This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
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.
A boolean value. A value of true means that the audio output will be muted by default.
const videoEle = document.createElement("video");
videoEle.defaultMuted = true;
console.log(videoEle.outerHTML); // <video muted=""></video>
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-media-defaultmuted> |
| 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 |
15 | 12 | 11 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 18 | 14 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/defaultMuted