tap Groups and then disable sounds for Group posts, Community Q&A responses, and other group updates as preferred.

By going through the various notification types, you can fully customize which Facebook notifications make sounds on your device. This allows you to mute sounds coming from Facebook without silencing important alerts.

Quieting Ads

Many Facebook users want to silence sounds from autoplay video ads on their feed. While there is no option to completely turn off ads in the app, you can mute ad video and audio to stop unwanted sounds.

To prevent videos in Facebook ads from automatically playing sound when you scroll by in your feed, follow these steps:

• Open the Facebook app on your device
• Tap on the three line < Menu
  icon in the top-right corner
• Go to Settings & Privacy > Settings
• Scroll down and tap on Media and Contacts
• Turn off the setting for Autoplay Videos and Ads

With autoplay disabled, videos in Facebook ads and your feed will no longer immediately start playing when scrolled by. You can tap to initiate video (and audio) playback instead. This stops loud or annoying ad sounds from occurring

An additional option is to mute the sound each time an ad video begins auto playing. Just tap the sound icon in the bottom corner once a video starts. However, disabling autoplay altogether prevents the majority of unwanted ad noises while scrolling.

Source: How to Mute Facebook Ads

Customizing Alert Settings

You can customize which alert sounds play on Facebook by adjusting your notification settings. On Android devices, tap the menu icon in the top right and select “Settings & Privacy” then “Settings.” On iPhones, scroll to the bottom and tap “Settings & Privacy.”

Under “Notifications,” tap “Push Notifications” to view your alert options. Here you can toggle sound effects on or off for different notification types like friend requests, messages, posts you’re tagged in, and more. Disable the sounds you find disruptive or excessive.

You may also see a “Sounds” option further down in settings. Tap into this menu to select your preferred notification sound or set alerts to vibrate instead. Facebook provides a variety of built-in tones to choose from.

Customizing notifications gives you granular control to mute extraneous sounds while still staying updated on key Facebook activity. You can enable chime notifications for important updates like messages and mute things like game invites. Adjust these sound configs until you strike the right balance for your preferences.

Troubleshooting Tips

If you are still experiencing sound issues on Facebook after following the steps to control sounds, there are additional troubleshooting tips to try. As noted on the FlexClip website, common reasons for lack of sound on Facebook videos include the video itself being muted, issues with your device’s speaker or audio settings, Wi-Fi connectivity problems, and bugs within the Facebook app.

First, verify that your device’s ringer/media volume is turned up and vibrate mode is disabled. You can restart your phone to refresh the audio drivers as a possible quick fix. Check for operating system or Facebook app updates that could resolve software glitches causing missing audio.

Switch Wi-Fi networks or use mobile data instead of Wi-Fi to rule out connectivity issues preventing videos from loading correctly with sound. If the problems continue on multiple devices, try logging out and back in to Facebook to reset the app.

As troubleshooting videos with no sound often resolves general Facebook audio issues, following the methods in this guide may help get sounds working properly again across Facebook.

Conclusion

There are several key techniques for silencing Facebook sounds:

To mute video sounds, go to Settings > Media > scroll to Video and disable Video Autoplay or uncheck Sound On.

To disable notification sounds, go to Settings > Notifications > uncheck Permit Sounds.

To silence in-app sounds like likes or comments, go to Settings > Media > uncheck In-App Sounds.

To adjust ad settings, go to Settings > Advertisements > scroll to Sounds and disable Video Sounds to stop autoplay with sound.

You can also customize your alert settings under Settings > Notifications > Scroll down to Alerts.

If you are still hearing sounds, force quit and relaunch the Facebook app or restart your device.

With these tips, you can take control over Facebook sounds based on your preferences for a better overall experience.