My laptop camera is not working? How do I get it to work?

The most common cause of laptop camera's not displaying is that the camera is blocked by the camera privacy shutter.   The privacy shutter is hard to see, but it’s just above the camera in the middle of the top of the laptop.

This YouTube video shows where the privacy shutter is located: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9x7P5njCmQ

If the privacy shutter on your laptop is open and the camera still does not display, contact PHS IT at ithelp@phmail.ucdavis.edu