PC Shutdown Chime Sound Effect
Free and royalty-free, no sign-up. Works in CapCut, Instagram Edits and Premiere Pro.
About this sound
This is the retro computer shutdown chime, the soft power-down tune everyone recognises from an old PC switching off. It reads as and we are done here.
Use it to shut down a bad take, end a bit, or signal someone's brain switching off. Drop it as you cut to black or freeze on the final beat. It imports into CapCut, Instagram Edits, Premiere Pro and any MP3 timeline.
Free, royalty-free, no sign-up and no attribution needed, and safe to use without a mute. Also searched for as a shutdown sound, a PC power-off chime, a computer shutdown or a retro PC shutdown sound effect.
Before you download: pc shutdown chime questions
Will this shutdown chime get my reel muted or flagged?
No — the version of this shutdown chime on sfxreels is a re-created, royalty-free recording made for this library rather than the original audio, so Instagram's music-rights detection has nothing to match this shutdown chime against on any account type.
How do editors usually time this shutdown chime?
The placement that works: play it as someone's brain visibly turns off or they give up mid-task. With this shutdown chime, timing matters more than volume — a few frames off and the moment loses its snap.
Which other sounds work alongside this shutdown chime?
Most edits pair this shutdown chime with a slow fade to black. Keep the supporting sound three to six decibels under this shutdown chime so the pair reads as one moment, not two.
Is this shutdown chime only for Reels?
Not Reels-only at all — this shutdown chime is a standard MP3 that behaves identically on TikTok and YouTube Shorts, with the same free royalty-free license following this shutdown chime to every platform.