diff --git a/src/renderer/components/ft-video-player/ft-video-player.js b/src/renderer/components/ft-video-player/ft-video-player.js
index 098c3d43be75..3bc85f0762d0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/ft-video-player/ft-video-player.js
+++ b/src/renderer/components/ft-video-player/ft-video-player.js
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
       id: '',
       powerSaveBlocker: null,
       volume: 1,
+      muted: false,
       player: null,
       useDash: false,
       useHls: false,
@@ -305,11 +306,18 @@ export default defineComponent({
   },
   mounted: function () {
     const volume = sessionStorage.getItem('volume')
+    const muted = sessionStorage.getItem('muted')
 
     if (volume !== null) {
       this.volume = volume
     }
 
+    if (muted !== null) {
+      // as sessionStorage stores string values which are truthy by default so we must check with 'true'
+      // otherwise 'false' will be returned as true as well
+      this.muted = (muted === 'true')
+    }
+
     this.dataSetup.playbackRates = this.playbackRates
 
     this.createFullWindowButton()
@@ -390,6 +398,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
         })
 
         this.player.volume(this.volume)
+        this.player.muted(this.muted)
         this.player.playbackRate(this.defaultPlayback)
         this.player.textTrackSettings.setValues(this.defaultCaptionSettings)
         // Remove big play button
@@ -699,10 +708,21 @@ export default defineComponent({
     },
 
     updateVolume: function (_event) {
-      // 0 means muted
       // https://docs.videojs.com/html5#volume
-      const volume = this.player.muted() ? 0 : this.player.volume()
-      sessionStorage.setItem('volume', volume)
+      if (sessionStorage.getItem('muted') === 'false' && this.player.volume() === 0) {
+        // If video is muted by dragging volume slider, it doesn't change 'muted' in sessionStorage to true
+        // hence compare it with 'false' and set volume to defaultVolume.
+        const volume = parseFloat(sessionStorage.getItem('defaultVolume'))
+        const muted = true
+        sessionStorage.setItem('volume', volume)
+        sessionStorage.setItem('muted', muted)
+      } else {
+        // If volume isn't muted by dragging the slider, muted and volume values are carried over to next video.
+        const volume = this.player.volume()
+        const muted = this.player.muted()
+        sessionStorage.setItem('volume', volume)
+        sessionStorage.setItem('muted', muted)
+      }
     },
 
     mouseScrollVolume: function (event) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/store/modules/settings.js b/src/renderer/store/modules/settings.js
index 0476e182ef2e..8c02127232e6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store/modules/settings.js
+++ b/src/renderer/store/modules/settings.js
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@ const stateWithSideEffects = {
     defaultValue: 1,
     sideEffectsHandler: (_, value) => {
       sessionStorage.setItem('volume', value)
+      value === 0 ? sessionStorage.setItem('muted', 'true') : sessionStorage.setItem('muted', 'false')
+      sessionStorage.setItem('defaultVolume', value)
     }
   },