How to mute sound from one VM on a host only?

I am using VMWare Workstation 15 on a Windows 10 host. I let my friend use one of the VMs in it, running Windows 10 as well, to connect to it remotely. The issue is that I hear every sound on the host what's going on in that specific VM.

So I'm wondering, can I mute that specific VM on the host only and but let the person connecting to that VM keep the sound on?

Disconnect the VM's sound device. You can do this in a few ways:

• VM > Settings > Hardware > Sound Card > Device status, uncheck Connected.
• VM > Removable Devices > Sound Card > Disconnect
• Right-click on the sound icon in the status bar and choose Disconnect.

Disconnecting the VM's sound device shouldn't affect the guest.

Another option would be to open the Volume Mixer on your host and to mute "VMware Workstation VMX", although doing so would mute all VMs.

I only have the Mac version of MS RDC for the screenshot, but you do this on the client, not the host.

You set the audio prefs to "On this computer". This leaves it silent on the host & plays on the remote client.