Fix Microphone Not Working on Windows 10

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  • Fix Microphone Not Working on Windows 10 Computer step by step.
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    Fix Microphone Not Recording Voice.
    The Wizard could not start microphone in Windows 10

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  • @l798pipeliner7
    @l798pipeliner7 3 года назад +1390

    When you're here for a deeper reason, for a game.

  • @rpprevost
    @rpprevost 2 года назад +45

    I don't understand how helpful this can be for anyone when you're talking about the microphone settings, but you're actually in the speaker settings.

  • @cap90parker0
    @cap90parker0 6 дней назад +2

    THANK YOU! I thought something was wrong with my computer at first where I would need to get an external speaker. Turns out I accidentally turned off the microphone, now I can play my games on my laptop in peace.

  • @boshoko206
    @boshoko206 Год назад +15

    I feel so dumb that I didn't think to see if windows has turned off my mic...
    Thank you!

  • @jubei2083
    @jubei2083 3 года назад +263

    your video is still saving lives in 2021, took me so many forums to finally find this video

  • @cyranodebergerac11
    @cyranodebergerac11 5 лет назад +1600

    The only one that finally worked for me :
    Press Windows logo Key + X
    Click on Device manager
    Expand Sound, video and game controllers
    Right click on Realtek High Definition Audio
    Choose Uninstall
    Restart your computer and your problem is solved.
    You're welcome

    • @iProCombo
      @iProCombo 5 лет назад +215

      This shit doesn't work fam.

    • @muslit
      @muslit 5 лет назад +136

      You have to have Realtek High Definition Audio installed to uninstall it. So, problem NOT solved.

    • @keeeet1796
      @keeeet1796 5 лет назад +28

      Device manager doesnt show up for me

    • @thenoobies5100
      @thenoobies5100 5 лет назад +21

      This doesn’t work so I don’t know what are you thinking

    • @jackbradley9006
      @jackbradley9006 4 года назад +30

      Are you stupid?

  • @iAussieGuy
    @iAussieGuy Год назад +42

    Thank you, that is such an amazing fix, I just got my pc and I didn't know how to reconfigure my mic after I'd switched headset's about 5 times. Super simple, straight forward and smart tutorial, thank you very much!

  • @raizen_nobushi235
    @raizen_nobushi235 Год назад +6

    Mine still does not work

  • @blenderguru
    @blenderguru 4 года назад +972

    Thank you!

  • @nflproud8494
    @nflproud8494 5 лет назад +782

    Noting works I have looked at like 20 vids an none of them work

    • @omerhalperin5246
      @omerhalperin5246 5 лет назад +126

      Same here it worked yesterday and suddenly it just stopped working for some reason

    • @18lawr
      @18lawr 5 лет назад +15

      Nothing workk... Like 2 hours ago it work and now nothing:'(

    • @nflproud8494
      @nflproud8494 5 лет назад +6

      The Box um I just got mine fixed last weekend from geek squad at best by they fixed my sound the installed a firewall an everything4 free

    • @nflproud8494
      @nflproud8494 5 лет назад +1

      xGhost ‍ Go 2 geek squad at Best Buy they will fix it 4 free at least they did it 4 free 4 me wen I went there

    • @lauraalexandri883
      @lauraalexandri883 5 лет назад +5

      You need the correct driver

  • @adrianamuchko6346
    @adrianamuchko6346 Год назад +3

    Sadly none of these helped

  • @JoseTorres-ry9qe
    @JoseTorres-ry9qe Год назад +1

    The privacy toggle was OFF. Thank you for helping me address this issue!

  • @ACE21813
    @ACE21813 3 года назад +24

    Thanks for the video! I thought my Corsairs finally kicked the bucket, so I bought a boom mic so I could use my Sony 1000xm3's. Still no audio! Following your steps though I was able to see my headset was set to hands free AND audio. Disabled the hands free in playback, and boom, it works!

