Windows 10: everytime i disable a microphone is disappears

Every time i disable a microphone it disappears from sound settings and i have to trouble shoot the mic so it reappears does anyone know how to stop them from disappearing?

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Easy enable/disable microphone?

My bro just got a microphone and I was wondering if there's an easy way to enable or disable it. I know you can right click on the volume icon, click on select recording devices then select the microphone, then click properties, then click on levels, and mute it - but that's just way too many steps, I'm looking for a more obvious and much easier way to do it.

 

Built in microphone not working

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps

Method 1: I suggest you to set microphone as default device and check.

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  Right click on the volume icon in the system tray and then click "Recording devices"
  
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  Right click on the blank space in the popped up window and then select "Show Disabled Devices" and "Show Disconnected Devices".
  
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  Right click on Microphone and then click "Enable".
  
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  Highlight the microphone and then choose "Set as Default Device".
  
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  Click Apply and OK.
  

Step 2: Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled.

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  Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled. Follow the steps given to check that:
  
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  Right click on the volume icon and select “Recording devices”.
  
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  Now, Right Click on an empty space and select, “Show disconnected devices” and “Show disabled devices”.
  
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  Make sure that the Microphone is not disabled.
  

And also update the audio drivers from the manufacturer web site and install.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help

 

Built-In Laptop microphone disappearing from recording devices list, have to uninstall driver and restart to get it back.

Hi Jay,

We need to do further investigation so that we can identify the cause of the issue. When the time the microphone disappears from the list of recording devices does it totally disable the microphone and you're unable to use it? It's also possible that the
driver itself is the issue so we suggest that you download the latest driver available on the manufacturer's website. We also
suggest that you perform a clean boot to disable non-Microsoft services and check if the issue persists. For steps on how to perform a clean boot, click here.
After troubleshooting, refer to How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting found in the same article.

Looking forward to your response.