Five Ways to Fix Microphone Not Working on Windows 10

Summary :

Enable the Microphone on Windows 10

If you’ve tweaked some privacy settings, there is possibility that you accidentally blocked the apps from using your microphone. In that case, all you need to do is to enable the microphone on Windows 10.

Check Your Microphone Driver

The outdated driver could be a reason for microphone not working on Windows 10. If your system has been upgraded without updating microphone driver, some microphone related issues may arise.

Set Microphone as Default Recording Device

If you don’t set your microphone as default recording device, you may be unable to use it. Here is how to fix it.

Disable Audio Enhancements

Although Audio Enhancements can actually improve the sound experience on your computer, this feature is also a known reason for various speaker or microphone-related issues. So you can fix microphone not working on Windows 10 by disabling Audio Enhancements. Steps are as follows.

Run the Troubleshooter

If solutions above can’t help you fix microphone not working on Windows 10, you can run Troubleshooter which is designed to deal with various system related problems.

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