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I'm using a Mac.
Is there a keyboard shortcut for muting the mic during a call?
I can't find one, and I often need to toggle mute/unmute.
Clicking the button on the Skype interface is very inconvenient :(

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Reset to default
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You can use spacebar to toggle mute/unmute.

Credit: http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=70965&view=findpost&p=2216171

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    The Skype window has to be the one in focus to do this, but it works well.
    – lo_fye
    Sep 29, 2010 at 18:33
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    Doesn't work at all for me.
    – echo on
    Mar 26, 2012 at 21:01
  • Fairly sure this is out of date, try Shift-Cmd-M as per my other answer.
    – William Turrell
    May 23, 2018 at 13:43
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When Skype is focused, Command+Shift+M toggles the microphone.

Ctrl+Alt+Command+­­ ↑ also mutes the microphone for me, and works globally. However, it's not a toggle; as noted below, it switches to Push To Talk mode, in which the mic is muted by default but will be unmuted as long as Ctrl+Alt+Command+­­ ↑ is pressed.

I'm on OS X 10.8, with the latest version of Skype as of 10/16/2012.

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    Note that the mentioned keyboard shortcut: Ctrl Alt Command ↑ also functions as Push To Talk (PTT) when the microphone is muted.
    – mhson
    Oct 31, 2012 at 8:46
  • This should be the selected answer
    – bheussler
    Nov 23, 2015 at 16:10
  • Perfect, I'd been looking for this for a while - "Control + Option + Command + Up" is the winner! Works globally too, so you don't need to have Skype in focus.
    – Michael Drozdowski
    Apr 10, 2017 at 0:55
  • I was using this and found this very useful. But since the update of Skype 8 on Mac, this shortcut has stopped working... The Cmd + Shift + M still works tho. Microsoft just made it so embarrassing.
    – The-Vinh VO
    Mar 8, 2018 at 4:01
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While the application does not have a built in keyboard shortcut for it you can add one using the Keyboard Shortcuts feature in the Keyboard Preference Pane in System Preferences.

  1. Open System Preferences
  2. Open Keyboard
  3. Change to the Keyboard Shortcuts section (If using Snow Leopard click Application Shortcuts on the left side)
  4. Press the '+' button.
  5. Select Skype as the Application
  6. Menu Title: "Mute"
  7. Choose a Keyboard Shortcut (eg. Command-Option-M as Command-M is used for minimize.)
  8. Press OK, close System Preferences and restart Skype if it was open.
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    Thanks! I'm using F15. Easy to find in the dark, and never used anyway :)
    – lo_fye
    Oct 1, 2009 at 11:33
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Shift-Cmd-M for me works in Skype 7.59 for Mac, which is the current version (and I really don't remember configuring it myself). You'll find Mute Microphone in the Conversations menu.

See also: Skype's own list.

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If anyone is looking for a way to do this so you can mute yourself from anywhere in the Mac OS operating system, follow my how-to guide. This is extremely handy because you do not have to go to/from Skype or any other applications you're using for video conferencing.

https://medium.com/macoclock/how-in-the-bleep-do-i-mute-my-mic-anywhere-on-macos-d2fa1185b13

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  • Hey @ikaerom,Still works 2 years later because I’m not automating the interface.
    – bitmvr
    Sep 2, 2022 at 11:56

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