<![CDATA[how to remove speaker icon from tabs?]]>hi, i havent seen this feature before guess this is new. there is an icon appearing on tabs if the tabs have sound. i dont want that icon. here the blue speaker icon;

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how to remove/disable it?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/54389/how-to-remove-speaker-icon-from-tabsRSS for NodeThu, 16 Jul 2026 09:32:23 GMTSun, 27 Feb 2022 00:10:39 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Sat, 05 Mar 2022 23:35:57 GMT]]>I does not like this innovation as well, especially when I cant turn it off in options or in opera:flags.
It is annoying to add new feature Without means of disabling it.👿

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/276107https://forums.opera.com/post/276107Sat, 05 Mar 2022 23:35:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Sat, 05 Mar 2022 22:16:39 GMT]]>@crazyghostrider Some mouses does not have middle button 😞

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/276106https://forums.opera.com/post/276106Sat, 05 Mar 2022 22:16:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Wed, 02 Mar 2022 18:34:01 GMT]]>@leocg said in how to remove speaker icon from tabs?:

@crazyghostrider Not possible at the moment.

this is a great way for a lifetime user of opera to stop, find a new browser, and never return to opera. Most of us chose opera because it let us customize and enable/disable anything we want, it has a built in ad-blocker, vpn and it stops you being tracked. And now you are forced to have to click to pause the video/audio in order for the close 'x' button appears on the tab. And you can't change it. If you're going to be just like all the other browsers there are much better alternatives out there. So it's been a blast, bye.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275888https://forums.opera.com/post/275888Wed, 02 Mar 2022 18:34:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:40:16 GMT]]>@clever-man said in how to remove speaker icon from tabs?:

@seriousgigi middle mouse button close any tab in any version of the Opera. Maybe you are disable it in the options?

no. if there is active speaker icon and you middle click over that icon the tab is not closed instead you mute/unmute sound for this tab. middle button should always close the tab for my suggestion. if you wanna mute the tab left clicking over sound icon is enough.

my opera version is 84.0.4316.21

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275781https://forums.opera.com/post/275781Tue, 01 Mar 2022 22:40:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Tue, 01 Mar 2022 19:00:54 GMT]]>@johnd78 said in how to remove speaker icon from tabs?:

@donq said in how to remove speaker icon from tabs?:

This overriding close tab button is very unfortunate

As far as I've tested, this is already fixed in Opera 86.0.4344.0 developer.

Ah, thank your for noticing - updated my dev, behavior seems better for sure 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275774https://forums.opera.com/post/275774Tue, 01 Mar 2022 19:00:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:47:00 GMT]]>@donq said in how to remove speaker icon from tabs?:

This overriding close tab button is very unfortunate

As far as I've tested, this is already fixed in Opera 86.0.4344.0 developer.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275773https://forums.opera.com/post/275773Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:47:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:28:52 GMT]]>@seriousgigi said in how to remove speaker icon from tabs?:

@scott-summers lol.

it is good feature but i simple dont want since i have opened more than 50 tabs (maybe 100 :D) at the same time. that speaker icon overrides close tab button (cross) most times and makes me annoy.

This overriding close tab button is very unfortunate, otherwise I personally do not care about new or old sound icon.

Opera devs please - if you are not able remove this sound icon (from settings), then at least just show close button always!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275772https://forums.opera.com/post/275772Tue, 01 Mar 2022 18:28:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Tue, 01 Mar 2022 08:04:55 GMT]]>@clever-man And you try to close the tab using the middle mouse button, if you click on the new icon.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275722https://forums.opera.com/post/275722Tue, 01 Mar 2022 08:04:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:39:22 GMT]]>The old audio icon caused opera to use substantial CPU power when it was animated. The new one doesn't which is great (not sure why it took so many years to sort that bug) but the new icon causes problems with the close button so now half the time it's missing and you can't close the tab...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275719https://forums.opera.com/post/275719Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:39:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:50:35 GMT]]>@seriousgigi middle mouse button close any tab in any version of the Opera. Maybe you are disable it in the options?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275715https://forums.opera.com/post/275715Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:50:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Mon, 28 Feb 2022 22:50:29 GMT]]>@crazyghostrider Yeah they should've left an option to disable it if we wanted to.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275676https://forums.opera.com/post/275676Mon, 28 Feb 2022 22:50:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Mon, 28 Feb 2022 17:00:48 GMT]]>@leocg they should fix middle mouse button too. when you have lots of tabs opened you can easily close the tab by clicking middle mouse button on the tab but right now it is just disabling sound because there is huge sound speaker icon appear.

