How to Show or Hide Voice Typing Mic on Windows 11 Touch Keyboard
Voice typing microphone on the Windows 11 touch keyboard lets you dictate text by speaking into your PC, and you can show or hide this button depending on your needs. The touch keyboard is the virtual panel that pops up on your screen when you tap text boxes on supported devices.
You can turn this button on or off in a few seconds through the main Windows 11 Settings app . Managing this setting keeps your typing space tidy if you never use speech-to-text tools.
Show or hide the voice typing mic button in Windows 11 by going to Settings Time & language Typing Touch keyboard. Toggle the “Show the voice typing mic button” option on or off there.
Why Use Voice Typing?
Voice typing speeds up text entry when physical typing feels cumbersome. Speaking aloud prompts the system to convert speech into written words.
How to Turn On or Off the Voice Typing Mic Button Using Windows Settings
You can turn the Windows 11 voice typing mic button on or off using the built-in Settings app . This method lets you control whether the microphone icon appears on your touch keyboard layout. Open your settings menu, go to the time and language section, and find the typing options to change this button in a few quick clicks without touching advanced system files.
- Open Windows Settings . Click the Start menu button and choose Settings. Or press
Windows key + Ion your keyboard. - In the Settings window, click on Time & language on the left side.
- On the right side, click the Typing section to open it.
- Find and expand the Touch keyboard section.
- Look for the option “Show the voice typing mic button” and check the box to turn it on. Uncheck it to turn it off.
How to Turn On or Off the Voice Typing Mic Button Using the Registry (For Advanced Users)
You can show or hide the Windows 11 voice typing mic button by changing a value in the Registry Editor (a database for low-level system settings). This approach works well if the standard settings menu is not working or if you prefer making system changes through registry keys. Be careful while you work here, because wrong edits can cause system problems.
Here's how:
- Open the Registry Editor by typing
regeditin the Start menu search and pressing Enter. - Go to this folder (key):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\InputSettings - If you don't see the Settings folder, right-click on Input. Select New Key and name it Settings.
- Right-click on the right side of the Settings folder. Choose New DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it IsVoiceTypingKeyEnabled.
- Double-click this new value. Set the Base to Decimal and enter:
1to turn the mic button ON0to turn the mic button OFF
- Click OK and close the Registry Editor.
- Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
Summary
Hardware microphones capture speech to accelerate text input on tablets and touch-enabled hardware. Dictation functions serve as a reliable alternative to manual finger typing.
Select whichever configuration path suits the workflow best.
Is Windows Voice Typing any good?
Microsoft processes audio data on remote servers rather than locally on the PC. Voice typing stops working entirely without an active internet connection or when privacy policies block cloud processing. Casual dictation, emails, and short documents benefit heavily from this built-in capability.
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