3 Quick Ways to Fix Pale Moon when There's No Sound

Restoring the browser to default settings might help

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Key notes

  • Pale Moon Browser offers carefully selected features and optimizations to improve the browser stability and User experience.
  • The browser is available for Microsoft Windows and Linux and is entirely built from its own browsing experience.
  • One of our recommendations includes reinstalling the drivers. Don't hesitate in trying the methods mentioned below.
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Pale Moon is an open-source goanna best web browser focusing entirely on efficiency and customization. This browser is available for Microsoft Windows and Linux.

The browser offers a completely built from its own browsing experience. Pale Moon Browser offers carefully selected features and optimizations to improve the browser stability and user experience.

Apart from all these, below are some other Pale Moon Browser features:

  • Optimized for modern processors
  • Based on our own optimized layout and rendering engine, Goanna™
  • Additional security features and security-aware development
  • Supported by our user community, and fully non-profit
  • Familiar, efficient, fully customizable interface
  • Support for easily-created lightweight themes
  • Superior gradients and fonts compared to other rendering engines
  • Extensive and growing support for existing web standards

But recently many users have been complaining about no sound in the Pale Moon browser. If you are among those keep reading this post to learn how you can fix this issue.

Why is there no sound in my browser?

No sound on the Pale Moon browser is a very common issue people face. It could occur on Windows devices due to various reasons. These problems could be as simple as accidentally muting speakers or more serious such as hardware issues.

For starters, check if you have allowed the website to play sound. Also, make sure the page isn’t muted due to accidental mouse clicks.

Where are my sound settings in Pale Moon?

  1. Click on Pale Moon at the top left corner and select Preferences.
    pale moon no sound
  2. Navigate to the Content tab, you will find all sound settings here.
  3. Make the changes as required and click on OK.
    audio settings

Quick Tip:

If you keep having problems, try using Opera instead. It’s one of the best browsers when it comes to response rates and performance, with a very intuitive audio setup.

If you like Pale Moon for it’s small footprint and security, note that Opera has advanced privacy features too. Plus, it updates about once a month to prevent errors and comply with the newest requirements.

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How do I fix Pale Moon if there’s no sound?

1. Disable extensions

  1. Open Pale Moon, and press Ctrl + Shift + A to launch the Add-ons Manager.
  2. Now, click the Remove button next to the problematic extension.
    pale moon no sound
  3. Click on Restart now for the changes to come into effect.

It’s likely that the extension is incompatible with some or all websites if you first noticed the issue after installing it in Pale Moon. Therefore, it is recommended that you delete it and see if Pale Moon no sound is fixed.

2. Restore the browser to default settings

  1. Click on Pale Moon at the top left corner and select Preferences.
  2. Navigate to the General tab and select Restore to default.
    Restore pale moon

Sometimes there is a problem with the browser’s core files that make you can’t hear anything in the browser. Reset it and check if the issue is fixed.

3. Reinstall the Pale Moon browser

  1. Press Windows + I to open Settings and navigate to Apps on the left pane.
  2. Next, click on Apps & features on the right.
    apps and features
  3. Locate the Pale Moon app, click on the ellipsis next to it, and select Uninstall.
  4. Again, click Uninstall in the confirmation prompt.
  5. After restarting the computer to make the changes effective, install Pale Moon.

If none of the above-mentioned workarounds were able to help you, reinstall the browser. Once you’ve reinstalled the browser check if the Pale Moon no sound issue is fixed.

How do I test my browser sound?

You can test your browser sound by performing a sound test online. By doing so, you can easily find out if the Pale Moon no sound issue is due to browser settings or not.

Before performing the test check if your operating systems volume isn’t all the way down. Turning the volume all the way up is a good idea as your speakers might be working but playing weak sound.

This was how you can fix the Pale Moon browser with no audio. We hope that the troubleshooting methods mentioned above were able to help you.

If you still have any issues, feel free to drop a comment below. We’re eager to hear from you.

Vladimir Popescu

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Being an artist his entire life while also playing handball at a professional level, Vladimir has also developed a passion for all things computer-related. With an innate fascination for research and analysis, and realizing many other people share his passion for this subject, he delved into writing Windows-related articles, so other people can also benefit from the acquired information. When not writing kick-ass articles, Vladimir likes to spend his time doing Crossfit and creating art.