Ubuntu: Disable the System Beep

Contributor Icon Contributed by shamanstears Date Icon January 25, 2008  
Tag Icon Tagged: Linux

If you find the System Beep to be annoying (and let’s face it, it is!), you can disable it with a simple terminal command and be system beep free.


1. Open a terminal window.

2. Execute the following command in your terminal window:sudo rmmod pcspkr

3. Close your terminal window.

Enjoy the absence of the system beep.

If you need to enable the system beep, execute the following command in a terminal window:sudo modprobe pcspk

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  • Wim Deblauwe
    Great recipe, always found this annoying
  • beep_annoyed
    Thanks!
  • Kleber Souza
    Thanks for the tip!

    With this method you disable it only for the current session, when you reboot the system the module will be loaded again. To disable it permanently, just add the following line on the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:

    blacklist pcspkr

    And that's it!
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