Revoke a website's Edge camera or microphone permission

A website may keep access to your camera or microphone after a meeting ends if you previously selected Allow. Edge asks for site permission separately from Windows-level access to the browser. A camera indicator can also come from a desktop app rather than the website. Microsoft documents a per-site Edge setting and a Windows privacy setting; changing one layer does not necessarily change the other.

Before you start​

Identify the site and whether a meeting is active. End the call and close its tab before changing permissions. If the camera or microphone is in use with no obvious tab, check Windows' recent-use indicators and running apps; avoid assuming the most recent website is responsible.

Do it step by step​

1. Open Edge Settings, Privacy, search, and services, Site permissions, All sites. Find the exact meeting or recording domain. Check the Camera and Microphone entries; set to Block the permission you no longer want.
2. For a site currently open, use the site-information control beside the address bar to inspect permissions. Prefer a precise site change over blocking every site if you still need video meetings elsewhere.
3. Open Windows Settings, Privacy and security, then Camera and Microphone. Confirm that Edge or desktop apps have the intended system-level access. Windows-level permission can prevent a site from working even when Edge shows Allow.
4. Restart the affected tab and test a legitimate meeting with your own camera and mic. If you blocked the site, it should not obtain the device without a new permission change. If you need it again, grant access deliberately for the correct domain.
5. If the indicator remains active after closing the site, inspect other browser tabs, conferencing apps and Windows' recent activity. Update Edge and the operating system before treating a stale indicator as proof of compromise.
6. Review other old allowed sites such as browser-based recording tools. Remove permissions for services you no longer use, and repeat the review on another Edge profile because site permissions can differ by profile.

Check the result​

The selected website's permission matches your decision and a controlled call either works or is blocked as expected. Any continuing sensor use has been traced to a specific tab or app.

If something goes wrong​

If a meeting fails after blocking, check both the Edge site control and Windows privacy control, then the device selected inside the meeting app. If no site appears in Edge, the sensor may be used by a desktop application. Do not use a random 'camera fix' download.

Know the limit​

A per-site permission determines whether the website can request hardware through Edge; it cannot stop a separate desktop app. Conversely, a Windows block may affect many sites at once. An Allow setting is not evidence that the camera is currently recording. Microsoft camera and microphone privacy