# Figma's desktop app can now mute a tab's audio

By Steven Van · 2026-03-20

The mute control sits in the tab bar and the menu of Figma's desktop app.

Figma's desktop app can now mute a tab playing audio directly from the tab bar, or through the menu.

[![](<https://cdn.sanity.io/images/599r6htc/regionalized/342e17642c7afa81206490b0dd21c3e5724ae040-2400x1260.png?w=1200&q=70&fit=max&auto=format>)](<https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=instant-tab-muting-on-the-desktop-app>)

![Figma](<https://static.figma.com/app/icon/2/icon-512-maskable.png>)

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Sources

[Original source](<https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=instant-tab-muting-on-the-desktop-app>)

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