Floating Mute: mute your phone with one tap, from any app
Mohamad Almousli · 2026-10-05 · 2 min read
Scrolling through YouTube Shorts or Reels, you want sound off for one clip and on for the next, and the volume keys are a clumsy way to do that. Floating Mute puts a button on top of every app: tap to mute, tap to unmute.
What it does
One tap mutes or unmutes the device, and unmuting restores the volume to what it was before. The button follows the volume as you change it elsewhere and can show the volume percentage beside it (long-press to show or hide it).
Drag it anywhere; its position is saved separately for portrait and landscape. Drag it to the bottom edge to hide it, like a chat bubble, and tap the notification to bring it back.
Make it yours
You can change the button's size, colours, opacity and corner radius, and pick a light, dark or system theme for the app. Tapping the notification opens the settings; the notification can also hide or show the button, or stop the app.
Where to get it
F-Droid is the recommended way to get Floating Mute. It takes a while to publish new versions, so the newest build is always on GitHub releases, and the app is also on IzzyOnDroid, Uptodown and OpenAPK. Other sources aren't recommended, since they may have changed the code.
It is free software under the GPL-3.0 or later. It was also featured on Computer-WD, an Arabic tech blog, in April 2025.
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