Permanently Disable HDMI audio

drivers hdmi gpu windows audio

After every GPU driver update my default audio device switches to HDMI, which I never use.

Is there a way to permanently disable HDMI audio interface from even being an option? Or, is there a way to set a permanent default, without having it reset during graphics driver updates?

Seen this happening with both Nvidia and AMD. Windows 10, but I suspect it's not W10-specific.


I had the same problem.

There are two device groups of device:

  • Sound, video and game controllers
  • Audio inputs and outputs

I disabled the audio controller device:

(I'm sorry. My print screen is in Portuguese) print screen with device enable

And the HDMI audio device has permanently disabled:

(I'm sorry. My print screen is in Portuguese) print screen with device disable

My issue has been solved. 🙂

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