How to Stop Autoplay Video in Chrome

How to Stop Autoplay Video in Chrome

Have you ever wondered how to stop autoplay video in Chrome? Youre not alone, since most users consider autoplaying video and autoplaying audio on the web to be annoying. The good news is that with a little secret settings adjustment you can easily disable autoplay video and autoplay audio on Chrome for Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, and Android.

The walkthrough below will show you exactly how to disable autoplay video and audio in the Google Chrome web browser. This goes beyond , as it actively prevents any Chrome browser tab or window from starting the media playing in the first place.

Once activated, you must manually start playing audio or video in Google Chrome, all autoplay events will end. This works the same to end autoplay video and audio with Google Chrome for every operating system the browser works on, and perhaps the best thing about it is you wont need to install a plugin or extension because the capability is native in Chrome.

Heres what youll need to do: You can immediately test it out by going to any webpage that autoplays video or audio, like a Bloomberg video article or Youtube. All video or audio now requires you to click on it before it will play (hence, user activation being required), nothing will autoplay without you allowing it to play in the first place.

Speaking of YouTube, you can also if youd prefer to do that exclusively, rather than turning off all autoplay in the entire web browser. If you decide you miss those autoplaying sounds and videos, and now want autoplay video and autoplay audio back again in Chrome, thats just as simple: Once the app relaunches, autoplay will be back again for web video and web audio.

This obviously applies to only the Chrome web browser, though not just on the Mac or Windows PC, but on all Chrome platforms. Its worth remembering that you can also if youre a Safari user as well. Autoplay video and audio is often maligned and rarely appreciated, we have , including how to , , , , and .

Another approach for iOS Safari users is to which will stop autoplaying media as well as advertisements if you use an extra aggressive blocker, but if you go that route then please remember to whitelist sites that you like and want to support, like ours. One perk of blocking autoplay video on Chrome is that youll find the web browser may use less system resources, and you wont have to and or windows that are making sounds from a video or sound embed.