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How to Disable or Mute Alert Sound in Ubuntu 19.04

Last updated: March 31, 2019

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Ubuntu Gnome desktop will play a simple alert sound for certain types of messages and events, e.g., terminal tab completion alert and usb plugged in or removed.

In Ubuntu 19.04 sound settings, it only provide options to choose a different alert sound, though it used to have an option to disable or mute it in old Ubuntu releases.

1. Open Ubuntu Software, search for and install dconf editor:

2. Launch dconf editor and navigate to org/gnome/desktop/sound.

Then turn off the switch for “event-sounds”.

That’s it.

In addition, previous changes will be restored once you choose an alert sound (pic 1) in Sound settings.

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    3 responses to How to Disable or Mute Alert Sound in Ubuntu 19.04

    1. Felix Hune May 6, 2019 at 10:15 pm

      Hello,
      another good possibility is to open the directory /usr/share/sounds/gnome/default/alerts as root and replace a sound file (for example “glass.ogg”) with a silent sound file. Then reboot the PC, go to Settings/Sounds and choose the Alert Sound with the name you have replaced. And that’s it!
      Regards, Felix

    2. M October 4, 2019 at 8:00 am

      Wow… This is not what I would expect from an operating system targeted at newcomers to Linux. Thanks for the info, tho.

    3. Nguyen December 27, 2019 at 2:40 pm

      thanks! the best tutorial I’ve found.