Disable microphone acquisition when remoting into another machine

Is there a way to stop teamviewer from acquiring the microphone when I remote into another machine?

I appreciate that it is trying to prepare for a possible conference call with the machine but in some cases I just want to remotely manage the computer and not talk with anybody on the other side.

With my bluetooth headphones (which are configured as both speakers and headset), the microphone acquisition has the side effect of muting my speakers. (This isn't behaviour specific to TeamViewer, but any device that acquires my headphones)

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kyle_coder202

Hi all, not sure if this has any relevance anymmore but:

Change from Audio (Voice over IP) to Phone:

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RickOShay

I know this is an old thread - but this issue is very serious. Having audio automatically output to connected devices is a security risk - there needs to be a simpler way to switch on audio and detect if another audio app is handling audio coms. At the moment it is somewhat obfuscated. I use Discord normally for comms. And so by default audio should not be on in TV unless I change that setting. There should be a simple button in TV that toggles all audio.

haslador

the auto conferencing is litterlt cutting the sound of my headset, stoping me from hearing any skype calls, i went to prefferences and any tab out side of auto conferencing, sound fine, soon as i go to that boom sound drop, and no visable way to disable it.

My system is also set to give nothing poriorty contorl, nice to know team viewer is over riding user set contorls on there pc, starting to wonder at this point if this is even a safe program.

GuillaumeL

Totally agree. This hack works, but it's not at all normal to have to do this just because you don't need the sound! I use teamviewer for remote desktop (the first use I think), and I just don't want Teamviewer to listen to my microphone as soon as I connect to another PC! Especially since I've never used audio conferences, and I've never given my consent for him to activate my microphone! Looks like espionage!

The problem with this hack is that if I occasionally want to talk with a person who is on the remote computer, it won't work with this hack and I should think about going to change this setting (but I wouldn't think about it anymore) .

In short, please set up a simple option, or just only activate the microphone when necessary (i.e. when the user asks to join an audio conference! not before)

kyle_coder202

Hi all, not sure if this has any relevance anymmore but:

Change from Audio (Voice over IP) to Phone:

RalphB

Brilliant TeamViewer 👏

This problem just wasted 3 hours of my day, I fixed it by plugging a old headset in to my docking station and telling Teamviewer in the settings to go control that old headset instead of muting my whole computer. I'm so aggravated right now, specially because you can find complaints back from 2017 with the exact same problem and all we need is a "Disable conferencing feature" checkbox.

PLEASE TEAMVIEWER give us back control over our audio. this is a huge hassle!!!

tylkea

https://community.teamviewer.com/English/discussion/comment/141505#Comment_141505

Thank you this has been a long standing issue with TV for me that you just helped fix.

SierraMSP

I also find this to be very annoying. I usually watch TV through my HD Home Run on a second monitor while working on remote server management tasks over the weekend. I have a few sound output devices on my PC: Bose Speakers plugged in via USB (So they're detected as their own sound card and they're my default output device) in addition to the motherboard Realtek audio and my monitor's speakers via HDMI.

If I set Teamviewer to send audio through my monitor instead of my default sound device then it stops muting the channels/apps going through my Bose speakers. Instructions for Win 10 Version 1903: Right-click speaker icon in taskbar. Open Sound Settings. At the bottom click "App volume and device preferences" (oh, make sure you have Teamviewer window open). Use the dropdown menu and change the output device on the Teamviewer app to another output device. I also disabled my Microphone input on my mobo. Problem solved for me.

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bartlanz

I would suggest messing with the settings in Options > Audio conference, specifically the Red and Yellow arrows in the pic below. You should be able to specify what Mic to use so that it does not lock onto your BT Mic.

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HOT_since_90

I'm also experiencing this problem (I think). My symptoms are:

Listening to Spotify/Youtube/Skype call/audio of some kind, then open a TeamViewer window to another machine and my audio quality changes (lose bass, but still works).

I know it's caused by the microphone being "activated" because when I go into Windows Sound settings, Recording tab, then the microphone activates there too and the same sound quality issue occurs.

I'm using a Plantronics USB headset.

