How to disable laptop mic but not disrupt external audio signals?

[zeusfaberkev]

I'm getting back into recording music on my Dell Inspiron M531R laptop for the first time in a few years and noticing an issue with the laptop mic staying on that I don't remember encountering before. I'm sending microphone and guitar audio through a Presonus Audiobox USB and using the program Studio One 3 to record and mix. As soon as I arm tracks to record in the program I'm getting some white noise in the background which I finally figured out is due to the fact that the Realtek High Definition Audio microphone inside the laptop is remaining active and sending everything it hears int

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