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Microphone not working in fortnite

Anonymous
2022-12-30T06:18:16+00:00

Hi I’m having issues with my chat in fortnite all of a sudden.

It works fine on Xbox party chat and I can see the bar move when I test it in windows.

My headset is set as the default on both input and output.

I’ve deleted the driver and reinstalled.

I’ve done all my updates I even reset my pc and re downloaded my games.

The only thing I could find is in the microphone privacy permissions where I have given permission to all apps but I can’t see epic games or fortnite on the list I can see all my non epic games games on the list.

I guess I need to manually give epic games permission maybe.

Thanks hope you can help

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-03-16T18:50:10+00:00

    Did you ever figure out a solution for this? I am having the same issue. Worked with epic and it doesn’t seem to work in their end. Mic works for other games and discord. Chat works on console and my laptop. Just. It in my pc.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-31T01:29:53+00:00

    I’m using a desktop

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-30T07:23:07+00:00

    Thank you for the fast reply I have worked through the link you gave me I have done all those things all my game sounds work but voice chat is completely blocked I can’t hear or talk.

    Epic games is definitely not appearing in the list is there maybe something else I have that is blocking it or should I just factory reset my pc ?

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-12-31T01:01:32+00:00

    Hi again.

    May I know if you are using a laptop or desktop?

    Also, it is not convenient to reset your PC since the issue is only happening to Fortnite.

    The best option I see here is to contact Epic games support about this.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-12-30T06:53:28+00:00

    Hi, I’m Nicole, I’ll be happy to help you out today.

    I will try my best to assist you with this so that you find a satisfactory solution.

    Epic Games should appear under allow desktop apps to access your microphone in the privacy settings of Windows 10.

    Check also this link for this issue.

    https://www.epicgames.com/help/th/fortnite-c571...

    Thank you.

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