From 86e69e0b223a3b726e199be4fceef4dd240818b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sanchit2662 <sanchit2662@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:14:53 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: stop media streams in p5.prototype.remove() by calling
 element.remove()

Signed-off-by: Sanchit2662 <sanchit2662@gmail.com>
---
 src/core/main.js | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/core/main.js b/src/core/main.js
index 0e19d75ec1..a8525ed085 100644
--- a/src/core/main.js
+++ b/src/core/main.js
@@ -619,6 +619,13 @@ class p5 {
 
         // remove DOM elements created by p5, and listeners
         for (const e of this._elements) {
+          // Stop active media streams (webcam/microphone) to release hardware
+          if (p5.MediaElement && e instanceof p5.MediaElement) {
+            e.stop();
+            if (e.elt.srcObject !== null) {
+              e.elt.srcObject.getTracks().forEach(track => track.stop());
+            }
+          }
           if (e.elt && e.elt.parentNode) {
             e.elt.parentNode.removeChild(e.elt);
           }