The Live Caption feature in Google Chrome auto-generates subtitles for the video or audio that is actively playing. This can be quite useful for users with hearing impairment to understand the context of the audio or when you want to watch a video with the audio muted.

However, if you do not need live captions to be displayed for the audio that is currently playing, this feature can unnecessarily obstruct your display. So, to deal with this, you can quite easily turn off Live Caption on Chrome.

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Remove Live Caption on Desktop PC

you may easily turn off Live Captions from Chrome settings or media controls. Here’s how you can do so:

If you have active audio or video playing on your Chrome browser, there is an even easier method to turn off Live Caption.

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Remove Live Caption on Android Device

Turning off Live Caption on the Android version of Chrome is pretty similar to doing the same on the desktop. Follow the steps below to do so:

Additionally, there is another way you may disable Live Captions on Android. To do so, you can click on the volume control button and tap on thecaptionsoption. In some devices, the captions might be inside the ellipses (…) menu.

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