Bug report - No way to disable Microphone

[Stampeding Steve]

I use headphones/headset that have a mic built in (Bose 45 & Sennheiser 450BT Bugged on both) and when the headset (mic) is activate, the quality of sound goes down so that I can hear people talking. This is built by design in multiple headphones/headsets I have bought and typically you want that if you are having a conversation.

But when I don't want to use my mic and instead want better sound quality, I disable my mic from most games and thats enough to switch the headset off.

Helldivers 2 has no way of disabling my mic usage. I have disabled everything in my windows settings to block mic usage as well as disabled voicechat in Helldivers Buuuut Helldivers 2 is still accessing my microphone forcing my headphones into headset mode and lower quality sound.

[verikinside]

I have the same problem. I disable voice chat, forbid access to microphone in privacy settings, but i hear taps of my keyboard and mouse clicks in my headset. Will be appreciated for solution

[jester]

It is the setting in your sound software that lets you hear yourself when talking.

[Wild]

bro i had exact same problem, do this

https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/helldivers-2-microphone-and-headphones-issue-audio-problems-expla/z86909

[Ревизор]

Same problem

[WifiCable]

Yes this is a necro post.
1 problem - Yes this is still a problem and it's extremely frustrating. I keep hearing all the people talking about how much they love the music in this game, yet for whatever reason the devs want me to have to experience drastically music and gameplay.
2 solution - If you want to resolve this temporarily. Windows search - "Microphone Privacy Settings" - "Let desktop apps access your microphone" - Toggle that off and you're good to go. Note that this will disable it for all apps, so if you want to jump on Discord later, remember to re-enable your microphone.
3 alt solution - Change your default microphone on your computer to something else. If you want to retain the ability to use your microphone with other applications, manually set those to your preferred headset but leave your computer's default headset as something else. This will allow you to enjoy all HD audio when in game, and allow you to downgrade the audio if you wish to multi-task and say jump in a discord call mid hell dive.