I am looking for a way to mute a Google Meet meeting. I want for a period of time to not listen to anybody that is speaking without disrupting the meeting for the others.
I already tried to right click on Google Meet tab and select 'mute tab' but for some reason, this option is grayed out for Google Meet tabs.
A way to easily mute the whole Google Chrome Application would do also.
Meanwhile you can mute single tabs in Google Chrome. Just tested it with a Google Meet session. All you need to do is right-click on the tab and select to mute the website. Still this will mute ALL running Google Meet sessions, not just the one.
To "mute" a single session you can choose a different Speaker in the settings.
You can simply go to that particular tab, right click on it. and mute tab
As of February 2023, all Google Workspace editions includes Host Management in Google Meet. When this feature is turned on, meeting hosts can mute all participants at once. For details see Pin or mute Google Meet participants.
Also, nowadays Chrome include controls that might help to mute the whole meeting, at least for the user at the computer. For details see Control your music, videos & more
Original answer
The simplest solution is to mute the device by using the device sound controls.
If your device sound controls allow to mute specific applications , mute Chrome.
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A very handy solution is to install a Chrome Extension to allow mute individual tabs (instead of all running Google Meets sessions, or changing the output audio device).
Just search for "Mute Tab" in the Chrome Web Store (there are several).
I use this one: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mute-tab/blljobffcekcbopmkgfhpcjmbfnelkfg
