Headphones Louder in One Ear or Unbalanced Windows 11 Fix [2026]

Quick Answer: Unbalanced audio due to wrong balance setting or hardware issue. Check audio balance in Sound settings.

Fix

Control Panel → Sound → Playback → Properties → Levels → Balance → Set both to 100

Compressed air to clean headphone port

Confirm headphones work properly elsewhere

Settings → Accessibility → Audio → Mono audio → ON as workaround

Againly runs check_audio_stack to detect balance issues.

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