How to remove the echo on the computer?

Sometimes it happens that “echo” appears on the computer. Computer echo is similar to the usual one, that is, it repeats the sounds after the lost ones, which leads to the terrible quality of music, films, own voice during communication, is very uncomfortable and annoying. If you find such a “phenomenon” in your apartment on your computer or laptop and want to turn it off, then read these instructions. We warn you right away - there is no universal solution for all computers, because the reasons may be different. Therefore, not all of the proposed methods can help. But several options for how to remove the echo on a computer with different operating systems and how to enable echo cancellation, we will offer below.

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Method 1

This method is suitable primarily for owners of Windows XP, however, for other operating systems, the method may also be effective.

Important! Before you begin to eliminate the echo effect in various ways, refer to our instructions on how correctly you completed the connection of additional equipment to the PC. You may not have to take any additional measures:

• How to connect headphones to a computer?
• How to connect speakers to a computer without an amplifier?
• How to connect headphones with a microphone to a laptop with a single input?

In any case, this is the most simple and obvious method to eliminate the ill-fated echo:

1. To get started, go to the “Start” menu. Select the “Control Panel” column from the list on the right.
2. From the presented options, select the category “Sound, Speech and Audio Devices”.
3. Next, select “Sounds and Audio Devices”. There you should find the “Effects” tab
4. Now uncheck the “echo” effect.

Done! If the problem was precisely this, then there should not have been a trace of the echo. Feel free to check the result.

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Method 2

If you have a different Operating System that does not have these tabs, or after performing all these actions, repeating sounds still annoy you, here are some more tips:

1. Go to the same control panel and select the sound effects manager.
2. The dispatcher has an “Environment”.
3. You need to put “None”.
4. It is also worth checking out other sound settings. If the problems persist, it is worth reinstalling the driver.
5. The problem may be due to the virus.
6. It is worth making a system restore to the point where everything was fine.

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Method 3

If you have a Windows 7 operating system on a laptop, here's a guide on how to remove echo on a laptop:

1. First, on the panel in the lower right corner of the screen we find the sound icon (loudspeaker icon) and right-click.
2. A menu appears where we select the “Recording Devices” button.
3. Choose a microphone. The properties window opens. Select the “listen” tab and uncheck the “listen from this device” effect.
4. We do the same with the stereo mixer.

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Why didn’t work remove the echo? If after all these operations the echo does not want to be planted, we repeat that there can be dozens of reasons, they are individual for many operating systems. Therefore, it's time to contact a PC service center.