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Android: Turn Camera Flash On or Off

Mitch BartlettOctober 25, 2017 Comments (26)

Access the setting to turn the camera flash on or off on your Android device using these steps.

  1. Open the “Camera” app.
  2. Tap the flash icon. Some models may require you to select the “Menu” icon ( or ) first. You may have to tap or swipe left to make the buttons appear.
  3. Toggle the lighting icon to the desired setting.
    • Flash icon Lightning with nothing = Flash will activate on every picture.
    • Flash off icon Lightning with slash = Flash is disabled.
    • Flash Auto icon Lightning with A = Auto-detect flash.

 

Categories: Android

Author Mitch Bartlett

My name is Mitch Bartlett. I've been working in technology for over 20 years in a wide range of tech jobs from Tech Support to Software Testing. I started this site as a technical guide for myself and it has grown into what I hope is a useful reference for all.

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Comments

  1. Zinoida Earnshaw says:
    November 16, 2022 at 1:39 am

    No, because there are no answers to the people’s questions.

  2. Michele says:
    October 16, 2022 at 11:05 am

    Does the A7 tab have a flash with camera

  3. Jon Grizzle says:
    October 8, 2022 at 7:25 pm

    My flash worked when my Samsung was new but quit and icons no longer avaliable. I suspect Samsung disables functions to get owner to buy a new phone just by disabling software functions. That why it is in the software and not fixed in hardware. WE are not all stupid out here.

    Signed, Electrical Engineer

  4. John says:
    April 14, 2022 at 4:25 am

    Why does the torch turn off when the camera is on?
    And how do you make the torch stay on?

  5. Dennis Bowlin says:
    November 4, 2021 at 5:57 pm

    My flashlight quit. How can it be fixed?

  6. Vee says:
    March 24, 2021 at 9:28 pm

    No flash indicator on my rear camera. How do I put one on like the front and why are they not the same?

  7. Julie D Broussard says:
    November 15, 2020 at 9:35 pm

    How do i turn. The lighting. Flash off my phone. I hate it. It mess up my pictures. Thanks j.b.

  8. Delta fan says:
    September 30, 2020 at 1:22 pm

    How do you turn it on

  9. Emelinda Ingold says:
    August 7, 2020 at 11:07 pm

    Hello, my Lg stylo 4’s camera flash won’t turn on at all even though my flashlight works fine. Anyone know why it isn’t working?

  10. Sandra Richmond says:
    May 1, 2020 at 8:40 am

    How do I know if camera is turned off it on during a visual visit with my doctor?

  11. Tommy says:
    April 13, 2020 at 12:55 am

    My note 9 doesn’t have a lighting icon. So how do I turn the flash on.

  12. Kaif says:
    March 12, 2020 at 10:01 am

    i want to off camera light during video call on laptop window 10…………..please reply me soon as well as possible

  13. Arlin says:
    December 22, 2019 at 9:52 pm

    Hello, my Lg stylo 4’s camera flash won’t turn on at all even though my flashlight works fine. Anyone know why it isn’t working?

  14. Robert says:
    July 31, 2019 at 5:17 pm

    I can’t turn on the flash on my rca tablet

  15. prine says:
    June 14, 2019 at 6:18 am

    please am using Samsung galaxy grand prime,anytime i capture a picture with the flash light on the phone goes off. pls how can i fix this?

  16. diamond says:
    May 13, 2019 at 12:31 am

    please i can’t even see where there’s back camera on the screen of my phone

  17. Valerie says:
    November 11, 2018 at 7:51 am

    Thank you. On video mode, had to hold the crossed lightening to get flash off for video.

  18. Orang Putih says:
    November 5, 2018 at 9:37 pm

    I found the flash symbol (lightning flash) on the very top right hand corner of the screen in camera mode was greyed out and very hard to see. Tap that area anyway and the symbol should light up and show a drop down menu for flash choices. At least that’s how it worked on my Nokia 3. Hope this helps… took me about a month to guess this!

  19. Linda Evans says:
    November 4, 2018 at 7:50 am

    No flash icon on camera screen. How do I turn on flash?

  20. brenda mayse says:
    September 10, 2018 at 9:53 pm

    flash icon has a line thru it. want toggle to get auto flash. I need help please.

  21. Cool. Ty. says:
    August 26, 2018 at 1:41 am

    YES!! THANK YOU! I am, …- apprensively ? Learning this – damn phone! Night Night! ? R

  22. terry says:
    June 7, 2018 at 6:26 pm

    i dropped my lg3 and the flash will NOT turn OFF – have black tape over it…pls help me! thank you

  23. Jim WIllittes says:
    April 7, 2018 at 3:51 pm

    The icon mentioned had a slash through it. One touch toggled it to one with an A. .Pressing the white shutter dot, the light comes on and then the picture is taken. Not quite like a flash camera, but better than no light on my Galaxy S8.

  24. Sue Q says:
    March 27, 2018 at 9:33 pm

    Flash icon has a line thru it. Does not activate, and will not toggle to get to”A” to auto select…flash when needed. Grrr.

  25. Judy says:
    March 10, 2018 at 7:35 am

    I cannot for the life of me find the any flash icon at ALL on the galaxy tab a 8 sm-350! Help? I thank you!

  26. William Hanson says:
    February 25, 2018 at 4:55 pm

    How do I turn on the camera flash on my android camera?

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