Deleted Audio Driver Work 〈iPhone Popular〉

Me: "I'll just clean up some old drivers real quick." Also me: deletes the one driver keeping my PC from being a silent brick Current status: Watching YouTube with subtitles only. SOS. 🦻🔇

Just accidentally deleted my audio driver instead of updating it. 😑 deleted audio driver

PSA: Be careful in Device Manager.

I meant to update my audio driver. I clicked "Uninstall device" AND checked "Delete the driver software for this device." Big mistake. Me: "I'll just clean up some old drivers real quick

PC is now sitting there silently mocking me. No sound, no music, no YouTube. Anyone know a quick fix besides reinstalling Windows? #TechFail #PCProblems 😑 PSA: Be careful in Device Manager

I was cleaning up old drivers in Device Manager and accidentally uninstalled (and deleted) my audio driver. Now I have no sound, and there's a yellow exclamation mark next to "Multimedia Audio Controller" or nothing shows up at all.

Title: HELP: Accidentally deleted Audio Driver, now no sound (Realtek/High Definition Audio)

Last modified: June 18, 2025