One of the pesky things about surfing the internet is the recent barrage of autoplaying videos on websites.
Worry not, weve got you covered.
Here are some nifty ways you stop videos from playing automatically.
On Twitter, youd find this option under Setting> Content.
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Chrome
Google has built some autoplay options directly into Chrome.
To do so, you’re able to hit a particular tab to select mute website.
Then select Document user activation is required.
Now, a video will only play when you hit it.
Credit: Chrome
There areplenty of extensionsin the Chrome Store to help you out as well.
Googlesaid recentlythat it is working on a simpler solution for this task.
Safari
Apples web client doesnt have a setting to stop autoplay for all sites.
But it allows you to choose if you want to stop a particular site from automatically playing videos.
Right choose the address bar to select tweaks for this website.
Under that, you could choose either Stop Media with Sound or Never Auto-Play.
Credit: Firefox
Mircosoft Edge
It is pretty simple to turn off videos that autoplay in Edge.
Go to prefs> Advanced> Media Autoplay and select Limit or Block.
Hope this guide makes your internet experience more enjoyable.
Well update this post if we find about any other methods to save yourself from the tediousness of autoplay.
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