  • @PapitoKraze
    @PapitoKraze 3 года назад +48

    after like 145 months of my mic not working this mans saved my life thank you brudda

  • @danielfrometa7867
    @danielfrometa7867 Год назад +2

    this didnt work

  • @enricopucci874
    @enricopucci874 9 месяцев назад

    He doesnt need an oscar, the oscar needs him

  • @BambouReloaded
    @BambouReloaded 5 лет назад +152

    He's he saying that his speaker is his "microphone" ???

  • @nereydagarcia5260
    @nereydagarcia5260 3 года назад +42

    Oh my freaking gosh thank you!!!! I can now do my Zoom meeting and classes!!!! Thank you, a million times thank you!!!!

    • @Crickz73
      @Crickz73 3 года назад

      @@hamzaabusaad2820 ...

  • @ididntgetthejoke8254
    @ididntgetthejoke8254 2 года назад +43

    I like how he gets straight to the point round of applause to this man 👏

  • @gszedlak3485
    @gszedlak3485 2 месяца назад +1

    Bro get a louder mic i can't hear you

  • @blakejohnson7998
    @blakejohnson7998 3 года назад +17

    He was on playback not recording he set his sound to default

  • @bigtimespeakers8211
    @bigtimespeakers8211 3 года назад +87

    You the bomb! Simple and easy to follow directions with a 2 minute intro! Highly recommend this brother

    • @twxnkl
      @twxnkl Год назад +4

      That has to be racist

    • @antoinewest4541
      @antoinewest4541 Год назад +1

      @@twxnkl key word

    • @itzmuralz
      @itzmuralz Год назад

      @@twxnkl nah bruh fr

    • @twxnkl
      @twxnkl Год назад

      @@itzmuralz lmao

    • @Juixy_Juice
      @Juixy_Juice Год назад

      u know what youre doing 💀💀

  • @GoldShadow1502
    @GoldShadow1502 Год назад +1

    my problem was that that blue speaker icon at 2:35 was crossed out and you had to click on it and thank you for your help

  • @brobo121
    @brobo121 Год назад +1

    Got a new set of gaming headphones and been trying to get them to work for 3 days. your video was a great help.

  • @TheMisterDavis
    @TheMisterDavis 4 года назад +319

    Thank you!!

  • @FlipNdip579
    @FlipNdip579 4 года назад +56

    wow, didn't realize it could be so simple thank you! I've spent hours and hours with no luck until now.

    • @olpaszent
      @olpaszent 3 года назад

      hi brother, we got same problem eh

    • @FlipNdip579
      @FlipNdip579 3 года назад

      @@olpaszent Yes, great minds have the same problems?

    • @Ar-cn9eo
      @Ar-cn9eo 3 года назад

      @@FlipNdip579 Ya'll have same pfp picture but fliped?

    • @FlipNdip579
      @FlipNdip579 3 года назад

      @@Ar-cn9eo yeah, I think I flipped mine.

    • @Ar-cn9eo
      @Ar-cn9eo 3 года назад

      @@FlipNdip579 lolo

  • @willjardine7337
    @willjardine7337 Год назад

    4 years later still valid. Made my day !

  • @floridaredneck
    @floridaredneck 2 месяца назад

    When you're in the Sound settings, you select Recording to get to your microphone settings. I don't know why he keeps calling the speakers a microphone, it says Speakers. Speaker properties do not affect the Microphone settings. It would only take a few minutes to create another video that was actually correct, or simply remove this one, but I guess views are more important.

  • @arjandosanjhh
    @arjandosanjhh 4 года назад +9

    This Helps!! I messed my settings up, and didnt know what happened. I spent a hour looking for something like this and it HELPED!! THANK YOU

  • @thezeniOfficial
    @thezeniOfficial 5 лет назад +210

    "double click on the microphone"
    *double clicks on the speaker*
    yeah.. you sure know what you're doing...

