The Simplest Guide To Turn On And Off Laptop Camera

Camera is a very familiar and close thing to people who often use it to take photos or record video footage. With the strong development of information technology, you can take photos right with the laptop camera. However, turning on and off the laptop camera is still a difficult problem for many people. In the article below, TipsMake will guide you on how to turn on and off the laptop camera in the simplest way.

1. Answer: Where is the laptop camera located?

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Laptop camera or Cam is a part integrated on every laptop. It allows you to take photos or record videos simply, but still brings relative quality.

Basically, laptop cameras are arranged in the most central and visible position. They are usually placed at the top center of the laptop screen. This position will help you easily take photos and make video calls most accurately. This is also the position that helps capture your entire face when taking photos or video chatting with friends and relatives.

2. Simple instructions on how to turn off laptop camera

Step 1: To turn off the laptop camera, first right-click on the This PC icon  on the laptop screen and select Manage . Here, your computer will display a table with different tasks. Including Task Schedule to check the operation of applications and Device Manager to manage all computer tools including the camera.

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Step 2: Select Device Manager in the left menu bar and then double-click on Imaging devices in the right window.

- At this point, you will see the webcam driver named Integrated Webcam or another name. Then, right-click on it and select Disable to stop the laptop camera from working.

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Step 3: When the confirmation window appears, click the Yes button to agree to turn off the laptop camera.

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With just the simple steps above, you can successfully turn off the laptop camera. This will prevent hackers from accessing your laptop camera.

Step 4:  In case you want to reopen the laptop camera, select Enable again and you're done.

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3. Instructions on how to open laptop camera with Windows

After turning off the laptop camera and wanting to turn it back on, please follow these steps:

3.1. Instructions on how to open laptop camera with Windows 7

With a laptop running on Win 7 operating system that has pre-installed camera opening software, you just need to click on the Start box and type ' camera ' in the search box to display the application and open it.

Another way to open the laptop camera is to click on the Computer box to see if there is a USB Video Device item. If there is, just click on it to open the laptop camera.

3.2. Instructions on how to open laptop camera on Windows 8

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For Windows 8 operating system, the process of turning on and off the laptop camera is not complicated. To turn on the camera, you just need to follow these simple steps:

First, find the Search tool by hovering your mouse over the right side of the laptop screen. Next, enter the keyword 'Camera' into the Search bar. If the camera item appears, just click on it.

However, if you type in the search bar but the camera item still does not appear, this means that the computer has not installed the camera driver. Therefore, everyone needs to check immediately.

3.3. Instructions to open laptop camera on Windows 10 operating system

Similar to laptops running on Win 7, Win 8, Win 10 operating systems, there are also many outstanding advances. However, the way to turn on and off the laptop camera on computers running Win 10 operating system is also very simple. To turn on the camera, you just need to follow these steps:

First, you need to click on the Start menu bar and then update the 'camera' section. In case you see the camera appear in the search results box, everyone just needs to click on it to open it easily.

If this is the first time accessing the laptop camera, the computer will ask you for some other specific issues. Such as permission to use the microphone and webcam, as well as the user's location. Therefore, you need to click to allow all of these to open the laptop camera immediately.

Now everyone can freely take pictures or record videos through their laptop. If you want to take pictures, select the camera icon on the laptop camera. If you want to record videos, select the camera icon.

Through today's article,  Hoang Ha Computer hopes that you have understood the steps to turn on and off the laptop camera easily and quickly. If you are still wondering or have any other problems with your laptop, please contact TipsMake immediately via the Hotline number below. Or you can also leave a message on this article of ours for free support and advice. 

David Pac

Update 18 January 2025