ADT home security systems offer features that are very beneficial to ensure that your home’s security is protected with security alarms that can detect anyone who is a stranger in your home, fire, flood, and many more. It is, however, important to note that there is one aspect of the design, that some people may find irritating or frivolous, namely, the system’s chime sounds that alert the occupants of the house to the opening of the doors and windows when the system is activated. However, if you consider these chimes as a disadvantage more than an advantage, you can easily turn these off at the system’s control panel or the ADT mobile app or by contacting ADT customer service. This guide will explain each method on how to turn off ADT alarm system chimes and then follow step-by-step instructions on how to do it.

Disabling the Chimes with the help of the ADT Control Panel The most convenient and promptly accessible method of eradicating ADT alarm chimes is through the system’s control panel, which is mostly located at the entrance of the house. 

  1. Key in your master code on the keypad on the control panel. This will demask the panel’s modality.
  2. Select the “Settings” button on the panel, and press on it.
  3. Navigate to the Chime menu by moving the cursor with the arrows on the side of the keypad. Press Select.
  4. The next screen you will see listing all the chime types, for instance, “Door Chime”, “Window Chime” and and so on, thereafter use the arrow button and navigate to the chime type that you wish to disable and press select to turn that chime off.
  5. A checkmark is placed at the chime types that are enabled while the disabled chimes will only have an empty box placed beside them. To ensure that the final result does not resemble the noise produced by a chaotic orchestra, switch off all the required chimes.
  6. To exit any subpage, use the Back/Exit buttons at the bottom of the screen when done. They will not ring when such events are happening and this is going to be directed by the following:
  7. Navigating and working with the elements of the ADT Mobile App Disabling ADT alarm chimes can also be done using the ADT mobile application compatible with iPhone, iPad, and Android phones and tablets. This provides control over your system from anywhere: This provides control over your system from anywhere:
  8. On your smartphone or tablet, access the features of the ADT Pulse application. If you are logged in and redirected to the account then you over<|reserved_special_token_256|> need to log in with your ADT account.
  9. On the start page, select the icon that looks like a cog on the right side of the screen.
  10. Then, click on the name of the next item on the list, which is “Chimes”.
  11. Next, you will get a list of all the available alarm chimes to use. To turn off individual chimes, click on the slider button located beside the name of the chime and this should change its color to gray and shift to the left side. Now the chime is off.
  12. Often press the back buttons when done making changes as to the chimes that are being viewed. New and changed chime settings will be stored and recognized immediately.

Please remember that if someday you want to back and listen to those cute chimes, this is the place where you can enable them again.

Contacting ADT Customer Support If you require more help in the selection of specific ADT alarm chimes to be switched on, you can also consult with ADT customer service. The representatives of ADT can do the chime adjustment on their end if they have to make some changes to suit your desires.

These chime settings can be easily changed on your account; your ADT representative can pull up your details and do it from there. Once you have input your chime settings with them, it will immediately update the chime settings on the control panel and our mobile app in a few minutes without further action on your part.

Conclusion To have unnecessary or excessively loud ADT alarm chimes going off at home results in undesired interruptions and unwanted notifications. Fortunately, turning off these system chimes is not a complicated one which can be done either through a home control panel, mobile application, or by contacting the ADT customer service representatives in case of necessity.

This means that when the alarm chime is turned off, entry through opened or unlocked points will not produce the loud alarm sounds which may disrupt daily activities; your system will continue to monitor intrusions without interfering with your activities through the sounds. It is only important to be cautious when manually turning on or off the system in order not to sound the main alarm siren if you were depending on the entry/exit chime to inform you that the system is armed.

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