HTMLMediaElement: defaultMuted property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

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The HTMLMediaElement.defaultMuted property reflects the muted HTML attribute, which indicates whether the media element's audio output should be muted by default. This property has no dynamic effect. To mute and unmute the audio output, use the muted property.

Value

A boolean value. A value of true means that the audio output will be muted by default.

Examples

const videoEle = document.createElement("video");
videoEle.defaultMuted = true;
console.log(videoEle.outerHTML); // <video muted=""></video>

Specifications

Specification
HTML # dom-media-defaultmuted

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`defaultMuted`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 15 (Release date: 2011-10-25) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 11 (Release date: 2012-03-13) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 6 (Release date: 2012-07-25) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 14 (Release date: 2012-06-26) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10) footnote Full support

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HTMLMediaElement: defaultMuted property

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