Zoom Microphone Not Working

Check the microphone outside Zoom

Press START above and speak. If the bar moves, the microphone works and the fix is inside Zoom. If nothing moves, the computer or phone is blocking the microphone, so start with the device guide.

The three most common Zoom causes

• Audio not joined. If the bottom-left button says Join Audio instead of Mute/Unmute, click it and choose Join with Computer Audio. On a phone, tap Join Audio and choose to call using internet audio.
• Wrong microphone. Click the arrow next to Mute and pick your microphone. Laptops with a headset, webcam and monitor can show four or five microphones.
• Muted by the host. If the host muted everyone, you may need to wait for them to let you unmute.

You can check everything before a meeting at zoom.us/test.

Zoom microphone not working on Windows

1. In Zoom, open Settings › Audio. Choose the microphone, click Test Mic and speak; the input level bar should move.
2. Turn on Automatically adjust microphone volume, or drag the volume slider up if your voice is very quiet.
3. 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. Zoom Workplace must be allowed.
4. Close Teams, Discord and other calling apps that may hold the microphone, then restart Zoom.

Zoom microphone 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. The app is called zoom.us in this list.
2. In Zoom, open Settings › Audio, choose the microphone and use Test Mic.
3. If your MacBook lid is closed with an external display, the built-in microphone is switched off by the hardware; use a headset or USB microphone instead.

Zoom microphone not working on iPhone and iPad

1. Open Settings › Apps › Zoom and turn on Microphone.
2. In the meeting, tap Join Audio if it is shown, and check that the microphone icon is not red and crossed out.
3. Open Control Center during the meeting and set Mic Mode to Standard if your voice keeps cutting out.

Zoom microphone not working on Android

1. Open Settings › Apps › Zoom › Permissions › Microphone and allow it.
2. Make sure the Microphone access tile in quick settings is on.
3. In the meeting, tap Join Audio, choose WiFi or Cellular Data (internet audio), then unmute.