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How to remove annoying beep every time you change the volume?

Anonymous
2021-01-01T10:50:30+00:00

Hi,

There are a lot of posts about this, and I know that most people recommend just using the mouse wheel to change the volume, which does work, (unless you're trying to change the volume from an odd to an even number or viceversa), but I wanna know if there's any way at all that we can disable the beep for whenever the volume is changed.

I did a bit of research and found that, as of a few years ago, this wasn't possible, according to a former Microsoft Support employee that responded to the thread below (first response in the Replies section below the main answer):

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-fix-the-annoying-ding-sound-on-changing/7e701de4-9c80-49e9-8920-b67343eefc8c

The beep sound is still as annoying now as it was back in 2011 when this was first posted.

Is it still not possible to specifically silence the beep for volume changes without silencing all the other apps that also use the same beep (for much more useful purposes)?

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-01-01T11:31:22+00:00

    Hi Nahuelma97,

    Good day! This is Jhakesong an Independent Advisor and I will be happy to assist you with this.

    I understand that you are trying to remove the "beep" sound when you are trying to change the sound volume.

    Give this a try:

    1. Go to search, type control
    2. Open control panel, select Sound
    3. Click the Sounds Tab
    4. Select "Default Beep" in the Program Events list
    5. At the bottom, where it says "Sounds", a .wav file is selected (Windows Background.wav by default). Change this to (None).
    6. Apply changes.

    Let me know how it goes. Have a great day!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-02T01:56:11+00:00

    Hi Nahuelma97,

    Thank you for the update. Give this a try also.

    On task manager, Right click on your sound icon. Click Open Volume mixer. Set the System sounds volume to the lowest setting. Check if it works.

    Let me know how it goes.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-02T07:25:52+00:00

    I just noticed you were responding to my ratings lmao didn't know that was a thing.

    So, reason why I sent the first one is that what you recommended is exactly what I'd mentioned I didn't wanna have to do in the initial post which, if you'd read the link I included in the post, you would've known. I get that this is not your job tho, so I'm not gonna go all Karen and ask for a supervisor or anything like that 😂

    Second one, I tried it, and when I mute it, it goes mute, but then I change the volume and it unmutes itself? I don't know why. I tried it both for turning the volume up and also down, neither appears to work. The mixer shows that the system sounds thingy is unmuted again. I tried it with switching it to zero and also with muting it from the speaker below the volume bar. Same thing happens in both cases.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-01-02T07:11:20+00:00

    Thank you for the update. I am sorry that didn't work out. I ran out of ideas regarding the issue too. But don't worry, this is a community of experts. I will release this question so another expert can pick up and provide fresh ideas for you.

    Have a great day.

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