Disable alert sounds on Ubuntu 20.04

I cannot see where to disable alert sounds on Ubuntu 20.04. I believe it was available under Sound Settings in older versions of Ubuntu. "Alert sound" is there but not a corresponding volume.

1. Is there an alternative way to do this?
2. If this is not possible from Settings, who on earth decided that was a good idea? Thanks!

3 Answers

In a terminal, type

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.sound event-sounds false

external link to gsettings developer.gnome.org:

Note: I do not know (at all) if this is even answering the question; I hope it is helpful anyway; though - have a great day! :)

I just had the same question, and was able to silence the terminal beep sounds by means of Settings -> Sound -> Volume Levels -> System sounds. You can either use the slider or double clic on the speaker on the right end of the slider.

For William Martens the gsettings command you posted does not change anything.

Edit:

After looking into whether there is a distinction between alert sounds and system sounds I now found this answer How to disable alert sounds on Ubuntu 20.04 that proposes the same solution.

for Ubuntu 20.04 this will definitely work: Settings -> Sound -> Sound Effects tab -> toggle Alert volume off.