How to fix Discord Screen Share No Audio?

While sharing your screen on Discord, if you experience audio delays or no audio being shared with the viewers, do not panic. The problem is largely persistent but you’d be glad to know that there is a quick fix for it.

Discord’s native screen-sharing feature is used by tens and hundreds of users each day. While most users use it for fun, mainly to stream videos or movies to their fellow community members, others also use it to gain access to online tutorials and lessons provided by their educators and trainers. This medium so far has been consistent in delivering what it promises, but sometimes it can run into technical glitches.

Before we move any further discussing the possible setbacks for this outcome, make sure you have run through the basics:

• Your computer speakers are connected and aren’t muted.
• The audio software on your PC is working properly.

Why Discord Screen-Sharing Experiences Audio Lag/No Audio

When you share your screen on Discord, the audio hardware needs to be in sync with the external drives so that it could share the audio running on your computer – with others.

If you haven’t updated your audio drivers for a long time, this could be a possible explanation why you encounter no audio while sharing your screen on Discord. In which case follow these steps:

Go to search > Device Manager > Audio inputs and Outputs > select your audio driver > right click > update driver.

If audio drivers on your PC are up to date and still the audio goes missing when you share your screen on Discord, Discord itself has probably run into some issues.

In which case let’s quickly get into fixing these issues one by one:

Fix 1: Check Discord Server Status

Before you get into rummaging through the entire audio driver, make sure it is not Discord that’s encountering issues.

Visit https://status.Discordapp.com/ and check if their systems are all operational. If not, you have to wait for them to get restored before you try again.

Fix 2: Restart your PC

Sometimes your computer undergoes system errors or Windows Firewall blocks a few operations temporarily. In such cases, simply restarting your computer can do the trick.

Fix 3: Reset Discord Voice Settings

Manual adjustments to Discord’s audio settings can sometimes lead the software to create problems that did not even exist in the first place. A quick reset here might curb the recurring screen-share no audio issue.

• Run Discord
• Click the gear icon on the lower side of the screen

• Under App Settings > select Voice & Video > scroll all the way down > click Reset Voice Settings > click Okay.

Now try sharing your screen again.

Fix 4: Switch To Discord legacy Audio Subsystem

In an unlikely event when the hardware on your computer is incompatible with Discord’s latest audio system, switching to Discord’s legacy audio subsystem might fix this issue.

• Run Discord
• Click the gear icon at the bottom to open User Settings.

• Under App Settings > select Voice & Video > scroll down until you see Audio Subsystem > switch to Legacy

• Click Okay to save changes.

If you still face audio issues pertaining to Discord’s screen-sharing feature, try the next possible fix.

Fix 5: Add Your Application To Discord’s Activity Status

For example: If you share your screen via Google Chrome, adding google chrome to the list of “added games” under Activity Status on Discord can fix this problem.

• Run Discord
• Click on the User Settings at the bottom.

• Scroll down > under Activity Settings > click Activity Status
• Make sure the program you wish to add is currently running on your computer
• Click add it to add the program to Discord

• Click add game

 

Fix 6: Empty Discord Roaming Data

Roaming data is where programs on your machine store data that is specific to your user account. Clearing these files from your computer can potentially fix the audio issue that arises while sharing the screen on Discord.

Execute this operation in these quick steps:

• Exit Discord and close the program from the taskbar.
• Press the Windows key on your keyboard and type %appdata%
• Press enter

• Select Discord from the list of folders
• Right-click Discord, select delete

• Relaunch the Discord app and test your issue.

If this doesn’t fix your problem, try the next step.

Fix 7: Update Discord

If you’re not running the latest version of Discord, updating the app might fix this issue. Discord fixes a lot of inherent bugs by releasing patch notes through the in-app updates. Keeping the Discord app up to date will likely resolve the audio issue you face while sharing the screen on Discord.

To check if there is any new update on Discord, look for the update icon on the top right corner of the screen.

If you don’t see the icon, it means you are already running the latest version of the app.

You can still try exiting and relaunching the Discord app to see if there is any new update on the app.
Every time you launch Discord, the app automatically updates to the most recent version.

If this doesn’t resolve your concern, try the next fix.

Fix 8: Reinstall Discord

If any of the aforementioned steps haven’t resolved your screen sharing audio issues for Discord, simply reinstalling the app might curb the problem once and for all.

• Open Control Panel in your computer > under Programs, click Uninstall a Program > search for Discord > right-click > click Uninstall Discord.
• Visit https://discord.com/ and tap Download for Windows to download the latest version of Discord on your PC.

Conclusion:

While Discord is a reliable source for sharing the screen with your friends and community members, sometimes it can undergo technical issues. And considering it is largely a computer application, it’s pretty normal. Apart from these steps that we believe will certainly fix your problem, if you continue to experience issues with your audio while sharing screen on Discord, we recommend you raise a query at https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us. The Discord community is wholesome and we strongly believe that if you share your concern, someone from Discord or the community will contact you shortly.

Did You Know: There are 2 other official versions of Discord that can be downloaded for free:
Discord PTB
Discord Canary

We hope this guide was helpful. If you have any questions regarding the information we shared above, feel free to drop us a word in the comments below.