Videos play automatically when opening certain tabs in your browser, which is annoying. So, how to stop videos from automatically playing? It is easy to operate as long as you follow the methods offered by MiniTool in this post. Now, let's see them.

One of the most annoying things any Internet users need to deal with is that a video plays automatically when visiting a site. You may be working or opening a website to read some news, suddenly a video blast through your speaker. Besides, this can typically consume more data and battery.

You may try to look for ways to stop autoplay videos. You are enough luckily and you can know how to do this work after reading the following part.

Tip: In our previous post, we have shown you a similar situation – turn off sound in browsers. You can go to see it - How to Mute a Tab in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari.

How to Stop Videos From Automatically Playing in Browsers

The following is how to stop videos from playing automatically in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. Now, let's see them one by one.

Related article: Here Is How to Disable Video Autoplay in Chrome and Firefox

Stop Autoplay Videos Chrome Windows 10

If you are using Google Chrome in Windows 10, follow these steps to stop videos from playing automatically.

Step 1: Copy and paste chrome://flags/#autoplay-policy to the address bar and press Enter.

Step 2: Choose Document user activation is required from the drop-menu so that you have to approve any video to play on a website.

Step 3: Then, restart Chrome to activate the change.

Tip: If you want to stop videos from automatically playing in Chrome on your Android device, go to the three-dot menu, choose Settings, click Site settings > Media and then toggle off the Autoplay feature.

Stop Videos from Playing by Itself Edge

Step 1: In Microsoft Edge, click the three-dot menu and choose Settings.

Step 2: Go to Site permissions > Media autoplay.

Step 3: Choose Limit and you can control if videos play automatically on a site.

Prevent Videos from Playing Automatically Firefox

Step 1: Go to the menu and choose Options.

Step 2: Navigate to Privacy & Security and go to the Permissions section.

Step 3: Locate Autoplay and click Settings.

Step 4: Choose a setting for all websites. To prevent autoplay for all media with sound, choose Block Audio. To stop autoplay for all media (including video and audio), you can choose Block Audio and Video.

Now you know how to stop videos from automatically playing in your browsers like Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. Besides, you may want to know how to prevent videos from playing by itself on Facebook and Instagram. So, let's see them.

How to Stop Videos From Playing Automatically on Facebook

The following is how to stop videos from automatically playing on Facebook in Android, iPhone, or PC.

On your computer:

Step 1: Click the arrow icon at the top-right corner of your Facebook page and choose Settings & Privacy > Settings.

Step 2: Go to Videos, locate Auto-Play Videos, and choose Off.

On your iPhone:

Step 1: On Facebook, tap the three vertical lines and go to Settings & Privacy > Settings.

Step 2: Scroll down to find Media and Contacts and tap Videos and Photos.

Step 3: Tap Autoplay and choose Never Autoplay Videos.

On Android devices:

Step 1: Go to Settings & Privacy > Settings.

Step 2: Tap Media and Contacts.

Step 3: Choose Autoplay > Never Autoplay Videos.

Tip: To learn more information, refer to this post - How to Turn off Autoplay on Facebook (Computer/Phone).

How to Stop Videos From Playing Automatically on Instagram

When using Instagram in browsers, videos don't autoplay but it will play videos on your mobile devices. So, you need to stop them on Android or iOS devices.

Step 1: Open this app, go to Settings, and find Cellular Data Use.

Step 2: Choose Use Less Data to stop the autoplay feature.

Bottom Line

How to stop videos from automatically playing? After reading this post, you know the specific operation in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Facebook, and Instagram. Just follow the steps based on your needs.

About The Author

Vera

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Vera is an editor of the MiniTool Team since 2016 who has more than 5 years' writing experiences in the field of technical articles. Her articles mainly focus on disk & partition management, PC data recovery, video conversion, as well as PC backup & restore, helping users to solve some errors and issues when using their computers. In her spare times, she likes shopping, playing games and reading some articles.