Windows 10 Microphone Boost Missing
Do you want to enable or disable the microphone on your Windows 10 PC? In this guide, we will see the three easy ways to turn on or off the microphone in Windows 10.
Many users prefer to disable PC’s camera and microphone when not in use to protect privacy. Like others, if you also like to disable to the microphone, you can do it with ease.
Following are the three easy ways to enable or disable the microphone on a PC running Windows 10. None of these methods require you use third-party software.
Method 1 of 3
Sep 29, 2018 So, like me, if you are also facing the poor quality of sound, you are into the correct article. In this case, you need to improve the volume so as to bring out the clear audio. And if you think that your microphone volume is too low on Windows 10 to produce good quality of sound, you can increase it.
Turn on or off microphone via Device Manager
Step 1: Open Device Manager. To do so, right-click on the Start button on the taskbar and then click Device Manager option.
Step 2: In the Device Manager window, expand Audio inputs and outputs tree.
Step 3:Right-click on the Microphone entry and then click Disable device option.
Click Yes button when you see the confirmation dialog.
To turn on the microphone again, right-click on the microphone again and then click Enable device option.
Method 2 of 3
Turn on or off microphone in Control Panel
Step 1:Right-click on the volume icon in the system tray of the taskbar and then click Sounds to open the same. If you cannot see the volume icon, please refer to our fix to volume icon missing guide.
Step 2: Switch to the Recording tab by clicking on the same.
Step 3:Right-click on the microphone entry and then click Disable to turn it off. That’s it! To enable it, right-click on the microphone and click Enable.
Method 3 of 3
Disable microphones for apps in Windows 10
In addition to apps mentioned above, you can stop only specific apps or all apps from using the microphone on your Windows 10 PC. Remember that this method cannot stop classic desktop programs from accessing your microphone. Here is how to do that.
Step 1: Navigate to Settings app > Privacy > Microphone.
Step 2: Under Microphone, turn off Let apps use my microphone option to stop all modern apps from using the microphone. If you want to prevent a specific app from accessing the microphone, look for the app name in the Choose apps that can use your microphone list, and turn off the option.
Hope you find this guide helpful.
PC users who are not happy with the audio quality on their PCs can turn on audio enhancements to improve the sound quality.
Depending on your PC’s sound card, you might get one or more audio enhancements. Most cards offer bass boost, virtual surround, room correction and loudness equalization enhancements. For instance, if you feel the bass is too low, the bass boost audio enhancement can help you increase the bass level.
If you are on Windows 10 or earlier version, you can turn on or off audio enhancements with ease. Here is how to do that.
NOTE: At times, audio enhancements might deteriorate the audio quality. So, it’s a wise idea to turn on one enhancement at a time.
Enable or disable audio enhancements in Windows 10
Step 1:Right-click on the volume icon on the taskbar and then click Sound to open the Sound dialog.
Step 2: Under the Playback tab, right-click on your speaker and then click Properties. You should now see the Speakers Properties dialog.
Step 3: Under the Enhancements tab, you can see all enhancements that are available for your PC.
If the Enhancements tab is missing, it’s likely because your sound card doesn’t support them. Try reinstalling the audio driver once.
Most cards offer the audio enhancements listed below. Depending on your PC’s sound card, you might or might not get all of them.
# Bass Boost – boosts the lowest frequencies that can be played by your PC
# Virtual Surround – encodes surround audio for transfer as stereo output to receivers with a Matrix decoder.
# Room Correction – compensates for room and speaker characteristics.
# Loudness Equalization – uses understanding of human hearing to reduce perceived volume differences.
Each enhancement has its own settings. Select an equalization and then click Settings button to view its settings.
Select or deselect enhancements you would like to enable, make necessary changes to default settings to fine tune them and then click Apply button.
Windows 10 Microphone Settings
As the dialog says, changes might not take effect until the next time you play someone on your PC.
Windows 10 Microphone Boost Missing
Third-party audio enhancement software is also available. If you are an audiophile, you can try them out as well.