The microphone is a device with which you can communicate through voice or special resources, as well as record speech. At the same time, he can become a bandwidth, transmitting our secrets to the network. In this article we will talk about how to turn off the microphone on the laptop when it is not needed.
Turning off the microphone on a laptop
The microphone is turned off in several ways. First, you can use the function keys, and secondly refer to the software. Consider in more detail all possible options.Method 3: system audio settings
The Windows operating system has a section with sound settings. It can control audio devices, including a microphone. There is another disabling option using the built-in tools that we will also describe below.
Sound settings
- Press the right mouse button on the speaker in the system tray (right next to the clock) and go to the "sounds" item.
- We go to the tab with recording devices and select the microphone.
Further two scenarios are possible. The first is to reduce the recording level to zero by analogy with Skype.
- Selecting the microphone, go to the properties of the device.
- On the "Levels" tab, move the slider to the left until you stop or press the button with the speaker. For reliability, you can do both.
The second option is to disable the device on the Record tab. Here just click on the microphone PCM and select the corresponding item.
You can turn it on back in the same way, but by selecting another item in the context menu.
If, after disconnecting the device, disappeared from the list, click on the right place right-click and set the checkbox near the item displaying the disabled devices.
If you need to return the device to the device, it is enough to click on the PCM on it and select the appropriate item.
Conclusion
We disassembled three options for turning off the microphone on a laptop. Methods in which the recording level is reduced are entitled to life, but cannot be absolutely reliable in terms of security. If it is guaranteed to exclude sound transmission to the network, use the Device Manager or turn off the device on the Record tab in the system settings.