my suggestion is;
left click over speaker icon for enabling/disabling sound
middle mouse button for closing the tab.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275637https://forums.opera.com/post/275637Mon, 28 Feb 2022 17:00:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Mon, 28 Feb 2022 08:12:16 GMT]]>@scott-summers A week later, I still do not like the new icon.
If the old icon has to cut the end of the animation. And then it would always be seen where the sound comes from. It could also be repainted in a blue color (like a new icon).
My friends had to return to the old version of "Opera" and block upgrades because of these changes.

And why not leave a choice for the user, what icons to use?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275578https://forums.opera.com/post/275578Mon, 28 Feb 2022 08:12:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Mon, 28 Feb 2022 07:18:06 GMT]]>Pls, return options #static-tab-audio-indicator
New static audio indicator is ugly and take a lot of place.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275576https://forums.opera.com/post/275576Mon, 28 Feb 2022 07:18:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Mon, 28 Feb 2022 01:59:35 GMT]]>@crazyghostrider The first time I saw the new icon I kinda hated it but after a few days I could see the benefits from having detached from the logo webpage... the main one being that you can quickly see at a glance which tab is reproducing a video something that was a little difficult with the previous one.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275556https://forums.opera.com/post/275556Mon, 28 Feb 2022 01:59:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Mon, 28 Feb 2022 01:48:08 GMT]]>@crazyghostrider Not possible at the moment.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275553https://forums.opera.com/post/275553Mon, 28 Feb 2022 01:48:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Sun, 27 Feb 2022 23:31:56 GMT]]>How to return the old sound indication icon in the tab?
The old icon was animated and did not shift the Tab title text.
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]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275550https://forums.opera.com/post/275550Sun, 27 Feb 2022 23:31:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Sun, 27 Feb 2022 19:10:16 GMT]]>@seriousgigi They probably will fix that issue.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275524https://forums.opera.com/post/275524Sun, 27 Feb 2022 19:10:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Sun, 27 Feb 2022 19:09:42 GMT]]>@scott-summers The old equalizer icon was causing issues, that's why they replaced it with that static icon.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275523https://forums.opera.com/post/275523Sun, 27 Feb 2022 19:09:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Sun, 27 Feb 2022 19:07:15 GMT]]>@seriousgigi Not exactly new, it just replaces the old equalizer icon as the indicator that the tab is playing sound. And like the old one, it can't be disabled.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275522https://forums.opera.com/post/275522Sun, 27 Feb 2022 19:07:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Sun, 27 Feb 2022 19:06:51 GMT]]>Oh I see now I understand... as far as I know I don't think there is a way to remove that button to be honest with you

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275521https://forums.opera.com/post/275521Sun, 27 Feb 2022 19:06:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Sun, 27 Feb 2022 18:52:20 GMT]]>@scott-summers lol.

it is good feature but i simple dont want since i have opened more than 50 tabs (maybe 100 :D) at the same time. that speaker icon overrides close tab button (cross) most times and makes me annoy.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275519https://forums.opera.com/post/275519Sun, 27 Feb 2022 18:52:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how to remove speaker icon from tabs? on Sun, 27 Feb 2022 00:42:42 GMT]]>Well as far as I know there is no way to remove that icon but to be honest with you I find it more useful than what we use to have... those bars moving up and down on top of the web page icon. I think it's pretty easy now to know at a glance which one of the tabs has a sound/video playing.

On the other hand if I were watching Chaturbate I would not want that blue icon signaling to others behind me what I'm watching.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275467https://forums.opera.com/post/275467Sun, 27 Feb 2022 00:42:42 GMT