# Turning off the sound of Flash games

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-the-sound-of-flash-games/272060>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 30, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-the-sound-of-flash-games/272060 "2004-10-30T20:28:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-the-sound-of-flash-games/272060/1 "2004-10-30T20:28:23Z")

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Can I listen to music online and turn the sound off on flash games? It seems the only way I can do it is to turn off both, or listen to both.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-the-sound-of-flash-games/272060/2 "2004-10-30T22:52:24Z")

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Unfourtunately, unless the game developers put a mute button in to the game, you are out of luck.