Microsoft Teams: Adjusting Noise Suppression Settings

Overview

Periodically you may find your surroundings are less than ideal. Microsoft Teams does provide settings to assist with noise suppression. This article will walk you through changing the noise suppression settings for a meeting.

Instructions

  1. Select the ellipsis (…) in the upper right corner of your Teams window, near your profile picture.
  2. Select Settings.

Settings icon in Microsoft Teams

  1. Select Devices.
  2. In the Noise Suppression section, select Auto (Default). Or if you are in a relatively noisy location, select High.
  3. Select the X in the upper right corner of the Device option window to exit this menu.

Noise Suppression Settings Menu.

 

 

What do the Noise Suppression Settings mean? 

Auto (default): The Teams app optimizes for some level of noise suppression and is best for most situations. 

High: Suppresses all background sound that isn't your voice and is best for noisy office environments with a lot of background speech. 

Low: Suppresses low levels of persistent background noise, such as a computer fan or air conditioner. Use this setting to play your choice of music for other meeting participants to hear, like when waiting for a meeting to start. For the highest fidelity when playing music for other participants in a Teams meeting, see Share sound from your computer in a Teams meeting or live event

Off: Noise suppression is disabled. Use this setting for high-fidelity microphones in low-noise environments like a quiet studio. 

For more information see this article from Microsoft: Reduce Background Noise in Teams Meetings 

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Article ID: 146322
Created
Wed 6/28/23 8:22 AM
Modified
Fri 7/5/24 10:02 PM
Environment
Microsoft Teams