If you are on mute and want to talk, hold CTRL + OPTION + CMD + UpArrow on keyboard. Press CMD + SHIFT + M to mute any conversation. This will enable new keyboard shortcut to mute microphone using keyboard shortcut.įor Mac users of Skype: ‘Push to talk’ feature is already available to them. Click OK to close the pop-up box and then click Save button on Skype options box. Select either combination of: shift, Ctrl, Alt key and additional key as hotkeys to mute microphone.ģ. Now click to highlight ‘Mute Microphone’ option at the bottom and then click ‘change selected shortcut’ button.Ī new pop-up box will open from where you can set hotkey to mute microphone. Click to check ‘enable keyboard shortcuts’ option. Here click on Advanced section at bottom left side and then click on Hotkeys option.Ģ. Goto Tools > Option – this will open Skype options box.
Once you download and install latest update, following is easy routine to set hotkey for toggling mute on microphone during Skype call.ġ. To update Skype software, open Skype and then goto Help > Check for Updates option. Enable ‘Mute Microphone’ hotkey on Skype for Windowsįirst, make sure you are using latest version of Skype for Windows. Here is quick procedure to setup keyboard shortcut key to ‘mute microphone’ courtesy new ‘Push to talk’ feature for Skype users on Windows PC.
This feature is very important during multi-tasking routines like while playing multi-player games. Latest Skype update adds ‘Push to talk’ feature allowing quick toggle for microphone muting while on a Skype call. ‘Push to talk’ has been most requested feature by Skype for Windows users.