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January 6, 2022
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Access to your Microphone is blocked.

  • January 6, 2022
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Hello!

We have two users on Windows 11 who receive the following error message when attempting to make or answer calls in the RingCentral App:
Access to your Microphone is blocked. Change your system settings to allow RingCentral to use your microphone.

So far as I can tell, Windows Privacy settings permit the RingCentral App permission to access the microphone, the microphone settings themselves work well with other applications such as Teams without issue and RingCentral also works on the same devices through the Chrome browser.

About information is as follows:

Version: 21.4.30.287 Web, 21.4.30.2575 Windows

Date: 2021-12-16 13:57:51

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Electron: RCE11.4.6

Chromium: 87.0.4280.141

RCV Integration: 21.4.22

RCM Integration: 5.4.55057-1129

Auto-update: Off

Domain: https://app.ringcentral.com


If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be grateful.

Cheers!

10 replies

Mary-Community_Moderator
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 6, 2022

Hello @Iain Westwood, this is currently a known issue. Please create a ticket so you will be contacted once it's resolved.

The First Step
April 7, 2022

Any progress or resolution? I have a few users with the same sporadic error.

The First Step
October 24, 2022

Hi there, we're still experiencing this issue. How can this be resolved?
If it can be a ticket, surely the answer can be posted here as well so admins can use it.

The First Step
October 24, 2022

Hi there, we're still experiencing this issue. How can this be resolved?
If it can be a ticket, surely the answer can be posted here as well so admins can use it.

New Participant
December 30, 2022

Hello - I'm experiencing this issue as well. How can this be resolved? I only need to access the keypad function on the RC app to enter a 4 digit pin, so my Cisco AnyConnect VPN will allow my access to my system(s). A temporary "override the microphone settings" would do the job I believe.

New Participant
March 19, 2023

I am also experiencing the same issue. Microphone is not blocked in settings. Have created a ticket but have had no response. Please advise a workaround to get this working.

New Participant
July 30, 2024

Did you guys happen to find out a solution, I am facing same issue on a HP laptop running window 10 pro. Everything was going great, it was working fine but when we came back last Monday it started showing same error. At first it said the same on headsets but It started working on headsets somehow when I tried to fix it. 
Can you help me to fix it so ring can start working without headset?

New Participant
February 3, 2025

Après 2 ans, avez vous trouvé quel est le problème? j’ai plusieurs clients qui ont ce même problème, j’aimerais pouvoir le régler sans être obligé de restaurer l’ordinateur aux paramètres d’usine.
Merci

New Participant
February 3, 2025

Install the version RingCentral App for IT for fix your problem with the blocked microphone
Installez la version RingCentral App for IT pour corriger le problème de microphone bloqué

Admin et modérateur vous avez ici la solution afin de corriger le problème avec votre application 
 

New Participant
June 19, 2025

I am having an issue stating my microphone is block. I have the setting on but is not working from my desktop computer. I am using windows 11.

My email is janethehesterman@cox.net