How to Mute One App on Mac Without Muting Others
Quick techniques to mute a single application on macOS while keeping background music, meetings, or video audio playing.
The Mute Dilemma on Mac
Pressing the mute key (F10) on your Mac keyboard mutes the entire system audio output. If you are listening to music and want to silence a noisy game or web page, the keyboard mute button silences everything.
Option 1: Mute Tab in Safari or Chrome
If the sound is coming from a web browser, modern browsers like Safari and Chrome display a small speaker icon on the tab or address bar. Clicking this icon will mute just that browser tab.
Option 2: System-Wide Single App Mute with Volume Mixer
For desktop applications (such as Discord, Slack, Steam games, or video editing previews), browsers cannot help. A system utility like Oddmac Volume Mixer lists all active applications with a dedicated mute button next to each one. One click mutes the offending app without touching your background audio.
Looking for a driver-free Mac volume mixer?
Oddmac Volume Mixer gives you independent volume sliders and instant mute for every active Mac process.