How do I deny microphone access to Spotify?

thezombiekillr9 · 2025-08-06

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

Desktop

Operating System

Windows 11

My Question or Issue

I want to disable microphone access completely on spotify. I cannot seem to find it in the microphone section of security and privacy. I do not believe spotify should have any access to microphones as it's A MUSIC APP. Is there a way to add it to microphone access so I can disable it? Or does this mean spotify already has 0 access to my microphone?

Amay · 2025-08-06

Hey @thezombiekillr9, welcome to the Spotify Community! 🎵

The Spotify desktop does not require microphone permissions, at least in my experience I have not seen it asking for it or using the microphone.

Since you mentioned the operating system as Windows 11, I am linking some troubleshooting steps: Turn on app permissions for your microphone in Windows

Let me know how it goes. 🙂

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