Windows 10: Microphone is picking up PC audio

I'm using audacity to record, and the PC audio is always overpowering my mic audio since my mic audio is always so soft

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Microphone picking up PC audio

I've been struggling with this for a long time and decided to post the question here. For some reason my microphone is picking up all of the audio from my pc. I have already tried a lot of things.

Mix stereo is turned off

The microphone is not picking up physical sound from my headphones playing too loud because it still picks up sound even when I manually turn off sound in my headphones

Listen to this device is turned off

My microphone basically acts as if I turned on mix stereo but a bit quieter. It's been really annoying me and I have no idea what to do

I'm running windows 10 if it helps

 

Microphone picking up pc audio signal coming from headphones

Hi Wolfie. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, here to help you.

1) Try these fixes for known issue of microphone picking up PC audio:

https://www.thetechwire.com/mic-picking-up-comp...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gaming_Headsets/commen...

How to stop a mic picking up sound from headphones

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/pc-is-d...

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/microph...

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/microph...

https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/m...

https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/micro...

https://forums.tomsguide.com/threads/microphone...

2) Update the Sound controller driver from the PC or motherboard maker's Support Downloads webpage for your exact model. While there compare to make sure you also have the latest BIOS, Chipset, Display, Network and all other drivers. If no newer then uninstall the Sound controller driver in Device Manager, restart PC to reinstall it.

Next go into Device Manager, right click Sound controller driver to Upgrade driver, then Automatically.

If nothing newer found in Windows Update then try again but this time chooswe Upgrade Driver > Browse > Let Me Pick to try all previous drivers queued there.

Repeat all of the above steps for the microphone driver.

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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Microphone picks up headphone audio.

Hi,

A microphone is a sound receiver device that can record sounds and convert it to an audio file. To help us identify your concerns with your microphone, we’d like to ask you a few questions:

• What is the exact brand and model of your microphone?

• Which version or build of Windows device are you using? To know, press
  Windows + R to open the Run window. Type winver and press
  Enter. A new window will open showing the version and build number of your Windows device.
  
• What were the recent changes made on your computer before you experienced this issue?
  
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
• Did you receive any error messages?

• Did you use this microphone normally before? If yes, can you tell us if this was working properly?
• Have you already contacted your manufacturer of your microphone for troubleshooting instructions?
• Can you check if the device was installed properly in the Device Manager? To check it, follow these steps:

1. Press Windows key + X.

2. Click Device Manager.

3. Expand Sound, Video and game controllers.

4. Check if the devices under it have a yellow exclamation mark.

In addition, you can visit this link:
How to set up and test microphones in Windows 10 to know how to reinstall your microphone on your
PC.

We are looking forward to your response.