> A volume limiter for Windows with a system ceiling and floor, a separate cap for each app, a loudness guard for sudden jumps, and an optional password lock. # Volume Limiter for Windows Puts a hard limit on how loud your PC can play, for the whole system and for each app, and pulls back the sudden jumps a volume slider never sees. One payment. No subscription. 14-day money-back guarantee. 3.2 Ceiling · Floor ### A safe range, not just a maximum Above the ceiling the system volume is pulled back down. Below the floor it is brought back up, so quiet scenes stay audible. One cap per app ### The browser quieter, the music untouched Each app that is playing gets its own cap, and the cap is applied again the next time that app opens. Checked 10 times a second ### Catches the loud advert The loudness guard reads each app's level and turns it down when it jumps well above its usual volume, then puts it back. ## See it in action ![The system rail with both a ceiling and a floor set](https://evlarsoft.com/apps/volume-limiter/s4.jpg) Drag both ends of one rail to set the range you allow. ![The list of playing apps, each with its own volume cap](https://evlarsoft.com/apps/volume-limiter/s2.jpg) Every app that is playing, each with a cap of its own. ![An app pulled back by the loudness guard after a sudden jump](https://evlarsoft.com/apps/volume-limiter/s1.jpg) A jump in the sound itself, caught and pulled back. ![Setting a password, with the recovery code shown](https://evlarsoft.com/apps/volume-limiter/s5.jpg) A password to keep the limits in place, and a code in case you forget it. ## Why a volume slider is not enough Capping the Windows volume slider stops anyone turning it up past a point, and Volume Limiter does that. But the slider is only one part of loudness. An app playing at full scale under an 80% slider is as loud as 80% gets, and an advert mixed twice as loud as the show before it arrives without the slider moving at all. So the limits work at three levels. The system ceiling and floor hold the slider in a range. A per-app cap holds one program below its own limit. And the loudness guard watches each app's actual output: when it rises far above that app's normal level, the app is turned down, and when the loud part has passed it is turned back up. The guard works by turning the whole app down, not by reshaping the sound, and it reacts in about a tenth of a second, so the very start of a blast can still get through. Its sensitivity runs from 1 to 10, because what counts as a jump in a film is not the same as in a game. ### How to set up a volume limiter on Windows Volume Limiter puts the system range on one rail and every playing app in a list below it. Set the limits once and they keep being held from the notification area. - Drag the top of the system rail to the ceiling, the loudest this PC is allowed to play. - Drag the bottom of the same rail to set a floor, so quiet passages stay audible. - In the list of playing apps, give any app a cap of its own, for example the browser at 45%. - Set the loudness guard's sensitivity from 1 to 10 to match what you watch or play. - On a shared PC, set a password and write down the recovery code shown at that moment. ### Volume limiter or audio limiter: what this one does In a studio, an audio limiter reshapes the sound itself so peaks cannot pass a set level. Volume Limiter does not do that. It moves the same volume levels you see in Windows' volume mixer, and nothing is compressed or filtered, so your audio sounds exactly as it did. What it adds as a PC audio limiter is the loudness guard. It reads each app's actual level ten times a second, and when an app jumps far above its usual level it turns that whole app down, then back up once the loud part has passed. Think of it as a fast hand on the knob: the first instant of a sudden blast can still get through before it is pulled back. ### Keeping a volume limit on a shared or family PC A limit only helps if it holds whatever someone does. The ceiling puts the volume back when anything pushes past it, whether that is a keyboard key, a headset dial, another program or someone moving the slider. It keeps working with the window closed, from the notification area. With a password set, the limits cannot be changed and the app cannot be closed without it. Locking also turns on start with Windows, so the limits come back after a restart. The password is stored as a salted hash rather than as text, and the recovery code means a forgotten password does not mean a reinstall. ![](https://cdn.evlarsoft.com/related/v1/icons/volume-limiter.png)**Volume Limiter**Music One payment. No subscription. 14-day money-back guarantee. - **3.2_★_**Rating - **2.5 MB**Download size - **2.0.9**Updated Oct 2026 - **2022**First released - **Win 10 & 11**Works on - **English**Language - **No account, nothing uploaded, works offline**Privacy ## Get every app with BundlApps Volume Limiter and 304 more EvlarSoft apps in one subscription. [Join the waitlist](https://bundlapps.com/?ref=evlarsoft-app) ## Volume Limiter features - **A system ceiling**Anything that pushes the volume past it is put back. - **A floor on the same rail**Below it the volume is brought back up, so muting does not silence the PC. - **A cap for each app**Limit one program, such as the browser, and leave the rest alone. - **Caps that are remembered**An app's cap is applied again the next time it opens. - **The loudness guard**Pulls back an app that jumps far above its usual level, then returns it. - **Adjustable sensitivity**Set the guard from 1 to 10, since a film and a game need different settings. - **Password lock**Locked limits cannot be changed and the app cannot be closed. - **A recovery code**Shown when you set the password, in case you forget it. - **Runs from the notification area**Limits stay held with the window closed, and it can start with Windows. - **No change to the sound**Nothing is compressed or filtered, and it works offline with no account. ## What people use it for ### Protecting young ears Keeping a child's laptop or a family PC below a safe level, locked so it stays that way. ### Late-night films Holding explosions down and dialogue up so nobody else in the house is woken. ### Taming one loud app Capping a browser, a game or a call app on its own while everything else plays normally. ## What's new in 2.0 - A cap for each app that is playing, remembered for next time - The loudness guard, for adverts and scenes mixed louder - Ceiling and floor together on one rail - The password is stored as a salted hash rather than as text, with a recovery code ## Questions Anything else? [Ask us](https://evlarsoft.com/contact?topic=support&app=Volume%20Limiter) ### Does it change how my audio sounds? No. It only moves volume levels, the same ones Windows' own volume mixer shows. Nothing is compressed or filtered. ### What does locking do? With a password set, the limits cannot be changed and the app cannot be closed without it. Locking also turns on start with Windows, so the limits are back after a restart. ### What if I forget the password? Use the recovery code shown when you set it. Write it down at that point. ### Does it work with the window closed? Yes. It stays in the notification area and keeps holding every limit. ### Does it need the internet or an account? No. It works offline and nothing is uploaded. ### Which versions of Windows does it run on? Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and Windows 11. ### Is it a subscription? No. Volume Limiter is a one-time purchase of $2.99, and updates are included. ### How do I get it? Buy it on this page and your license key arrives by email. If the button says Notify me, Volume Limiter is not on sale here yet; leave your email and we will tell you when it is. ## More audio tools from EvlarSoft [ ![](https://evlarsoft.com/apps/audio-levels-monitor/s5-640.jpg) ![](https://cdn.evlarsoft.com/related/v1/icons/audio-levels-monitor.png) ### Audio Levels Monitor Audio and music A level meter for whatever your PC is playing, or whatever your microphone is hearing — real dBFS, one bar per channel. $3.99 · lifetime · 4.4 ](https://evlarsoft.com/apps/audio-levels-monitor)[ ![](https://evlarsoft.com/apps/modern-audio-balancer/s3-640.jpg) ![](https://cdn.evlarsoft.com/related/v1/icons/modern-audio-balancer.png) ### Modern Audio Balancer Audio and music A left and right balance slider that lives beside your clock. Click the tray icon, move the slider, click away. One button puts it back to center, and the tray menu has left, center and right without opening anything. 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