For effortless communication with your comrades, your PS5 has a microphone built right into the controller. While convenient, this feature makes it easy to accidentally overshare with your teammates whether it’s a private conversation or picking up background noise from your home.

For peace of mind, it may be best if you switch off this feature going forward, only to turn it on when you need it. Read on if you'd like to learn how.

The PS5 Controller's Microphone

The DualSense controller works alongside your PS5 to make things like getting immersed in a game or creating and sharing game captures easier with features like the capture button and adaptive triggers.

Plus, with the built-in microphone, you no longer need to pause your game to connect an input device to speak with other players. While the feature does have some notable downsides, it’s handy when you need to give brief instructions or answer questions here and there.

One of the major downsides is the fact that the microphone is on by default. Each time you power your console on and load into a multiplayer game, others can hear you unless you remember to turn it off.

How to Mute Your PS5 Controller’s Microphone

It's very quick and easy to mute your DualSense mic. Of course, you could just tap the microphone button on your DualSense controller to mute it each time—it’s located just at the bottom-center of your controller.

However, if you want to avoid the need to remember this, you can change your settings to keep your microphone off by default.

To do this, go to your PS5’s settings menu, down to the Sound menu, and into the Microphone settings. There, you can toggle Microphone Status When Logged In to Mute.

Screenshot of a game console settings menu

If you want to turn on your microphone mid-game, you can still do so by clicking the microphone button. You'll know it’s muted when the button is glowing orange.

Play Without Oversharing

If you keep your microphone muted by default, you no longer have to worry about oversharing with those in your lobby—and why not when turning it back on is as easy as the click of a button?

If you find you prefer keeping your PS5 controller microphone on, you can always switch back via your settings.