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If you see a warning message, click on the “ I accept the risk” button.

In the browser, type about:config in the address and press Enter to open the config page.

Just like Google Chrome, Firefox also offers advanced options to block autoplay videos. However, these extensions are not that reliable, at least for me, and may even block legitimate sites like YouTube. If you want to, you can use extensions like Video Autoplay Blocker or HTML5 Autoplay Blocker. Those videos will only play when you are actively interacting with the web page.

However, with the above setting, you are forcing Chrome to stop autoplay videos on background pages. Click on the “ Relaunch Now” button to restart the Chrome browser and apply the flag.Ĭhrome is still working on blocking the autoplay stuff and there is no clear cut way to outright disable them.

From the drop-down menu set Autoplay Policy to “ Document user activation is required“.Type chrome://flags and press Enter to open the Flags page.Note: In latest versions of Chrome, Google removed the AutoPlay Policy flag. Rather, you need to access the autoplay settings in Chrome via the Flags page. However, those options are not available in the traditional settings page. If you consume a lot of news via these websites, then you might want to consider blocking autoplay videos on news websites.Ĭhrome provides easy options to disable autoplay videos.

Chrome autoplay video blocker extension