Disable the Login Sound on Ubuntu

If you are constantly tweaking your setup the way I do, the login sound will drive you crazy after a short while. Of course, if you are constantly tweaking your setup, it’s very unlikely that you are reading this article because you already know how to do this.

To change or disable the login sound, go to System \ Preferences \ Sound and click on the Sounds tab.

Change the dropdown to No sound, as shown:

The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. This article was written on 12/24/06 and tagged with: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Tips & Tweaks

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Comments (9)

1. January 27, 2007 3:50 pm
   adam

   Is there a non-gui means of doing this? I’m using xubuntu, which does not have any system / preferences / sound region.

2. April 11, 2007 10:04 am
   tony

   xubuntu gui is in System / Login Window

3. July 22, 2007 8:27 pm
   Durell Wilson

   I have no business being here, I have an entirely different problem. But I couldn’t help to read your post in the description on Google. Why don’t you just mute it? I don’t understand the trouble.

4. December 7, 2007 6:42 pm
   shillo

   is there a way to copy the login sound… i want to use it as my windows login sound as well.

5. January 10, 2008 3:44 pm
   bungler

   @Durell,

   Brilliant! There’s a clunking noise coming from under the hood of my car. Should I just turn up the radio?

6. January 12, 2008 3:02 pm
   Shaz

   @shillo

   yes you can copy it.

   File location: /usr/share/sounds/

7. July 22, 2008 9:50 am
   Logan

   then if i copy it, can i use it in my cellphone?

8. August 28, 2008 9:15 am
   stan

   While this will disable the Login sound, it will *not* disable the drum sound announcing the login screen. I have disabled system sounds on my system, yet even so that drum sound plays. Since I aim to use my laptop at school — unobtrusively — I would like to silence all sounds.

   Yes, I’ll mute the system, but where the mute status doesn’t persist between boots, I’d just as soon be safe rather than the guy in class whose laptop starts singing…

   –
   Stan

9. August 28, 2008 9:18 am
   stan

   In fact, to disable the drum sound, go to System>Admin>Login Window>Accessibility and uncheck the sound in question.

   –
   Stan