I’ve been using Vista for some times and then my mic is always plug into my computer. The thing that bother me is I can heard my voice when I talk into the microphone. This sucks, which mean when I volume up my speaker, I can heard a loud irritating noise. Besides that, without Mic Boost on, my friend can hardly heard me on Skype, but then the problem is not I don’t want to turn on Mic Boost, it’s I can’t. If I turn on, then the loud irritating noise can be heard again.
So, now I need to mute my microphone so I can’t heard my voice when I am talking into it, but it still can take my voice in during Skype call or other recording software.
I had been looking around in Vista to mute the Microphone but then I found nothing in the mixer. After searching for some help on the net, I found out how to mute the microphone.
First, open Control Panel. Look for Sound and open it.
Then at Playback tab, right click on Speakers then click on Properties.
Click on Levels tab, then you’ll see Microphone. There’s a speaker icon there, click on it and you’ll now got your Microphone mute.
Walla! It’s done. Congratulation now you can no worry of turning your speaker loud and doing mic boost.
31 comments
D says:
Jun 20, 2008
This really helped me out i’m new to vista, thanks alot =)
MIC always on. - Microsoft Windows Vista Community Forums - Vistaheads says:
Aug 16, 2008
[...] You can mute the mic so it only works though applications, and not have it always be annoying broadcasting though your speakers. Follow the link below for a list of instructions on how to do so. How to mute microphone in Windows Vista | iNicholas [...]
Art says:
Sep 13, 2008
Doesn’t work! I click on levels and I only see one slider/mute button for a speaker. I would really like to mute the built in mics.
Orion says:
Sep 13, 2008
yeah same here even on my cerative sound card audgiy i would like to mute the mic while playing music and other as games u know i don’t want to hear myself playing the game or music while talking to other people while program make the mic feedsable to talk into it. it does ehco out of the mic issue from the speaker of your desktop other than I don’t want to find a switch type mic to trun off and on if I want to talk into it.vista team need to look into it i t sould be the same as xp
Hanna says:
Sep 21, 2008
Oh it doesnt work, after choose levels tab i see only “Realtek HD Audio output” and “PC Beep”
LUIS says:
Oct 29, 2008
THANK UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! MAN THAT MIC ON WAS SO ANOYING
Benny says:
Oct 30, 2008
Thank you so much, it worked for me.
Frank says:
Nov 20, 2008
If the mic does not show up under playback devices, try under Recording devices/Mic Properties/Levels. That’s where I found mine.
dan says:
Feb 2, 2009
but what if i only have 1 slider(main speaker volume) on the window showed on last screen?
I saw already 3 pcs that are up to date and only have 1 slider, I want to hear music, speak with others and no hear my voice on my own pc
Rhys says:
Feb 19, 2009
Thank you. . . my mic is switching itself on for some reason lately!
PC Plum says:
Mar 2, 2009
Thank you thank you thank you! Now I don’t need the mic inside my mouth for peeps to hear me! Woot Woot!
thanks says:
Mar 3, 2009
THANKS!
jowo says:
Mar 16, 2009
eh i had a soundblaster and just muted the Line In and it worked like a champ on vista and windows 7
fuckbix says:
Apr 7, 2009
thanks a lot, you saved my day, finally i can listen to my music loud again… neighbours get ready:)
Rootkit says:
Apr 25, 2009
Finally!!!! I’ve been looking for this answer for a couple of weeks now.
Thanks, Nick!!
Jono says:
May 18, 2009
Thank you SO much! This fix worked perfectly on windows 7. Thought i had checked every setting in windows, but they had hidden this one away pretty well! You are a sanity saver!
West says:
Jul 26, 2009
Thanks for the info!
pascal says:
Aug 11, 2009
je narive pas a desactve mon micro integre sur vista pc portable merci davence
qwerty says:
Aug 15, 2009
Thank You!!!
Evel says:
Oct 8, 2009
my problem is different; I have a mic. in my laptop but I can’t put it on :O,, I think I have to buy a extern mic. to do that; does someone of you come up with a solution?
Koiris says:
Nov 3, 2009
This works also in Win 7. Thanks a lot.
Sven from Osnabrueck, Germany says:
Dec 27, 2009
Thank you
J. B. A. says:
Apr 9, 2010
I love you so much, I have windows 7 and my mic has plagued me in WoW playing through the speakers as I tried (and failed) to chat. I attempted to follow your list of helpful things (there were some differences but not much) and so far so good in it working, but not playing back through speakers. Love ya! Such a headache in comparison to Win XP's simple “line in” mute thing….why they have to over complicate is beyond me.
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Christopher O'Driscoll says:
Jan 7, 2011
wow…I run windows 7 ultimate and that has been the biggest nuisance since last summer. Thank you so much for posting the solution to it. kills me that it was so simple
Blazingangels says:
Feb 4, 2011
Works in Win7. Thank YOU SOO MUCH.
Rebecca Westmoreland says:
Jun 13, 2011
I have done that but when I am on skype the other end can not hear me so I have to turn the mic back on and hense the squeal again
Loco says:
Jun 25, 2011
thank you very much,it helped me a lot, because the mic was going to make crazy
Blezz says:
Jul 2, 2011
Thanks! I was searching google and finally found this help. The mic was driving me crazy. Cheers!
Nicholas Chan says:
Jul 3, 2011
Have a nice day!
Guest says:
Jul 7, 2011
Well, Vista never did this to me before today.. I find it odd that a Windows update would do this, since it seems most problems with this were from a year or two ago — judging by the replies.