Configure Camera and Microphone Access in Edge on Android

Edge for Android keeps the camera and microphone as two separate permissions, so you can block one and leave the other alone. Microsoft reorganized the Settings menu in 2025 and the top-level Privacy and security entry is gone, which is why older walkthroughs no longer match what you see on the phone.

You'll find the current path to the Camera and Microphone screens here, plus how to flip the master switch or grant access to one trusted site.

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Where to Find the Camera and Microphone Settings in Edge on Android

You have a site asking for your camera and a Settings menu that doesn’t match the guides you’ve been reading. Microsoft reorganized the Edge for Android Settings screen around version 135 in April 2025, so the top-level Privacy and security entry is gone and the old Site permissions page moved one level up.

Camera and microphone controls now sit under Site settings, one tap from the main Settings screen.

1. Open the Microsoft Edge app on your Android phone.
2. Tap the menu in the bottom toolbar.
3. Tap Settings.
4. Tap Site settings.
5. Tap Site permissions to see Camera, Microphone, Location, and the rest of the list.

From here you can flip a master switch for the whole browser, or open the Camera and Microphone screens one at a time to review per-site exceptions.

Block Camera Access for Every Site

Very few sites have a real reason to open your phone’s camera, so blocking it everywhere is a sane default. Turn the master switch off at the top of the Camera screen and Edge stops asking.

1. Follow the path above to Site permissions.
2. Tap Camera.
3. Toggle Sites can ask for your camera off. The label changes to Blocked.

The switch takes effect right away. Edge rejects every camera request on its own, so a video call or scanner page is denied without a prompt. Flip the toggle back on when you need a site to use the camera again.

Block Microphone Access for Every Site

Voice search fields and meeting apps are the usual reason the microphone prompt shows up. If you don’t dictate into websites, leaving the microphone blocked by default costs you nothing.

1. Follow the path above to Site permissions.
2. Tap Microphone.
3. Toggle Sites can ask for your microphone off. The label changes to Blocked.

Blocking it also silences voice search on sites that listen through the browser. Nothing on the phone itself changes, and you can re-enable the permission from the same screen any time.

Allow Camera or Microphone for One Site Only

Sometimes you want both permissions blocked everywhere except for one service you trust. The per-site exception list on the Camera and Microphone screens does exactly that.

1. Open Camera or Microphone under Site permissions.
2. Tap + Add site exception.
3. Type the site URL, for example meet.google.com, and confirm.
4. Open the new entry and switch it from Block to Allow.

You’ll know it worked when the entry reads Allow and the site opens its camera or mic without a prompt, while every other request still gets denied. Changed your mind? The same list is where you revoke it.

Manage Camera or Microphone for the Site You Are On

You don’t have to dig through Settings to fix the page in front of you. The address-bar panel handles the same permission in a few taps, which helps when you tapped through a prompt too quickly.

1. Open the site in Edge on Android.
2. Tap the padlock or tune at the left end of the address bar.
3. Tap Site settings or Permissions.
4. Find Camera or Microphone and pick Allow, Block, or Ask.
5. Reload the tab. The new choice takes effect right away.

For finer controls, such as clearing cookies and storage for a single site, see our guide to site information and per-site settings in Edge on Android.

What to Check if the Toggle Has No Effect

If a site still reaches your camera or microphone after you turned the toggle off, the browser isn’t the only switch involved.

Android can hand the hardware to Edge at the system level, and that permission lives in Phone Settings, not in the browser. Open Phone Settings → Apps → Edge → Permissions and confirm both Camera and Microphone are set to Don’t allow.

Old screenshots and cached pages are the other culprit. Update Edge from the Play Store so the Settings layout on your phone matches the path above.

RELATED: Configure Camera and Microphone Access in Edge on the Computer

Bottom Line

Block the camera and microphone by default, then allow only the sites you actually trust. That pattern keeps drive-by spying out without breaking the video calls and voice features you use on purpose.

If you also run Edge on a PC, the same idea applies with a slightly different menu path. Set it once on each device and you can stop thinking about it.