{"id":8836,"date":"2017-02-07T02:56:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T02:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=8836"},"modified":"2017-02-07T02:56:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T02:56:06","slug":"enable-disable-camera-or-webcam-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/enable-disable-camera-or-webcam-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable \/ Disable Camera (or Webcam) in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can I turn off camera on my laptop? Look for a way to prevent a specific app from accessing your camera? Nowadays many laptops and tablets have integrated cameras that could be used as a webcam to video chat. But some users might want to turn them off because of security concerns. In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 methods to enable \/ disable Camera (or Webcam) in Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Enable \/ Disable Camera Using Windows 10 Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open the Settings app by pressing the Windows + I shortcut key, or clicking the Settings<\/strong> icon from the Start Menu in Windows 10.\n

    \"open-settings-via-start-menu\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. From the Settings window, click Privacy<\/strong>.\n

    \"privacy-settings\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Choose Camera<\/strong> in the left pane. You’ll see an option that says “Let apps use my camera<\/strong>“. Slide the toggle to On<\/strong> and select which of the apps underneath can use your camera, or toggle Off<\/strong> to prevent all apps from accessing your camera.\n

    \"let-apps-use-camera\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Enable \/ Disable Camera Using Device Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n

    If you want to completely disable your camera in Windows 10, just follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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    1. Press the Windows + R keys together to open the Run box. Type devmgmt.msc<\/strong> and press Enter.\n

      \"devmgmt\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. Once the Device Manager window opens, expand Imaging devices<\/strong> (or Integrated Camera<\/strong>) to display your camera. Just right click on it and select Disable<\/strong>. You may be asked for confirmation. Select Yes<\/strong>.\n

      \"disable-camera-in-device-manager\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. Your camera will now be turned off. If you ever need to use the webcam, repeat the above process, but select Enable<\/strong> when right-clicking on your camera.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      How can I turn off camera on my laptop? Look for a way to prevent a specific app from accessing your camera? Nowadays many laptops and tablets have integrated cameras that could be used as a webcam to video chat. But some users might want to turn them off because of security concerns. In this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894],"tags":[3254,3253,3255,3256,3257],"class_list":["post-8836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-disable-camera-in-windows-10","tag-enable-camera-in-windows-10","tag-turn-off-camera-in-windows-10","tag-turn-on-camera-in-windows-10","tag-windows-10-camera-settings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8836"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8843,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8836\/revisions\/8843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}