    • @mundyy
      @mundyy 4 года назад +12

      my pc also thinks its a speaker, it's because it most likely has 2 audio cables connected into his I/O 3.5mm Jacks but then it converts into 1 cable to fit into the headset, like a dongle or extension

    • @dr.rolabadawy3170
      @dr.rolabadawy3170 4 года назад +1

      @@mundyy if its an earphone or headset its a speaker in a way , it does both

    • @guscox9651
      @guscox9651 4 года назад +1

      @@mundyy hey thats what mine is doing but its not working

    • @jekaaai
      @jekaaai 4 года назад

      PC considers a microphone as a speeker sometimes

    • @gabrielguzman9646
      @gabrielguzman9646 4 года назад

      Mic is always in the recording Tab... not playback

  • @fishjumpscare
    @fishjumpscare День назад +1

    This isn't really helpful because my mic isn't working and ur speaking i think

  • @luixic
    @luixic 2 года назад

    OMG first Indian technician to help :D

  • @soumyabanerjee225
    @soumyabanerjee225 2 года назад +6

    Thank you very much The Geek Page. I went through 20 online tutorials until I find this one. Saved me at a very essential time. Thank you very much.

  • @ufakefe4480
    @ufakefe4480 4 года назад +12

    Bro when you said to select it as default it doesn’t give me the option, it just stays white/blank! Please help it’d been like this for 2 months

    • @whiteraichu2058
      @whiteraichu2058 4 года назад

      because maybe its already ur default device

  • @youtubeaccount12358
    @youtubeaccount12358 3 месяца назад

    If you're also someone who's facing this same problem, please don't panic. I bought my Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14ITL6 yesterday and it was only until today i wanted to send a voice note to find a message popping up saying to connect to a microphone. I was puzzled because which laptop doesn't already have a built in microphone? Anyway, I just updated it to the final version of windows and now the microphone is working just fine. So the problem wasn't the hardware or anything. It was a software issue. Thankfully.

  • @Ali_Haider_1122
    @Ali_Haider_1122 29 дней назад

    2024 now i found this man is changing settings of speaker insted of mic 🤣

  • @nikatsintsadze1987
    @nikatsintsadze1987 5 лет назад +93

    WHAT IF IT DOESNT WORK WHEN PLAYIN GAMES?

    • @vukdedic1911
      @vukdedic1911 5 лет назад +19

      I have the same problem, I use a headset and the headset came with a splitter, so when I plugged it in, the microphone tests work, however when I try to communicate in games, people can't hear my voice but they can hear the background noises such as youtube videos etc...

    • @SirSlappyIndustries
      @SirSlappyIndustries 5 лет назад +8

      OH SHIT GAMERS ARE UNDER ATTACK

    • @SEMJ4
      @SEMJ4 5 лет назад +2

      @@vukdedic1911 that exact thing is happening to me right now WTF, have you gotten a solution yet?

    • @vukdedic1911
      @vukdedic1911 5 лет назад +1

      @@SEMJ4 nope, and the thing is my headset is fairly new, maybe around 2 months old not even that :/

    • @SEMJ4
      @SEMJ4 5 лет назад +1

      @@vukdedic1911 I got mine like 5 months ago and it was working perfectly fine yesterday and today I just start having this problem. F

  • @ivans2635
    @ivans2635 4 года назад +70

    Dude thank you! My wife has been struggling with her mic not working during her zoom meetings for a month and we couldn’t figure it out. We fixed the problem in 10 seconds, thanks again we really appreciate the info.

  • @e.p.gregory198
    @e.p.gregory198 2 года назад

    THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH! I was spinning trying to find a fix; and never would have resolved this without your help. The functional fixes (turning MIc On/Off, sound settings, trying to determine if it is a microphone driver issue, etc.) are completely non-intuitive!!! I and others, I am sure, never would have associated that Privacy folder to be the fix! Thanks again!

  • @Lwkeyz_
    @Lwkeyz_ 7 дней назад +1

    whe u hear an indian accent u know its a good video

  • @UCrOuTKavylH4XCoxOUIppQB
    @UCrOuTKavylH4XCoxOUIppQB 4 года назад +4

    Thank you. I was thinking my PC is broken..... and I was ready to reinstall my windows

  • @komaraiahkambalapally5153
    @komaraiahkambalapally5153 3 года назад +3

    It's been exactly 8 months I have been facing the issue. Tried and failed many times
    Just within 1 minute I found the solution through this video. I wish I had found this video initially . Any way now the pblm has been fixed. Thanks a lot........

