How to Fix Discord Screen Share Audio Not Working

This issue obviously disrupts your communication with your audience and spoils your overall experience. So, what could fix the audio not working during Discord screen sharing?

It is important to find out the reasons for technical issues like this first. So better see the specific solutions below to solve audio not working during Discord screen sharing.

As already mentioned, audio sharing is as important as Discord’s screen share feature. So before or during your streaming, you must check if your audio is working well. Below is how to share audio on Discord during streaming.

1. STEP 1

   On a Discord server, enter a voice channel.

2. STEP 2

   Enable screen share while on a voice chat or video call.

3. STEP 3

   

   Once your stream is running, enable sharing your audio by turning the mic icon on with a click. You successfully do so if no diagonal line crosses the mic icon. There’s also push to talk option that you can access from Voice and Video settings.

If all of that is settled and still when you screen share, no audio can be heard, you will now look into the other causes and solutions. Faulty settings, internet, stream incompatibility, software issue, and more are just some that can be blamed for this technical issue, and we have solutions to each one below.

Check Internet Connection

If it looks like your audio is lagging or choppy behind your video stream, then the issue might be your internet. You could try an internet test to find out how your connectivity performs or visually see the signal of the internet from your taskbar to confirm the issue.

To solve this, disconnect and connect to the internet source or try plugging the internet source itself out and into the power source.

Restart your Device

One of the common troubleshooting solutions to any issues that computers and its application undergo is to restart your device. Doing this is a way to eliminate the unnecessary data that may be prohibiting you to access certain features of an application, in this case, Discord audio.

1. STEP 1

   “End Task” the Discord app first on Task Manager.

2. STEP 2

   Head to the Windows icon and then to its power options. Alternatively, press Alt + F4 on your device.

3. STEP 3

   Choose “Restart” and wait for your device to reboot.

Keep your Discord app updated

An updated Discord app is one of the ways developers solve bugs assuring improvements and stability to their users. You should take advantage of the latest features you can enjoy from the updates, which could help with the audio problems you are experiencing.

Fortunately, Discord automatically updates upon launch. Once you open the app, the client will take a few minutes to check for updates and will install it. However, another method to update the app can be done for whatever reason this does not run on your device.

1. step 1

   

   Open the Run dialog box by pressing Windows + R keys. Type “%localappdata%” and press enter.

2. step 2

   

   Open the Discord folder and then run “Update.exe.” 

3. step 3

   Wait for the update process to be completed, and then relaunch the Discord application.

You could also check and install updates through Windows taskbar icons.

1. STEP 1

   

   Right-click the Discord icon from your taskbar and select “Check for Updates.”

2. STEP 2

   Let Discord do its thing and restart the app after.

Reset Discord voice settings

Another method is to choose to reset the system audio on Discord from its audio settings on Voice and Video. It may be possible that you tweak these settings more than you should have that it now fails to recognize your preferred way of getting it working. So getting it back to default mode:

1. STEP 1

   Double-click Discord to open and head to the user settings icon.

2. STEP 2

   

   Select “Voice and Video” located on the left pane under “App Settings.”

3. STEP 3

   

   Scroll to the bottom and choose “Reset Voice Settings.” Then click on it.

4. STEP 4

   

   Click the “Okay” button once the prompt comes up.

5. STEP 5

   Exit Discord and restart the app.

Avoid Full-Screen mode

Many pointed out that sound tends to be unavailable when streaming a game or application that is in full-screen mode. So to avoid the audio problem, keep your streamed windows in minimized format.

Speaking, some alternative apps that you might be broadcasting using share screen on Discord might not be compatible with the app hence the audio issue. You could contact Discord support when this happens for your app of choice to be supported.

Update your Drivers

At this point, Discord is like audio software with all the customization options it offers to its users. And to perform at its best, it must depend on not only itself but also your device capacity.

All the drivers, especially for audio, are responsible for handling the quality of your audio input and output in any way or application you use on your computer. So for faulty audio drivers that prohibit the maximum function of Discord audio, you should update these.

1. STEP 1

   

   Type “Device manager” using the search bar, then select the first thing from the results. Or run the dialog box by pressing Windows + R keys simultaneously. Type devmgmt.msc then click the “OK” button.

2. STEP 2

   

   Click the drop-down menu of “Audio inputs and outputs,” then select “Microphone.”

3. STEP 3

   

   Once the Microphone properties window shows up, head to the “Driver” tab and click the “Update Driver” button.

4. STEP 4

   Select “Search automatically for drivers”. Then wait for the update installation to be done.

Grant administrative access

Granting administrative access to an application by running it as an administrator extends its capability to read your device data. Meaning, it would be easier for software to edit the registry, change system files, and access other folders that are usually restricted for it to function properly.

There could be Discord files in your system that are responsible for sharing audio on Discord so running the app as an administrator can easily access these files.

1. STEP 1

   Go to Discord’s app data through Windows + R keys > %localappdata% > OK. If Discord is already on your desktop as a shortcut, right-click its icon and select “Open File Location”.

2. STEP 2

   

   Right-click on the “Discord.exe” application file and choose “Run Administrator.”

3. STEP 3

   Click the “Yes” button to save changes.

Another way is using the Windows search bar:

1. STEP 1

   Type in “Discord” on the Windows search bar.

2. STEP 2

   

   On the right pane of this window, are the list of additional options you could do to use the app. Click “Run as administrator” then “Yes” when the prompt pops up.

Use Discord on a Browser

If this does not work still, you can try using Discord on a browser as it pretty much functions the same. Simply head to https://discord.com/ on any web browser such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, etc., and then log in to your account.

Reinstall the Discord app

Reinstalling Discord is also another solution if nothing else above works. This audio issue that the app cannot possibly solve may work again after a clean install.

1. STEP 1

   

   Uninstall Discord from the “Apps and Features” section of Windows settings.

2. STEP 2

   Download Discord again from its website and run its setup file.

3. STEP 3

   Relaunch Discord after installation.

On your streaming window, click the mic icon to mute yourself. A diagonal line across the icon will show up, indicating you are already mute.

The other option would also be putting your input device’s volume to zero from Discord settings > Voice and video settings > Input and output device volume slider.