How To Reduce or Disable Background Noise in Microsoft Teams
Reduce Background Noise in Microsoft Teams
When having a Microsoft Teams meeting with your colleagues, any background noise around can become distracting. The Teams desktop application for Windows 10 gives you an option to reduce background noise and it also help to keep participants focused on their meeting.
The newest Microsoft Teams desktop app came with an AI-based Noise Suppression feature that can help you reduce outdoor construction noise, help you remove the sound of kids playing, or any ambient sounds.
Let us take a look at how we can reduce background noise in meetings when we make use of the Teams app.
Before you kick start, make sure that you are running the newest version of the Microsoft Teams app on your Windows 10 PC. If you have not, youcan download the latest Teams app from Microsoft’s website.
How to Reduce the Background Noise in Your Microsoft Teams
The Suppression of Noise option for reducing background noise is very usable and advise able to use during calls and meetings. However, if you want to choose the suppression level permanently, you can also do it in the Teams app.
1. First, open the Teams app and tap your profile picture icon at the top of the window. From the menu that is opened, tap the “Settings” option.
2. Now tap the “Devices” section located at the left-hand side in the “Settings” window. After clicking on Devices Noise Suppression Dropdown Options in Teams, locate the “Noise Suppression” option and then you tap the dropdown to pick between the four options either: Auto, High, Low, or Off.
Here is what each of this options does in the Teams desktop app:
Auto: This is set by default, this option make use of the Microsoft claimed AI to estimate the noise on the background and also to pick the appropriate noise suppression level accordingly.
High: The High option consumes ample computing resources to help cancel out all background noise while you are still speaking.
Low: Choosing this setting option will cancel out persistent sounds, like the ones coming from fans, the AC, or even the computer fans. You can be playing music in meetings and calls.
Off: As the name states, it will switche off the Noise Suppression option, and then your computer’s mic will transmit all noises that are around you.
Note: If you are using a premium-grade microphone, you have to turn off the Noise Suppression or you set it to Low.
If you pick one of these settings from your profile it will apply to all your devices by default. Once you choose an option, simply press the Escape key to close the “Device settings” option and then you return to the home screen of the Teams app.
How to Reduce Background Noise When Having a Meeting in Teams
During your meetings and calls, the background noise, like the flipping of pages or shuffling of papers, can be a distraction to other participants. You can avoid such an embarrassing annoyances by just suppressing the noise (or by simply playing soft music while you are hanging out with your friends or team over a call).
1. First, tap the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner of the Meeting window and choose the “Device settings” option. From the “Device settings” menu, navigate and locate the “Noise suppression” option then use the dropdown to pick one of the settings.
2. You can now press the Esc key to close the “Device settings” menu and then return back to the Meeting window.
How to Disable the Background Noise Canceling in Your Teams
The use of High-fidelity and unidirectional microphones can be really great for calls but can also give you problems with audio, that is if if the noise suppression feature is enabled. To avoid that, you can simply disable the background noise canceling feature in the Teams app that is on your PC.
1. First, launch the Microsoft Teams app and then tap on your profile icon in the upper-right corner. Now tap Profile icon to open settings in Team
2. After selecting the “Settings” option from the menu. Choose the settings in Teams for your profile
3. On the left hand side, tap the “Devices” section, and then you navigate and locate the “Noise Suppression” dropdown to select the Off option.
And that is it. Reducing the noise in the background will make your meetings and your calls go on smoothly without any disruption.
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