I'm starting to think it's a Windows glitch.

haslador

This is useless, it dont stop teamviewer from trying to force take over contorl of the headset and mic, setting it to same thing is literly just saying, hay im using this way go a head and take over the one im using and kill all my other sounds.

THINK

Same issue here. It is insane that I can't control wether the app takes over my mic when all I want is to access a remote desktop.

My current workaround is running TV inside a virtual machine.

SMPCH

Thank you! So annoying!

Askanov

A few people in our company are facing this issue and we are struggling to solve it. Can someone from teamviewer support look for a solution to this problem ?

Beni777

hey folks…

any solution to stop TV controlling the mic on WIN11????

FaeAlicia

Been using TeamViewer for going on 6+ years now to remote control a personal file server. I'm on Linux, specifically Xubuntu 24.04 atm. I tested and confirmed the same issues exist on Xubuntu 22.04, so the new PipeWire audio backend isn't the problem here. It's definitely TeamViewer.

The problem is that TeamViewer is forcing my headphones into headset mode, killing the audio quality for everything I'm doing outside TeamViewer. Worse, it's actively resisting any changes I make in the system volume controls. There isn't any "Audio Conferencing" tab in the options on the Linux version of TeamViewer. Just "General", "Security", "Remote Control", and Advanced. The only sound-related options in any of them are to decide whether or not to play remote sounds by default. Nothing about capturing audio or choosing audio devices, so I have no way to disable this extremely invasive and destructive behavior.

lthrift

First, I don't use Teamviewer for confrences or voice chat, it is only used to remote into other devices. I'm shocked that teamviewer is automatically capuring my mic to broadcast to the remote side. This is a major security and privacy issue that needs to be turned off.

According to the topic here: https://community.teamviewer.com/t5/General-Questions/Disable-microphone-acquisition-when-remoting-into-another/td-p/9992#
I should have a mute button but I don't have one for the microphone, all I have is this:
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How can I get the check box back to shut off the microphone?

ivv1111

Useless TW support team and TW HD2-HD3 team cannot solve a simple problem by adding a check box.

This config can be solved in 15 minutes by an freelancer.

Shame on you TW Team. 5 years passed and no feedback or solution. Extreamly uncompetend team.

FakeName

It's May 2023 and this issue still happens with headphones plugged in while you connect to a remote PC. The issue is that Teamviewer tries to make an audio connection via the microphone that basically all bluetooth and wired headphones have now. Even when you have not requested audio, are not in a meeting, and basically do not want Teamviewer to take control it still does.

You can go into your audio conferencing-->> Configure-->> and turn off the Voice over IP which seems to be the problem. Reconnect to the remote computer and your spotify should still continue to play locally on your computer.

https://imgur.com/T38BbKn

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itsouth

Hi there

Can someone give me the registry key to disable TeamViewer having access to Windows microphone?

We DON'T need TeamViewer to have ANY access to the microphone.

Thanks

JeanK

Please see @.Carol.fg.'s reply regarding this issue here:

https://community.teamviewer.com/English/discussion/comment/130829#Comment_130829

This should fix the audio issue you are reporting.

@RalphB @Googs @RafhaGunZ @Askanov @SMPCH @THINK @haslador @SierraMSP @RickOShay @HOT_since_90 @bartlanz @fostandy

Let me guys know if it worked for you.

/JeanK

LGC_1

Did anyone ever find a solution for this? It's been 2 years since the first post and I'm having that issue now. Teamviewer keeps taking over my microphone and making meetings on other platforms like **Third Party Product** and **Third Party Product** impossible to do. I have to keep disabling my mic and reenabling it to get it to work.

Googs

Download VB Cable (virtual sound device), assign teamviewer to use the VB cable virtual microphone that leads to no where and you are away. I cannot believe that this has been totally ignored for three years.

RafhaGunZ

There are someone who can help us with that?

It's a very annoying problem, why not put a option to "Enable/Disable" Microphone access?

I think it's too simple for it not to have been done yet.

joukyuu

I've been working on audio client-server programs lately and this ugly feature just reared its head. Why can't we disable this?!