Gaming Enable or Disable Record Audio for Gaming Captures in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off capture audio when recording a game for your account in Windows 11.

The Xbox Game Bar app is built into Windows 11 so you can record games to capture videos and screenshots while playing PC games.

You can press the Windows + Alt + R keys to toggle the start and stop recording of your game.

You can press the Windows + Alt + G keys to record and capture the last 30 seconds of you game when Record what happened is turned on.

You can adjust the following audio settings when recording gameplay:

• You can turn on the option to also record audio when capturing a game clip.
• You can choose whether you want to also record system and mic audio when recording a game clip.
• You can adjust the recorded audio quality by selecting a bitrate from the dropdown menu.
• You can adjust the system and mic audio levels while recording by moving the sliders. Set either of these sliders to 0 if you want to completely mute your mic or system audio.

Reference:







1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Gaming on the left side, and click/tap on Captures on the right side. (see screenshot below)



3 Do step 4 (on) or step 5 (off) below for what you want.

This is the default setting.

Checking Mute system and app audio when recording a game will capture game audio only when recording a game clip.

Unchecking Mute system and app audio when recording a game will capture game, system, and mic audio when recording a game clip.

6 You can now close Settings if you like.





1 Open the Xbox Game Bar (Win+G).

2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) button on the Game Bar. (see screenshot below)

3 Click/tap on Capturing on the left side of Settings.

4 Under AUDIO TO RECORD, select (dot) Game (default), All, or None for what you want.

Game = This option is for capturing game audio only.

All = This option lets you record all sounds during a capture, such as your mic, background music, and system sounds.

None = This option blocks out all game and system audio but still records your mic.

1 Do step 2 (On - game), step 3 (On - all), step 4 (Off - none) below for what you want.

This is the default setting.

(Contents of REG file for reference)






(Contents of REG file for reference)






(Contents of REG file for reference)

5 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file(s) if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink