Reboot your Pi with “sudo reboot” and when you next use the camera the red LED will be disabled. If prompted press “Y” followed by “Return” or “Enter”. Use the arrow keys to scroll to the end of the file and add “disable_camera_led=1” to the last line. To edit the config.txt file you can use Nano : sudo nano /boot/config.txt To disable the red LED you simply need to add the following line to your config.txt file : disable_camera_led=1 For security applications it may draw unnecessary attention to the device.For nature photography it scares animals.It can cause reflections on objects you are trying to photograph giving them a red glow.In my testing here are some of the reasons it can get in the way : However there are a number of reasons you might wish it wasn’t. It’s really useful in giving a visual indication that the camera is doing something and most of the time you will be glad it is there. This lights up when the camera is active. The Pi camera module includes a red LED in one corner of the PCB.

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