Windows 10: How do I disable the front headphone Jack?

Hi


I broke off my 3.5mm cord for speakers in front headphone jack. Ive tried everybody everybody has said everywhere (im pretty good with computers but just had half my teeth out, i physically can take pain killers and i cant think) but cant figure out how to shut off the front jack as it thinks something is plugged in and wont let the back register anything. I am leaving the country in 48 hours have no time to get fixed before go and to what point i just need right now so i can put a movie on for my boy to go sleep. any help asap would be awesome! thanks

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Plug broke off in rear speaker jack: front headphone jack disabled now


Your sound driver may have options to enable/disable jacks based on what's plugged in the front/rear. For instance, my Realtek driver has:





As for removing the broken plug it would depend on how far in it broke and how tight the jack is. I don't have any personal experience but there are a number of suggestions if you Google for "how to remove broken 3.5mm jack."

 

How to disable headphone jack in Windows 10

Hello,

a part of my headphone plug is stuck in the headphone jack. My computer thinks it's still plugged in but i can't heard anything. Now since I can't get it out I've tried to disable it. Unfortunetly when i go to playback devices headphones is listed as Speakers.
How do I disable the headphone jack so I can listen through speakers?

Note: I have reinstalled my drivers and if I go to update them it says that windows thinks your drivers are up to date

 

Headphone jack not working

Hi Jonathan,

Issues with headphones or headphone jack could have happened due to hardware issues. To isolate your concern, we suggest that you update your driver. You can follow this
link for the steps on how to update drivers in Windows 10.

If the issue still occurs, we suggest that you contact your manufacturer to check and troubleshoot your hardware issue with headphone jack.

Let us know if there is anything else we can do to help.