Privacy and Security See which Apps have Accessed your Camera in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to see the date and time of any apps that have accessed and used your camera in the last 7 days for your account in Windows 11.

Many apps and services request and use the camera, and Windows settings give you control over which apps can use your camera.

If your device comes with a camera light, the light will turn on when the camera is in use.

If your system doesn’t have a camera light, you’ll get a notification to let you know when the camera turns on or off.

You can view camera recent activity to see which apps have accessed your camera in the last 7 days. This can be helpful for privacy and to turn off apps you don't want to access your camera.

Each app that accessed your camera is saved with details as a subkey in the registry key below for the current user.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CapabilityAccessManager\ConsentStore\webcam

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Here's How:

1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Privacy & security on the left side, and click/tap on Camera under "App permissions" on the right side. (see screenshot below)



3 Under Let desktop apps access your camera, you will see the date and time of all desktop apps that last accessed your camera. (see screenshot below)


4 Click/tap on Recent activity to expand it open. (see screenshot below step 5)

5 You will now see the date and time of all apps that have accessed and used your camera in the last 7 days. (see screenshot below)



That's it,
Shawn Brink