KDE Plasma 6 – How to Disable Volume Change Sound?

Bazzite
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Hi everyone,

I’m running Bazzite (based on Fedora Kinoite) with KDE Plasma 6.4.0 on Wayland, and I’m trying to disable the sound that’s played when changing the system volume (e.g., using volume keys on the keyboard).

:magnifying_glass_tilted_left: What I’ve Tried So Far:

  • :cross_mark: dconf write /org/kde/plasma/volumefeedback/enabled false
  • :cross_mark: Edited ~/.config/plasma_workspace.notifyrc with [Event/volumeChanged] Sound=
  • :cross_mark: Overwrote local sound theme files like audio-volume-change.oga, dialog-information.oga, etc.
  • :cross_mark: Disabled the bell (xset b off)
  • :cross_mark: Replaced all relevant .oga files with silent ones via ffmpeg
  • :cross_mark: Tried with different sound themes (Breeze, freedesktop, Oxygen) — no change

Since Bazzite uses rpm-ostree, I can’t patch or remove the plasma-pa binary or system files directly.

:light_bulb: What I Suspect:

The sound seems to be hardcoded in the plasma-pa volume widget (likely using QSoundEffect) and not controlled via notification themes, notifyrc, or dconf. That makes it hard to intercept or disable using standard config methods.

:red_question_mark: What I’m Asking:

  • Has anyone figured out a way to completely disable the volume feedback sound in KDE Plasma 6 on Bazzite?
  • Is this a known upstream Plasma issue? Or is it possible to patch or configure around it?
  • Are there any Bazzite-specific tricks or PipeWire/WirePlumber hooks to mute this reliably?

Thanks in advance for any tips!

:white_check_mark: Category:

Bazzite

:label: Tags:

  • KDE Plasma 6
  • audio
  • volume
  • plasma-pa
  • pipewire
  • rpm-ostree
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From: Reddit - The heart of the internet


Go To: System Settings, Sound.

At the top right, where menu bar is, click:

"Configure Volume Controls" It's above and outside of the settings window.

Change: "Play audio feedback for changes to":
Audio volume.
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thx i knew there is a way. I was going crazy and i tried searching for it for hours btw, but i didnt know this function is called “audio feedback”, i was searching for something like “how to change the sound when i change volume in bazzite” or something like that. So youre right i cant search for this even if i tried it for hours. But thank you very much!

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That was just a quote from the Reddit post. I removed it.
Who am I to judge your search skills :slight_smile:

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