# Disable Sound on an Externally Loaded .SWF

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-sound-on-an-externally-loaded-swf/298347>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 16, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-sound-on-an-externally-loaded-swf/298347 "2009-10-16T21:28:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![noynek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@noynek](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/noynek)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-sound-on-an-externally-loaded-swf/298347/1 "2009-10-16T21:28:00Z")

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I’m creating a .swf that loads another .swf using a Loader and a URLRequest in AS3. The problem is that the external .swf has music in it and I can’t figure out how to disable it. I don’t mind just disabling all sounds, but I haven’t been able to get this to work either.  
Any ideas?