How to disable webcam in laptop

You do not have the desire to communicate online through a webcam, she is annoying, Would you like to save a laptop battery charge? Or maybe it works with failures or broke? It's time to turn off the webcam. You can disable this device by different methods: using the keyboard buttons, via the device manager and using the webcam software.

In any laptop model there are buttons to control the functions that are responsible for the brightness of the display, the sound, on and off of a particular device, and the Fn key. The F1 or F2 key is most often responsible for the Web Camera. And to turn off it, it will be necessary to click on two buttons Fn + F1 or Fn + F2.

When restarting the laptop, the camera disabled in this way will turn on again. The second method is shutdown by operating system. Open the "Start", then enter a "computer" in the search engine. We bring the cursor, right-click the "Properties" clay.

The left will be the "Device Manager", click on it with the left mouse button, we lead the cursor down to the "Image Processing Device", then two clicks on the mouse (on the left button) on the "webcam". A window will open, click on the "Driver", then "Disable". All, webcam is disabled.

It is possible that after these actions, the camera will turn off. And it may be necessary to restart the computer device.

To complete the session, you must click on the "Complete Video call" key or simply close the program control window for the "webcam" (click the cursor to the cross at the top of the right).

With this task, any newcomer will cope after the above tips. The main thing is to do everything in order, step by step. Even if the camera on a laptop fails, you can disable it and replace it with extra.