{"id":4711,"date":"2016-01-01T05:47:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T13:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hellotech.com\/?p=4711"},"modified":"2023-02-06T18:17:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T02:17:04","slug":"stop-online-videos-automatically-playing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/stop-online-videos-automatically-playing","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Internet Videos From Automatically Playing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"c5\">They unnecessarily consume bandwidth, they distract us from what we&#8217;re currently doing, and they can embarrass you at the coffee shop especially when your laptop&#8217;s volume is at its max setting. These are but a few reasons why many of us hate online videos, be it ads or the site&#8217;s main content, that start playing without our permission. It&#8217;s time to learn how to stop these online videos from automatically playing on our favorite Web browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-google-chrome\">Google Chrome<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c5\">Type <span class=\"c1\">chrome:\/\/settings\/content<\/span>&nbsp;in the address bar and press Enter. Scroll down to the <span class=\"c1\">Plug-ins<\/span>&nbsp;section and select the <span class=\"c1\">Let me choose when to run plugin content <\/span>radio button (or <span class=\"c1\">Click to play <\/span>if you have an older version of Chrome). From this point forward, you&#8217;ll need to right-click plugins and selecting <span class=\"c1\">Run this plugin <\/span>before they can do their thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mozilla-firefox\">Mozilla Firefox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c5\">Type <span class=\"c1\">about:config <\/span>in the address bar, acknowledge the warning by clicking the <span class=\"c1\">I&#8217;ll be careful, I promise! <\/span>Button. Scroll down to or search for <span class=\"c1\">plugins.click_to_play<\/span>, right-click it and select <span class=\"c1\">Toggle<\/span>. Now all plugin contents need to be clicked first before they can play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-microsoft-internet-explorer\">Microsoft Internet Explorer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c5\">Go to <span class=\"c1\">Tools <\/span>(the gear at the upper-right corner of the browser window, which can also be opened by pressing Alt+X), select <span class=\"c1\">Safety<\/span>&nbsp;and click <span class=\"c1\">ActiveX Filtering<\/span>. The next time an online video or related media is blocked, a blue icon will appear in the address bar as an indication. You can click on this icon to temporarily disable the filtering and view the blocked content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c5\"><a name=\"h.gjdgxs\"><\/a>If none of the above techniques works, try using <span class=\"c3\">Adblock Plus<\/span>. It&#8217;s an add-on that prevents page elements (particularly ads and auto-playing videos) from loading. It&#8217;s compatible with several popular Web browsers, which is a good thing because some browsers like Apple Safari need extensions to block auto-play videos and other unwanted media. Best of all, Adblock Plus is free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They unnecessarily consume bandwidth, they distract us from what we&#8217;re currently doing, and they can embarrass you at the coffee shop especially when your laptop&#8217;s volume is at its max setting. These are but a few reasons why many of us hate online videos, be it ads or the site&#8217;s main content, that start playing without our permission. 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