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Best alternatives to Smart Mute (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Smart Mute, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Smart Mute: reviews, users and permissionsBest Functionality & UI extensions

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≈20K users4.4★ from 196 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago1 permissions

Smart Mute alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Mute Tab

    Restores the 'Mute Tab' functionality of versions prior to Chrome 71.

    ≈400K users4.2★ from 193 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions
    • About 20× more users than Smart Mute
    • Rated 0.2 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  2. 2

    Mute Tab

    Convenient and fast to 'Mute Tab'

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 8 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions
    • About 20× fewer users than Smart Mute
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Mute Tab alternativesCompare side by side
  3. 3

    Mute Tabs

    Smart tab muter with auto-mute, focus mode, and persistent rules for sites you always want silent.

    ≈1K users4.0★ from 6 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago2 permissions
    • About 20× fewer users than Smart Mute
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
    • Listed under Accessibility
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  4. 4

    Mute Tab

    Have full-control over noisy tabs (active tab, all tabs, all other tabs, and more) with keyboard shortcut support

    ≈5K users4.6★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago2 permissions
    • About 4.0× fewer users than Smart Mute
    • Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
    Mute Tab alternativesCompare side by side
  5. 5

    Tab Muter

    Re-enables the "Mute Tab" feature once found in Chrome itself.

    ≈100K users4.3★ from 187 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago1 permissions
    • About 5.0× more users than Smart Mute
    • Updated less recently
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  6. 6

    Auto Tab Mute

    Automatically mutes background tabs

    ≈3K users4.6★ from 24 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions
    • About 6.7× fewer users than Smart Mute
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
    • Listed under Tools
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  7. 7

    Multi-tab

    A browser extension to open and group a bunch of tabs from a list of URLs.

    ≈2K users3.0★ from 2 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years2 permissions
    • About 10× fewer users than Smart Mute
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (2 vs 1)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  8. 8

    Tab Manager Plus for Chrome

    Quickly find open tabs, see all windows in one view, find duplicates and limit tabs per window. The best Tab Manager for Chrome.

    ≈200K users4.5★ from 1.1K ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago6 permissions
    • About 10× more users than Smart Mute
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 1)
    Tab Manager Plus for Chrome alternativesCompare side by side
  9. 9

    Load Background Tabs Lazily

    Allow only a specific number of new background tabs to load at one time.

    ≈1K users4.0★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 9 days ago5 permissions
    • About 20× fewer users than Smart Mute
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 1)
    • Listed under Tools
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  10. 10

    Open Multiple URLs

    Opens a list of URLs

    ≈800K users4.7★ from 319 ratingsUpdated 19 months ago3 permissions
    • About 40× more users than Smart Mute
    • Rated 0.3 stars higher
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 1)
    • Listed under Accessibility
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Smart Mute alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Smart Mute?

By users, the most popular alternative is Open Multiple URLs with ≈800K users and a 4.7-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Mute Tab.

Which Smart Mute alternative has the best rating?

Open Multiple URLs has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 319 ratings.

How many alternatives to Smart Mute are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Smart Mute on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.