Wonder how to reduce background noise in Skype Calls? Check out the tips and techniques to reduce background noise in calls.

Skype is one of the most widely used conferencing services in the world and is used by millions of people around the world. It has revolutionized online communication with providing free audio and video calls. 

But often there is one problem that can interfere with your conference calls and that’s background noise. Noises like keyboard clicks, noisy pets and children, and many others, can distract you from the conversation and compromise the quality of your call. 

The good news is that there are a few ways you can turn on Skype noise cancellation. So without further ado, here’s how to reduce background noise in Skype.

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What is Skype Noise Cancellation?

Since recently, Skype has added built-in noise cancellation support for better audio quality. Skype applies noise cancellation algorithms to filter out background noise from the audio to ensure noise-free user experience.

With the current version, Skype doesn’t provide an option to turn off the noise cancellation. Supposedly, it’s done to ensure that call participants have have a high quality Skype calls.

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However, there are cases when you don’t need to have noise cancellation turned on. For example, for a music instruction session, where a note is played on the instrument and gets filtered out by the Skype noise cancellation function.

Check out this detailed guide on how to use Skype.

How to Reduce Background Noise in Skype Calls?

Another way to get rid of background noise is to use a noise cancelling app for Skype, like Krisp. This nifty app can help you to reduce background noise in Skype calls and enjoy high-quality conferencing experience.

Krisp Noise Cancelling App for Skype

Krisp is an AI-powered noise cancelling app that removes background noise from your calls with one click. With a single button, helps you to have a productive and professional conferencing experience without background noise.

Plus, Krisp can block background noise on both ends of the call. You can cancel noise on your side with Krisp Microphone so that other call participants can only hear your voice. Conversely, if there is a lot of background noise coming from other participants, Krisp Speaker can help you don’t hear their noises.

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How to Turn on Noise Cancellation in Skype

To set up Krisp with Skype and turn on noise cancellation, follow these few steps to quickly get it going.

1. Download Krisp app.

2. Follow the Krisp Setup Wizard instructions to install Krisp.

3. After this, open Skype and go to Settings -> Audio & Video tab.

4. From there, select Krisp Microphone and Krisp Speaker. 

5. Now start your Skype call and turn on the Remove Noise toggle in Krisp.

All done! As you see, it’s super easy to configure Skype with Krisp. So try this during your next conference call and let us know the results.

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Wrapping up

We hope this article will help you to reduce background noise in Skype, and enjoy more productive and noiseless conference calls. If you have any questions, just ask us on Twitter.

P.S. We also created short video tutorials in case you prefer to see it once instead of reading 🙂

If you’re using Skype on Mac, here’s a helpful video on how to set up Krisp with Skype on Mac.

And for our PC folks, here’s a quick tutorial on how to set up Krisp with Skype on Windows.