People are only just realizing you can silence microwaves & it’s blowing their minds
PICTURE this – it’s 3am and you’re looking to quietly heat up a quick snack and the microwave starts blaring.
Thankfully, a social media user has discovered a way to silence your microwave so it doesn’t disrupt the light sleepers in your home at odd hours.
“I was today years old when I learned you can silence the microwave,” Sadie wrote in a viral TikTok video.
She tried out the hack for herself before sharing it with viewers.
To get the ball rolling, she stood in front of her microwave and quickly opened and closed the door.
She then held down the ‘2’ button for 5 seconds with the microwave door closed.
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She opened the microwave door with her finger still on the ‘2’ button, removed her finger from the button, then shut the microwave door again.
Finally, she let the microwave run for a few seconds to see if the trick worked.
She was entirely surprised when the device said ‘end’ and there was no beeping.
“What!” she gasped, as she covered her mouth with her hands.
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According to Sadie, this trick may silence the buttons on your microwave as well.
People shared their shock in the comments section of the clip, like one who wrote: “You’re telling me I’ve been opening it at 0:01 so I didn’t wake my parents at 3am and didn’t have to??”
Other viewers confirmed that the magic method actually worked for them.
“Once I found [this] out I never used it unsilenced again,” one wrote.
“IT WORKS, I JUST DID IT. WHATTTTTTTTTT,” said a second.
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For some though, the hack didn’t do the trick.
“My microwave just starts on 2 minutes. It doesn’t work,” a viewer shared.