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I get a lot of e-mails asking me how to disable the sound in Flash games. It can be annoying when in-game music or sound effects interfere with an MP3 you are listening to. Currently there is no perfect solution, but there are a few options:

• First check if the game has a built-in option to turn off sounds. Sometimes it’s hidden in the options menu, a small music note icon in the corner of the screen or occasionally simply pressing “M” might do the trick. Unfortunately it’s up to the game developer whether or not they include this option, and many games do not.
• If you are a Windows user there’s a freeware application called FlashMute. It works with IE and Firefox and allows you to quickly toggle Flash sounds on and off with a hotkey. This is probably the best solution currently available. Download FlashMute.
  
  
• A Firefox extension called Mute Flash. However it only works under XP and requires a restart of your browser every time you run it. The reason for the browser restart is the extension removes a Windows DLL file to disable Flash audio. You can also do this manually.

Hopefully Adobe will include an easy way to toggle audio in future versions of their Flash player. Until then we have to rely on developers embedding this functionality into their games… so send them a polite e-mail if they forget. :) Happy gaming!