If one AirPod is louder than the other

As disgusting as this was, it definitely worked. My ear phone has been out since last year or longer. I just found this suggestion and tried it out after a year of using one airpod. I don’t want to imagine what I swallowed, but this hack saved me from putting a $150+ dent in my pocket. Thank you!!!

l saw people here talking about sucking the big speaker on your airpods.l didn't think it would work but it worked just clean them good at first and then start that's if you don't want to taste your ear wax

I could only hear the left speaker on my Airpods pro (version 1) whilst running which was annoying. Tried all the usual steps listed in other posts, but this just worked for me: On Apple Watch Ultra 2 (but any Apple watch i guess) go to General / Accessibility / Hearing just below RTT (off), mono audio (off), is a slider - Tap so that left bar is green to middle. Solved!

I was completely grossed out by the idea of sucking on an airpod that had been in my husband's ear, but there were so many responses to this thread saying it worked that I had to swallow my pride and give it a try. Low and behold, it worked!

SO gross and so satisfying all the same!

I "sucked" on the airpod and it worked.

I could feel the airflow increase as I kept doing it. The right Airpod has better airflow when I sucked on it.

I did the other recommendations 1st and nothing improved.

Thank you for this.

LillieHD

I didn’t think this was going to work at all honestly and I thought I was going to have to get a replacement AirPod. I was very supprized on how well it worked. What I did is I found an unused toothbrush and used that to clean the grates and used a q tip to clean off whatever came out. Then after a good bit of doing that,( fyi sounds a little but weird but stay with me) suck hard on the grate thing if your airpod then you are finished. Have a good day😁

I thought this was strange and kinda gross but it worked. I was going crazy and almost bought new AirPods because i thought they were just old and the sound was messed up, but i tried sucking on it and the sound was back to normal? Why does this work?😭

I cannot believe this actually worked 😂 I was sceptical but I got out an old toothbrush and started to clean out all the crevices especially the smaller speaker at the back of the AirPod. You would not believe how much wax accumulates there. I used a Q-tip with barely there rubbing alcohol to give it a wipe after the toothbrush cleaning. Then sucked the earphones inwards. I re-tested the AirPods and now both work perfectly at the same loud volume. Now I’ll get the family to clean theirs lol

a combination of this and using a very slightly damp toothbrush head to scrub inside the main speaker worked! I was so disappointed when this was the second time I experienced this issue, and thus SO relieved when it was solved. I personally didn’t feel for the air flowing through the smaller speaker because I wasn’t 100% sure what that meant, but it definitely still worked for me. Thank you so much! :)

I am dealing with the same issue where the left airpod is quieter than the right what I have been doing is I use the slider in audio and visual and move it more left so it’s “equal” on both sides but I just want to know how to fix it so I don’t have to do that. Please help! Thanks.

The same is happening with me.. What did you do to solve this ??

If liquid enters the airpod, its ruined.