Microphone input selection

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Where is the setting to choose which microphone is being listened to please?

Sorry, if that’s a dumb question, but voice input isn’t working for me, and I can’t find the most obvious thing to check, as I believe my system has four sound ‘inputs’ running most of the time, so the chance that cursor picked the right one is low.

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Where has the mic icon gone?

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Hey! Cursor doesn’t have a separate setting to choose a microphone. It uses the default input device from your OS system settings.

To pick the right microphone:

  • macOS: System Settings > Sound > Input, select the mic you want as the default device
  • Windows: Settings > System > Sound > Input, select the device you want
  • Linux: Use your distro’s sound settings

After switching the mic, try restarting Cursor.

If voice input still doesn’t work after you’ve selected the right mic, please share:

  • Your Cursor version (Help > About Cursor > Copy)
  • Your operating system
  • What happens when you click the microphone icon (nothing, an error, it records but doesn’t transcribe)
  • Any console errors (Help > Toggle Developer Tools, then click the mic and check the Console tab)

That’ll help us figure out if something else is going on.

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Thanks. I realise you have too many things to work on already, but a ‘stub’ entry in the settings that says “select which mic through the OSX settings screen” might save other people from asking.

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