How can I turn off the beep that occurs when I do a Save As for a file that already exists?
I looked all through /usr/share/sounds and none of the sound files matches.
Hi, @fixit7 
You wrote:
Could you please tell us in what program(s) are you getting that "beep" sound that occurs when you do a Save As for a file that already exists? At least in LibreOffice Writer, in Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS ("Jammy Jellyfish"), I do not get any sound in that same situation.
Slightly related: I've noticed that you've also posted this same question in "Ask Ubuntu":
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What about the following location?
/usr/share/sounds/mate/default/alerts$ tree
.
├── bark.ogg
├── drip.ogg
├── glass.ogg
└── sonar.ogg
0 directories, 4 files
By the way, GUI menu System > Preferences > Hardware > Sound somehow does not provide any choice on my UM installation despite that /usr/share/mate-media/sounds/mate-sounds-default.xml lists above-mentioned files correctly.
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I get more knowledge by doing so.
The beep occurs with both Pluma and Geany.
Hi again, @fixit7
Based on @ugnvs's good reply above - and the screenshot that he very nicely included in that reply - I think I found what you need to do to disable that "beep" / sound when overwriting an existing file. You have to click the second "Mute" checkbox in the same window of @ugnvs's screenshot. So, open the "Sound Preferences" window, by going to the "Ubuntu MATE Menu" -> "Preferences" -> "Sound". That should open the "Sound Preferences" window. In that window, check (click to activate) the "Mute" checkbox at the right of the "Alert volume:" slider in the "Sound Effects" tab, as illustrated below, in the following screenshot:
After doing that, click on the "Close" button, in the lower right corner of that window.
I hope this helps
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I went to that directory and moved the files.
No change. I have searched my entire hard drive for that sound.
It is not present.
All I can think is that sound is embeded in the UM O.S. ???
To tell the truth, I have been tired of sounds long ago and have disabled them all (without muting audio per se) by selecting No Sounds theme in the mentioned configuration dialogue.
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You and ugnvs get the gold star.
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