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How do I disable sounds?
Thanks for your help. I did what you said and I still have sounds when I delete an item in Outlook or do something in Excel. So annoying. I have unclicked everything that I can find where there is a sound notification. What's next? Thanks for your help. Audre
In the Sounds tab of the Sound control panel in Windows, scroll down until you see the Exclamation sound. Set it to None.
 
- ShortJohnnyNov 01, 2022Copper Contributor
Thanks, best advice ever. HansVogelaar
- Audre575Nov 03, 2022Copper Contributor
hi Hans, thank you very much. The last piece of advice eliminated the sound when I close an Outlook message. For that, I thank you very much. I still get a sound here and there....Is there anything else I can disable? Audre
- HansVogelaarNov 03, 2022MVP
If you want to turn off ALL sounds, including the beep you get when an error occurs, select 'No Sounds' from the 'Sound Scheme' dropdown.
Alternatively, scroll through the list of Program Events. Any event that has a sound assigned to it is displayed with a loudspeaker icon. If you want to disable it, select that program event and select (None) from the Sounds dropdown (it is right at the top of the dropdown list).
Don't forget to click OK when you're done.
- Audre575Nov 04, 2022Copper Contributor
Thank you; done. I haven't heard any sounds this morning! So far so good, and thank you again, Audre
- MhmwdSep 10, 2023Copper Contributor
Thanks a lot, I haven't heard any sound since I did your stepHansVogelaar