There are many reasons why you might want to turn off the sound on your Nest Doorbell chime. Maybe it’s late at night, you’re working from home, or the ringing is just too much. The good news is that it’s easy to control your Nest Doorbell chime.
This guide will show you how to turn it off in just a few easy steps and tell you about the different chime settings you can change in your home.
How to disable your Nest Doorbell chime in the Google Home App
It only takes a few seconds in the Google Home app to turn off the chime on your Nest Doorbell. This will stop the physical chime inside your house from ringing when someone presses the doorbell.
This functionality is excellent for keeping things quiet during naps or important meetings. Your Nest Doorbell chime will keep sending alerts to your phone, so you won’t miss any visitors.
Follow these steps to turn off the Nest Doorbell chime:
- Open the Google Home app on your smartphone or tablet.
- Tap on “Favourites” or “Devices” to find your specific Nest Doorbell.
- Press and hold your doorbell’s device tile.
- Select “Settings” from the menu that appears.
- Tap on “Doorbell” to access the chime controls.
- Locate the “Chime” option and toggle the switch to the off position.
Your Nest Doorbell chime will stop ringing after you follow these steps. It’s useful to know that you can also turn off “Visitor announcements,” which are the spoken alerts on Google Nest speakers, from this same Settings menu.
The Google Home app controls all of the settings for battery-powered models. For doorbells that were first set up in the Nest app, most of the controls will be there, but changes will sync between the two apps.
Understanding the different types of Doorbell Chimes
Many people are surprised to find out that a Nest Doorbell chime has more than one type. Understanding the differences is crucial to understanding what you can and cannot control. In the Google Home app, you can turn off the Nest Doorbell chime inside your house.
The doorbell will still make a sound on its outside speaker to let the visitor know that their press was registered, though. Sadly, there is no way to turn off this outside chime tone.
The table below makes it clear what you can and can’t change about the sounds your Nest Doorbell makes.
| Chime Type | What It Is | Can It Be Turned Off? |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor Chime | The sound from a physical wired chime box inside your home. | Yes, via the Google Home or Nest app. |
| Visitor Announcements | A chime and spoken alert that plays on Google Assistant smart speakers and displays. | The chime and announcement are bundled; you cannot turn off the chime sound separately. |
| Outside Chime | The sound that comes from the Nest Doorbell unit itself when pressed. | No, this cannot be disabled. |
Visitor announcements on Google Nest speakers and displays are a common source of confusion. When this option is turned on, it sends a chime sound and a voice message (like “Someone is at the front door”) to all of your speakers that work with it.
People have asked for the option to turn off just the chime sound from these announcements while keeping the voice alert, but this functionality is not possible right now.
If you need some quiet time, the “Quiet Time” feature in the Nest app is a wonderful way to get it without having to mute everything for a set amount of time.
If your indoor Nest Doorbell chime does not resume functioning after you reactivate the setting, please consider checking these two aspects. First, if your doorbell loses its Wi-Fi connection, the indoor chime might turn back on by itself. Second, make sure that “Quiet Time” is not on, because this feature will change your general chime settings.