  • @tacolarg1989
    @tacolarg1989 2 года назад

    Thank you so much. Now I can finally attend my classes in peace.

  • @shinobiOG
    @shinobiOG 3 месяца назад

    Always in my life videos from Indian content creators have always helped. Thanks my friend

  • @abdullahdahash7756
    @abdullahdahash7756 3 года назад +10

    Thank you very much this saved me from failing in my final exam🙏🏻

  • @travislee8053
    @travislee8053 5 лет назад +59

    omg my friend was having this problem for a entire year and you solved it in 15 seconds. haha, thank you!

  • @rohitdhakal1507
    @rohitdhakal1507 5 месяцев назад

    2024, Still watching your videos, Thanks a lot

  • @Flat_Arthur
    @Flat_Arthur 11 месяцев назад +1

    2:07 not in playback but in recording my guy. playback is my headphones, recording is microphone. anyways it worked.

  • @jefro12
    @jefro12 4 года назад +24

    This one really solved the problem I´ve been struggling with for a few days, heres your like man and really appreciate that

  • @blusk2248
    @blusk2248 3 года назад +5

    every single "fix mic tutorial" never works. i tried with the unmute button, nothing works. help

  • @RandomPeacekeeper
    @RandomPeacekeeper Год назад +2

    Didnt helped me.

  • @NoxamoX
    @NoxamoX 2 года назад

    YOU ARE THE BEST GUY IN THE WHOLE INTERNET.

  • @Ytdameh
    @Ytdameh 4 года назад +9

    Lol I had discord and when my friends where talking all MY VOLUME WAS muted! ( except my friends talking on the mic ) so this happen when I was playing base raiders, and so if you got that problem, well just go to your discord settings, Go to Voice & Video, Scroll down until you see ATTENUATION, Turn it 0% , And voila your done and that is how I fixed my sounds :D

    • @Ytdameh
      @Ytdameh 3 года назад

      Tor McLean your welcome 🙏

  • @kristianakarlin2936
    @kristianakarlin2936 4 года назад +17

    Thank you! I really appreciate it! (You saved my zoom meetings) 👍

  • @MrQuandogg
    @MrQuandogg 2 года назад

    I looked everywhere besides privacy… I feel like an idiot!!! Thanks for the video homie

  • @dakshgoyal4177
    @dakshgoyal4177 3 года назад +26

    tysm you save my headphone life as i was just going to break it in anger

  • @ashankasen
    @ashankasen 3 года назад +5

    This worked for me. Thanks a lot for this really effective useful tip. Had wasted a lot of time trying other settings.

    • @jeetpal7413
      @jeetpal7413 2 года назад

      How my mic is also not picking up my I tried everything but nothing is work

  • @NeoSoulCrew
    @NeoSoulCrew Месяц назад

    Thanks, couldn't believe this was preventing my mic from working.

  • @originaldanman
    @originaldanman Год назад

    Unfortunately; this method does not work for some of us. My microphone would work in voice recorder but not with MS camera program. Kept getting "enable mic in privacy ..." even though it was enabled and still wouldn't work. Finally found something that worked for me of which absolutely no one had the answer. Everyone just said the same thing here about enabling privacy settings (which didn't work). All I did was install Skype, tested it out, closed it down and opened up MS Camera and now the mic works in camera.

  • @pulkitsachdeva3610
    @pulkitsachdeva3610 4 года назад +10

    Hello, I had switched off my microphone and forgot where and how I'd done it, and after hours of failed attempts I remembered the setting that I'd changed by watching your video. Thanks a ton.

  • @hazzathehistorian
    @hazzathehistorian 3 года назад +7

    2:10 it says mine isnt pluggedf in and i checked and it is

    • @paco5458
      @paco5458 3 года назад +1

      Same

    • @pot5245
      @pot5245 3 года назад

      probably is in the wrong spot?

