How to Change Windows 11 System Sounds
Despite its updates, Windows 11 doesn’t significantly change how you manage system sounds when compared to Windows 10. Here’s how to change Windows 11’s system sounds. Most Windows 11 system sounds can be changed in this menu. In fact, you’ll notice many possible program events don’t have a system sound assigned to them by default, giving you the chance to further customize Windows. There’s two alternative ways to access Sound Settings.
Perform a Windows Search for sound. Tap Sound Settings, which should appear as the first result.Right-click the small speaker icon in the Windows taskbar. Tap Sound Settings.
You can select the drop-down menu to browser available sounds. Alternatively, you can tap Browse and navigate File Explorer to add custom sounds. The sound must be a WAV file. Select the file and select Open.
How to Turn Off Windows 11 Startup Sound
There is one key option that is missing, however. The Windows Startup sound, also known as the start sound or boot sound. This is the sound that plays when Windows starts. Windows 11 does not include an option to change the Windows 11 startup sound. You can turn it off, however, by unchecking the Play Windows Startup sound checkbox in the Sound settings window.
How to Turn Off Windows 11 System Sounds
Follow the steps one through five at the beginning of this guide to open the Sound settings window and navigate to the Sounds tab.
How Do I Change My Windows 11 Sound Scheme?
A Sound Scheme is a collection of sound settings related to Program Events which are saved as a group and can be selected as a group. Creating multiple Sound Scheme lets you switch between groups of sounds without manually changing each sound individually. To begin, follow steps one through five at the beginning of this guide to open the Sound settings window. The option to customize Windows’ sound settings is a great way to personalize your PC. If you ever become tired of your customize, though, you can change your PC back to its original Windows 11 sounds by selecting Windows Default as your Sound Scheme.
