Fix Headphones not working on Windows 10

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Are your Headphones not working on Windows 10? You tried playing audio files but not able to hear any sound through your headphones? Or the Windows system is not even detecting your Headphones?

Don't worry about it. I'll assist you to get the music back to your ears rapidly and easily. Here are a few methods through which you can attempt to fix the issue.

Set Headphone as Default Device

In order to fix "Headphones not working on Windows 10" issue, we need to make headphones as default output device. When you connect a headset to your computer, it might not be automatically configured as the default device.

This implies that even with your headphones you do not attempt to reproduce the sound. Before this if you see No Audio Output Device Installed Error, we have a tutorial to fix that.

How to set Headphone as Default Audio Device:
1) Press the Windows logo key and click the X button on your keyboard.
2) In the pop-up menu, choose Control Panel.

Headphones not working on Windows 10


3) Change your category appearance by clicking Hardware and Sound.

Headphones not working on Windows 10

4) Click the Sound option.

5) Select Headphones and click Set it as default.

Headphones as Default Audio Output

6) Click on the button OK.

Manually Reinstall Audio device Drivers

Here is how you can manually install Audio Drivers to fix "Headphones not working on Windows 10" issue.

First you need to know what audio drivers your computer need. If you do not know you read this here how can you know your drivers.

  1. Press and hold the Windows logo key on your keyboard and press the X button.
  2. Select Control Panel in the pop-up menu.
  3. Change your appearance to a large icon, then click Programs and Features.
  4. Uninstall Existing Audio Drivers. It may be MediaTek, RealTek, IDT etc.
  5. Install the driver software from the mother board CD or Download then from official site.
  6. Restart and turn on your machine again and check whether your headphones are currently working.
You can rad more to understand more about installing Sound Drivers for your computer.

Update the Audio Driver with Easy Driver

If your audio driver has an issue, your headphones can also stop working. You can update the driver automatically with third party utility "Easy Driver".

If you are not a fan of third party tools then you can check for missing drivers yourself with this simple guide.

To solve "Headphones not working on Windows 10", Easy Driver recognizes your system automatically and finds the correct driver. You don't need to know what system is running on your computer. And with Easy Driver, During the installation phase, there is no danger of installing the incorrect driver or making errors.

You can update the driver automatically with the Free version of Easy Driver. With the Easy Pro driver version, you can update your drivers with just two clicks:
  • Click on Analysis option. An easy driver will scan your computer and detect driver problems.
  • Click Update all to download and install the correct version of missing or outdated drivers from your system.
It can be a complicated business to set up a Windows audio device. Drivers may merge with one another. Windows can play one type of audio output like the other, and you may need to immerse yourself in an audio configuration to find out what really happened. O

f course, everything is fine, you must be able to connect the audio device and make it when you follow all these steps properly. With this guide you now can easily fix this issue of "Headphones not working on Windows 10". For more information you can read here.

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