    • @hazzathehistorian
      @hazzathehistorian 3 года назад

      @@pot5245 thx for the idea illl try thst now

    • @pot5245
      @pot5245 3 года назад

      @@hazzathehistorian oh yeah you can also call a tech dude who's real to help you
      they're free but the waiting cue takes a long time

    • @hazzathehistorian
      @hazzathehistorian 3 года назад

      @@pot5245 yh i tried changing the port but it didnt work and my dad has a friend who does this kinda stuff so hes coming round to help

  • @slimemo0208
    @slimemo0208 Год назад

    Bruh this guys the goat he deserves more recognition he’s helped to fix so many things with my pc

  • @felixfloof
    @felixfloof 2 месяца назад

    he was in the wrong section but it still applies to your microphone, go to recording in the same menu and turn your level from 50 to 100, that's what fixed it for me

  • @survivaloproductions
    @survivaloproductions 3 года назад +5

    Thank you so much absolute life saver !!!!!! i had an important work meeting and my mic was driving me crazy

  • @tommybaron4768
    @tommybaron4768 3 года назад +7

    I'm assuming this tutorial is going to work for everybody except me
    Edit: It actually worked. I'm genuinely surprised seeing as I've spent literally hours of troubleshooting and gone through dozens of videos all telling me things that didn't work. Thank you very much for this.

    • @tommybaron4768
      @tommybaron4768 2 года назад +1

      @EronTheGamerGuy
      1. go to control panel
      2. search and click on manage audio devices
      3. go to recording and click on your desired microphone
      4. click properties
      5. click levels and make sure the button on the right of the volume isn't making your mic muted.
      Hope this helps

    • @goranbrekalo
      @goranbrekalo 2 года назад

      @@tommybaron4768 Thanks man, that worked

  • @mattdumas5224
    @mattdumas5224 Год назад +1

    Didn't help me though. And Speakers is not your microphone, it's under recording, not the playback.

  • @Mawhinz
    @Mawhinz Год назад

    The fact the problem was that the allow access was turned off made me feel stupid

  • @nenadr5
    @nenadr5 4 года назад +8

    0:38 help me out! Thank you very much!!

  • @parkjwi2534
    @parkjwi2534 4 года назад +5

    Thank you so much
    i can finally stop using my phone as a mic XD

  • @Ggorre-kz3md
    @Ggorre-kz3md Год назад

    You are a legend. I have spend over an hour and the Microsoft sites were no use. Thank you for providing the information for me to fix it in seconds!!!

  • @Yeziii
    @Yeziii Год назад

    Thanks bro i used my phone for 6 months to speak my friend.And now my microphone i works

  • @treycomella9937
    @treycomella9937 5 лет назад +8

    DIDNT WORK

    • @KaveEditz
      @KaveEditz 5 лет назад

      Meh too

    • @manishdhakal1224
      @manishdhakal1224 4 года назад

      100%Working Method
      ruclips.net/video/AJ4yo7bDR9Y/видео.html

  • @Szbx
    @Szbx 5 лет назад +3

    1 year after the upload
    Still works

  • @rashto3940
    @rashto3940 9 месяцев назад

    this man is MY shepherd, praise to this man

  • @user-ur9wy1lt8z
    @user-ur9wy1lt8z Год назад +1

    Tried everything but still the damn thing is not working. It just starts and stops working randomly. All because of this stupid microsoft updates that goofs up the system. What a shame, microsoft!

  • @don.2942
    @don.2942 3 года назад +5

    why i cant see any more apps in "microphone" in settings than just voice recorder, Camera, Desktop app viewer, microsoft store, photos, and xbox game bar i cant see any more apps

  • @JinxyZombieHyperdrive
    @JinxyZombieHyperdrive 4 года назад +12

    This worked for me. I forgot I had disabled " Allow apps to access my mic" Thanks for taking the time to do this video. You actually did help me!

    • @EAGLECLAN
      @EAGLECLAN 4 года назад

      i too have done the same dude

  • @Phntm223
    @Phntm223 Год назад

    0:42
    Thanks for the tutorial! Probably should have started here...

