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Headphones are not working in Windows 10? Fix it now!

headphones are not working in Windows 10

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1. Try updating the audio or sound driver manually

If you set out to get rid of the Windows 10 headphones not working error, first try updating the audio or sound driver manually.

Go to the Start menu and type Control in the search bar.

Click on the Control Panel. Click on the Sound section and in a new window go to the Playback tab.

In the list provided, select your headphones and go to Properties.

In the Controller Information subsection, click on Properties. Be sure to log in as an administrator to be able to change settings in the Change settings section.

Click on the Driver tab and click on Automatic Update. Finally, connect the headphones to a personal computer and check if the headphones are working again.

2. Try disabling the connector detection function

If the previous method did not help you, you need to try disabling the connector detection function on the front panel. This will work for you if you have the Realtek app on your PC. Follow the instructions below step by step.

Press the key combination Win + R and in the Run window that opens, type the Control Panel command, press Enter.

From the list, select Sound and then Realtek HD Audio Manager.

Go to connector options.

Select Disable front panel connector detection and left-click the checkbox next to the value.

Now check if the headphones are working properly.

3. Change sound settings

If the previous methods of fixing the headphone jack are not working, you can try changing the default audio format. The fact is that an incorrect setting of the audio format will lead to a repeated error. Go to the Control Panel, open Sound. Click the Playback tab and double-click the default playback device. In the Advanced tab, change the default audio format. As another method to fix the computer doesn't recognize headphones error, you should consider setting your headphones as your default playback device.

Go to the Control Panel menu using the above method and open Sound.

In the Playback subsection, right-click and click on Show Disabled Devices.

The headphone catalog will unfold before you. Now click on the name of the headphone device.

Click Enable and Set as default. Don't forget to click Apply and Ok.

Then close all windows and try to check if your headphones have started working.

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Headphones are not working in Windows 10? Fix it now!

1. Try updating the audio or sound driver manually

2. Try disabling the connector detection function

3. Change sound settings

Need to roll back OS updates? Make sure your data is safe

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