New microphone stopped working after unplugging it once

[Lilly I]

I recently purchased a USB microphone that worked perfectly when I plugged it in for the first time. However, after I unplugged it and plugged it in again, it has stopped registering on my laptop completely. All other microphones (built in laptop microphone, Bluetooth earbud microphone) works just fine, but this one wont work despite it being on and flashing. I tried uninstalling the USB mic's driver, as well as the USB driver itself, restarting my computer after both, but neither have worked. I'm running Windows 11 and my laptop is a Dell Inspiron 7506 2n1. Help?

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