Windows 10: I can't unmute my microphone in Windows 10

Hello,I can't unmute my microphone. When I go into Microphone Properties/Levels, the speaker icon under Microphone Array shows a red bar/slash. But nothing happens when I click on it. I can't toggle it back on. I've checked drivers, enabled everything, but I still can't unmute. Can you please help? Thank you !

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unmute microphone in taskbar

Hi Ruth,

This issue might have been caused by a misconfigured settings or incompatible driver. For us to unmute the microphone, please follow these steps:

• At the system tray, right-click on the volume icon.
• Select Recording devices.
• On the Sound window, make sure that you are on the Recording tab.
• On the list of recording devices, double-click on your microphone device.
• Properties window will open. Click on Levels tab.
• Increase the Microphone slider to maximum.
• Click the speaker icon next to it to unmute the microphone.
• Click on Apply, and then click on OK to save changes.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Can't unmute microphone?

Hi,

In general, the microphone is on mute. We'd like to clarify following steps that you've done and ask you a few questions:

• When you unmute the microphone, is it via Recording tab under
  Recording devices?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• Are there any newly installed applications that may have caused this?
• Is this an on going issue or recent?
  

 

How to successfully unmute built-in microphone

Each time I try to unmute the microphone, it mutes itself. Had several tries and all failed. I'm using Windows 10.