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Camera Guard Android blocks my camera app to take photos. How can I solve this problem?

If Camera Guard Android is blocking your camera app from taking photos, follow these steps to resolve the issue:

Close your camera app: Ensure that the camera app is fully closed before proceeding.

Add the camera app to the whitelist:

  • Open Camera Guard Android.
  • Navigate to the whitelist settings.
  • Add your camera app to the whitelist.


The whitelist feature in Camera Guard ensures that any app on the list can bypass the camera protection, allowing you to take photos without being blocked. Once your camera app is whitelisted, Camera Guard will no longer interfere with its functionality.

Even when an app is whitelisted, the integrated Deep Detective™ protection module continues to monitor which apps or processes are attempting to access the camera. It will alert you to any known or even unknown suspicious attempts, using advanced heuristic methods to detect potential threats.

By following these steps, you’ll be able to use your camera app while still maintaining the robust protection that Camera Guard provides.

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