img 0103 How To Disable Microphone And Camera Access On Samsung Phones

How To Disable Microphone And Camera Access On Samsung Phones

Do you want to limit camera and microphone access on your Samsung mobile phone? Well, one of Samsung‘s key features is that it gives users a lot of control over the rights that apps have. This includes whether apps may access the user’s location, contacts, call logs, messages, Bluetooth devices, storage, etc.

There is a camera and microphone permit among all of the permit requirements. Android has control over the apps that misuse the camera and microphone by turning the permissions off. And this article discusses how to disable microphone and camera access on Samsung Galaxy phones.


Disable Microphone and Camera Access on Samsung (S22, S21, and S20)

Follow the steps below to stop apps from being able to use your Android device’s microphone and camera.

Step 1. Open the “Settings” from the home screen of your Samsung device.

To start, go to “Settings” on your device to disable microphone and camera access on Samsung
Go to “ Settings.”

Step 2. Then scroll down the settings menu and select “Privacy” to access the permission manager.

To access the permission manager, scroll down to find the “Privacy.”
Tap on the “Privacy.”

Step 3. Now tap on the “Permission manager” to access various apps’ different types of permission.

Disable microphone and Camera access on Samsung by tapping on the “Permission Manager” to open the permissions menu.
Select “Permission manager.”

Step 4. From the list, find the “Camera” and tap on it.

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Tap on the” Camera.”

Step 5. Here is the list of apps that are not allowed and allowed only while on use. Tap on any of the apps you want to “deny or allow” camera access on it.

List of apps that are not allowed and allowed to camera access. Now tap on any of the apps you want to allow or deny it.
Tap on any “app” you want.

Step 6. Tap on your wanted “app” from the list of apps, then select the “Don’t allow” To stop apps from accessing the camera on Android

To stop apps from accessing the camera, tap on the “Don't allow” on Android.
Tap on the “Don’t allow.”

Step 7. After that, go back to the “Permission Manager” menu and scroll down to “Microphone,” and tap on it.

Tap on the “Microphone” from the “Permission Manager” menu.
Tap on “Microphone.”

Step 8. Select any “app” you want to turn off the microphone on your Samsung device.

Select the particular app you want to turn off the microphone.
Select your “Wanted” app.

Step 9. After tapping on the “Don’t allow” and “Don’t allow anyway,” you have disabled the microphone on your Android device.

Tap on the “Don't allow” and “Don't allow anyway” to turn off the microphone on your device
Select the “Don’t allow” option.

You have disabled the camera and microphone access for the apps you want from your device’s settings.


Final words

You learned how to disable microphone and camera access on Samsung Galaxy phones from your Android device’s settings. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments section below.


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