Easy troubleshooting tricks to fix microphone problems on your Chromebook

Is your Chromebook microphone buzzing, garbled, or otherwise not working? There are a few reasons why the microphone won't work (including in video conferencing apps like Zoom and Google Meet), but the solutions are all very simple. We'll walk you through troubleshooting your Chromebook's microphone and provide you with plenty of fixes for anything that could go wrong.

Things You Should Know

  • The easiest and first thing you should try is restarting your Chromebook.
  • This list is in order of easiest to most difficult, so you'll want to do everything, like update your OS, before you reset it.
  • Finally, if nothing works, you can contact the manufacturer of your Chromebook for more help.
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Allow Chrome to access the microphone.

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Try a different app for your microphone.

  1. You want to figure out if it's a software or hardware issue. If you can use the mic in some software, like Zoom or Discord, but the microphone doesn't work in Duo, you can tell that you're running into a software issue. You can either avoid using the app that doesn't work, or you can contact that app's support team for tech help.
    • If none of the voice platforms work for you, try the default Camera app on your Chromebook. If your microphone still does not work, you haven't figured out the right settings yet, or have a hardware issue that you most likely cannot solve by yourself.
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Darlene Antonelli, MA
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This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Darlene Antonelli, MA. Darlene Antonelli is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. Darlene has experience teaching college courses, writing technology-related articles, and working hands-on in the technology field. She earned an MA in Writing from Rowan University in 2012 and wrote her thesis on online communities and the personalities curated in such communities. This article has been viewed 1,943 times.
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Updated: February 17, 2023
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