  • @allancruz1210
    @allancruz1210 2 года назад

    Thank you so much, I've been scratching my head on why my mic was not working and even bought a new one to check if my mic was the issue and found this and it immediately solved it. Thank you

  • @asifiqbal9032
    @asifiqbal9032 4 года назад +3

    Wherever I checked it, it couldn’t detect my headphone microphone,
    Whenever you plug your headphones into the laptop, it asks whether it is a headphone or a headset or speaker or a microphone only,
    Before I used to click on headphones but later I googled and saw the difference between headphone and headset,
    A headset is a headphone having mic,
    So this time I clicked on that and the problem was gone, now my headphone with microphone was working fine.

    • @piterovvv7959
      @piterovvv7959 4 года назад +1

      This actually did help me lol, thanks for it man and have a good day or night!

    • @asifiqbal9032
      @asifiqbal9032 4 года назад +1

      Piterovvv
      Hey, I am happy that I could help someone because I was really worried when this happened with me and it was a trouble in online classes..

    • @piterovvv7959
      @piterovvv7959 4 года назад

      @@asifiqbal9032 I was streaming lately and was confused why the mic is gathering so much back ground noises, and when I looked into it I found out that's because it's using my laptop mic and not the one that I should be using, so once more thank you!

  • @furbygd5335
    @furbygd5335 4 года назад +6

    I cannot comprehend how much I thank you for this.

  • @Gonzo4968
    @Gonzo4968 Год назад

    No one’s gonna talk about what this sound was? 1:43

  • @anshwatts
    @anshwatts 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you very much bro, it was of great help 👍

  • @courtney7881
    @courtney7881 3 года назад +7

    Thank you. I went to the settings he proposed and found that my microphone is muted.

    • @hncinematics2115
      @hncinematics2115 3 года назад

      yes mine too was muted automatically. IT was working fine but automatically got mutted.

  • @syamalnaskar9992
    @syamalnaskar9992 4 года назад +6

    thank you for this . i can now peacefully attend my online classes.

  • @user-om5rd9pr7w
    @user-om5rd9pr7w Год назад

    I was wondering why its not working, just realized it was off in privacy settings. Thank you

  • @niharikatiwari8959
    @niharikatiwari8959 5 месяцев назад +2

    what about the set default option if not able to click it's grey then? as mic sound i checked the way you mentioned here but on sunds set default i am not able to click on it as it's locked.

  • @sufianbustamam5902
    @sufianbustamam5902 3 года назад +5

    Amazing. God be praised and God bless.

  • @rickylclow
    @rickylclow 4 года назад +4

    Thank you! This helped me out this my Turtle Beach headset using windows 10. 1'st fixed worked great for me.

  • @MengezEmzet
    @MengezEmzet Год назад

    Thank you very much
    It's 2023 and your methods are still working🔥

  • @spooky4110
    @spooky4110 3 года назад +5

    i came here to fix my microphone not my speakers-

    • @ItsDlux
      @ItsDlux 3 года назад +2

      Check ur microphone level when you double click on your headset

  • @techalertr
    @techalertr 3 года назад +4

    dude love you. literally i wasted my 4hrs for this and you just solved it in 30seconds. thnx bro

  • @PeterStup
    @PeterStup Год назад

    Man I forgot I turned it off, now its working, thank you

  • @jammin5563
    @jammin5563 Год назад

    me: IT WONT WORK him: turn it on me: uhhhhhhhhhhh

  • @seungjae6377
    @seungjae6377 4 года назад +3

    finally worked man it was off for 6 months

  • @sly260
    @sly260 5 лет назад +3

    thank you so much i was about to give up but u saved me from
    getting rid of my computer

  • @aski1529
    @aski1529 9 месяцев назад

    i tried to figure this out for 3 hours straight and then remembered my heaphones had microphone of/off switch 😂👌

  • @creativityliveshots500ksub5
    @creativityliveshots500ksub5 2 года назад +1

    Mujhe abhi takk aawaz headphones me nahi aara

  • @kvadosh
    @kvadosh 5 лет назад +3

    You also have to check the recording/levels section. Your microphone must be set at 30.0dB (or lower). Mine was set at 0.0dB for some weird reason, that's how I fixes it!

    • @Marco-mx9or
      @Marco-mx9or 5 лет назад

      How please tell me how to do this

  • @WhitJit
    @WhitJit 3 года назад +19

    Thank you so much! I feel stupid now ;--;