How to Enable or Disable Volume Control and Hardware Media Key Handling in Google Chrome
Starting in Google Chrome 75, you can enable or disable the Hardware Media Key Handling flag for using media keys on your keyboard to control the active media session.
For example, if you press the Volume Up, Volume Down, or Mute media keys on your keyboard, you will see chrome.exe media controls (Reverse, Play/Pause, Forward) next to the volume control on your desktop that you can use to control the active media session in Google Chrome.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the chrome.exe Hardware Media Key Handling and volume control feature in Google Chrome for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.
Contents
- Option One: Enable Chrome.exe Volume Control and Hardware Media Key Handling
- Option Two: Disable Chrome.exe Volume Control and Hardware Media Key Handling
EXAMPLE: chrome.exe media controls next to the volume control on desktop
This is the default setting.
1 Open Google Chrome.
2 Copy and paste the link below into the address bar of Chrome, and press Enter.
chrome://flags/#enable-media-session-service
3 Select Default or Enabled in the Media Session Service flag drop down menu. (see screenshots below)
4 Copy and paste the link below into the address bar of Chrome, and press Enter.
chrome://flags/#hardware-media-key-handling
5 Select Default or Enabled in the Hardware Media Key Handling flag drop down menu.
6 Click/tap on the RELAUNCH NOW button at the bottom to apply.
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1 Open Google Chrome.
2 Copy and paste the link below into the address bar of Chrome, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
chrome://flags/#hardware-media-key-handling
3 Select Disabled in the Hardware Media Key Handling flag drop down menu.
4 Click/tap on the RELAUNCH NOW button at the bottom to apply.
That's it,
Shawn
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