Disable Webcam Audio on Linux

Sometimes I play around with my sound devices, just because I have quite a few connected to my laptop. Sometimes it means I forget to switch them back to where they need to be.

This particularly works for my webcam audio, which is selected automatically when I change my output to hdmi audio.

To locate the desired audio device call cat /proc/asound/modules. My output looked like this:

 0 snd_hda_intel
 1 snd_hda_intel
 2 snd_usb_audio

Since I only have one usb audio device installed, and it is my webcam, I want to block snd_usb_audio. To do that open the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and add the last line to it:

blocklist snd_usb_audio

After a restart voila - webcam has no sound more.

If you change your mind just remove the line and restart your machine. The sound should come back.

Enjoy!