Microphone not working on Windows 10 Version 1803

When I upgraded to the latest Windows 10 Version 1803 Insider Preview update, my mic stopped working. I posted an answer that fixed my problem and may help others!


There's a microphone privacy options page. The latest insider's update has it blocking all apps by default.

  1. Hit Windows key and search for "microphone privacy settings"
  2. Hit "Allow access to the microphone on this device"
  3. Switch "Allow apps to access your microphone" to on

In addition to

  • Go to Settings > Privacy > Microphone (left column)
  • Make sure "Microphone access for this device is on"
  • And switch "Allow access to the microphone on this device" to on

as Ermish's suggested, I had to

  • disable and enable one of my microphones for the changes to apply apply.

Then all my microphones worked again.