How To Disable Annoying System Sounds In Windows 10?

Windows 10 is great, but several don’t like new sounds in Windows 10, for example start menu sound or lock screen sound. You may also have noticed that Windows has few different sounds for notifications, new email messages and action center. They are pretty annoying. This article will provide you information how to disable these sounds in Windows 10 fast and easy using your Registry Editor or Group Policy Editor.

If you are like me, you will feel very annoyed when you are busy doing something on your laptop or computer and a system sound beeps unexpectedly, making you think that it is an important notification only to find out that it isn’t.

The truth is that system sounds, as much as they were put in for a reason, tends to be distracting and annoying. Windows usually produces a sound to let you know about system updates or other notifications.

These sounds also serve as a notification to hint you when anything funny is going on within your device that requires your attention. Since some of these notifications may be important, it is wise to turn off the sounds rather than disable them completely.

Luckily, it is possible to switch off annoying system sounds in Windows 10 and still be able to see the notifications and updates. Here is how:

Option 1: Tweak your Settings

The settings icon on your device provides a quick way to turn off system sound.

1. Open your Settings.
2. Select System.
3. Click Notifications and Actions.
4. Select the app or program whose notification you want off through ‘get notifications from these senders.’
   
5. Click on ‘play a sound when a notification arrives’ and then turn it off.
   
6. Repeat step 4 and 5 to turn off sound notifications or other apps.

When you have completed these steps, the configured apps will not have any sounds, but they will appear on the right bottom corner of the screen when any notification comes in. It will also be listed in your Action Center.

The only con of using this method is that the apps will need to be configured individually which may be time tasking. But if you only need to mute a few apps then this should not be a problem for you. Nevertheless, the quiet result will be worth it in end.

Option 2: Using the Control Panel

This option will be good for you if you want to save time and don’t want to repeat the steps for each app. Here is how to do it:

1. Click on the Control Panel.
2. Select Sound and Hardware.
3. Click on the link that says change system sounds.
   
4. Select Notification under Program Events.
   
5. Next, click on ‘Sounds’ and then select None.
6. Click Apply and then Ok.

After completing these steps your notifications will still pop up but without the accompanying sounds. You will also be able to view them in your Action center like before.

This method helps you to mute the sounds for specific events on your computer such as calendar event, battery alert, notifications, task completion and more. You can also use it to permanently mute all the system sounds on your computer. If you want to mute all system sounds,

• Go to the Sound Scheme and click on its dropdown menu.
• Then click the No Sounds option and click Apply then Ok.

Quick Tip

In case your problem is with a particular sound, you can change the sound to something that you will like hearing. To do this, you will need to go to the control panel and then change its default sound. You will find this in step 5 of option 2.

Summary: Disable annoying system sounds in Windows 10

• Navigate to the "Sounds" tab.
• Scroll down until you find the entry labeled "Start Navigation."
• Click the drop-down menu and choose "None."
• Click on the "Apply" button.
• Click on the "OK" button.

Conclusion

We hope that this was helpful, and you don’t have to deal with the annoying system sounds again while working on Windows 10 device. Try any of the two methods and see which one works best for your problem.