How to Enable or Disable Spatial Sound in Windows 11

Spatial Sound makes your audio listening experience immersive. Here’s how to quickly enable or disable Spatial Sound in Windows 11.

Most don’t know this, but Windows 11 includes a pretty neat feature called Spatial Sound that makes your audio listening experience much more immersive. It makes the audio feel like it’s coming from all around you, rather than just the left and right speakers. The Spatial Sound feature is especially useful for gaming or an immersive movie experience.

The good thing, just like the audio enhancements feature, is that enabling Spatial Sound in Windows 11 is pretty easy. If needed, you can also just as easily disable the Spatial Sound feature. You can do it via the Settings app or Control Panel. In this quick guide, I will show you the two methods. Follow whichever one you find easier. Let’s get started.

Enable/Disable Spatial Sound in Windows 11 Using Settings

1. Right-click the Start button and select “Settings“.
2. Go to the “System” tab on the sidebar.
3. Click the “Sound” option on the right panel.
4. Click the speaker/headphone under the “Choose where to play sound” (under Output) section.
5. Scroll down and select the following options from the “Spatial Sound” dropdown.
   • To enable spatial sound: Select “Windows Sonic for Headphones“.
   • To disable Spatial Sound: Select “Off“.
6. With that, you’ve enabled/disabled the Spatial Sound feature.

Enable/Disable Spatial Sound in Windows 11 Using Control Panel

1. Open the Start menu by clicking the “Start” button on the taskbar.
2. Search for “Control Panel” and click “Open“.
3. In the Control Panel, select “Large icons” from the “View by” dropdown.
4. Click the “Sound” option.
5. Go to the “Playback” tab.
6. Right-click on the speaker/headphones of your choice.
7. Select the “Properties” option.
8. Go to the “Spatial Sound” tab.
9. Select the following options from the dropdown menu.
   • To enable spatial sound: Select “Windows Sonic for Headphones“.
   • To disable Spatial Sound: Select “Off“.
10. Click “OK” to save the changes.
11. Close the Control Panel window.
12. With that, you’ve enabled/disabled Spatial Sound in Windows 11.

That is all. It is that simple to turn on or off the Spatial Sound feature in Windows 11. If you have any questions or need help, comment below. I’ll be happy to assist.