Windows cannot hear your microphone
Use the Windows microphone input test to separate a device problem from app permissions or the wrong microphone selected in a call.
Sound, microphones and device settings. Choose the guide that matches your situation.
Windows 11Use the Windows microphone input test to separate a device problem from app permissions or the wrong microphone selected in a call.
Check the Windows volume mixer, the app volume and its output device when other apps play sound through the same speakers or headphones.
Check the selected Windows 11 output and compare apps before pairing Bluetooth headphones again when they already appear connected.
Compare the Camera app with your video call, check the shutter, connection and permissions, and record errors before changing drivers.
Compare the PC with another device on the same network to separate router trouble, unfinished network sign-in and a local Windows 11 issue.