Discord Mic Not Working

Is it Discord or your microphone?

Press START above and speak. If the level bar moves, the microphone works and the fix is in Discord's voice settings. If it does not move, the computer or phone is blocking it.

Quick checks

• A red microphone with a slash next to your name means you are muted. If the icon looks like a microphone with a line and you cannot click it, a server moderator has server-muted you.
• If Push to Talk is on, you are silent until you hold the key.
• Your name should light up green when you speak. If it never does, the input sensitivity is too high or the wrong device is selected.

Discord mic not working on Windows

1. Open User Settings (gear icon next to your name) › Voice & Video. Set Input Device to your microphone instead of Default, and raise Input Volume.
2. Click Let's Check under Mic Test and speak. If the bar moves here, Discord hears you.
3. Set Input Mode to Voice Activity and turn on Automatically determine input sensitivity, or drag the sensitivity slider left.
4. Turn off Noise Suppression for a test: with some microphones it removes quiet speech.
5. Open Settings › Privacy & security › Microphone (Windows 10: Settings › Privacy › Microphone). Turn on Microphone access and Let apps access your microphone. Apps installed from a website, including most browsers, also need Let desktop apps access your microphone.
6. Nothing helps? Scroll to the bottom of Voice & Video and click Reset Voice Settings.

Discord mic not working on Mac

1. Open System Settings › Privacy & Security › Microphone and turn on the app. If it is not in the list, it has never asked for the microphone: quit it, open it again and start a call or recording so macOS shows the request.
2. In Discord, open User Settings › Voice & Video, choose the input device and use Let's Check.
3. If Push to Talk only works while Discord is in front, allow Discord under System Settings › Privacy & Security › Input Monitoring or Accessibility so macOS lets it see your key while you are in a game or another app.

Discord mic not working in the browser

1. Click the icon at the left of the address bar on discord.com, set Microphone to Allow and reload.
2. In a browser, Push to Talk only works while the Discord tab has focus. Use Voice Activity there, or the desktop app.

Discord mic not working on Android and iPhone

1. Allow the microphone: on Android in Settings › Apps › Discord › Permissions, on iPhone in Settings › Apps › Discord.
2. In Discord, open your profile › Settings › Voice and check the input mode and sensitivity, as on a computer.