How to turn off automatic video playback on sites an explanation for Chrome and Firefox browsers

one important thing might bother you while browsing the internet and sites, is that you are surprised after visiting a certain site that there is a video that plays automatically, and if your device’s headphone is high, this thing will put you in an awkward position, so well-known browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox have started providing an option Hidden will disable videos from playing automatically, without the need to install external plugins .

How to prevent videos from automatically playing in Google Chrome

If you use Google Chrome, you experience video autoplay while browsing sites. You should know that the browser includes an option that prevents this from happening, but it is not visible to users as it does not appear in the browser settings or content. It is even found on the Flags page, which includes many hidden features in Chrome, and to access this option in Chrome follow the following:

• 1.Open Chrome.
•    Type "chrome: // flags" into the url bar and press Enter.
• 2.Then press Ctrl + F from the keyboard together.
• 3.Type in the field Autoplay policy appears.
• 4.Autoplay policy or autoplay policy will be set in yellow.
• 5.Then click Default.
• 6.Then select from the same menu the Document user activation is required option.
• 7.Then press Relaunch Now to restart Chrome.
• 8.This way Google Chrome will stop allowing websites to play videos automatically when they visit.

How to disable Firefox autoplay video

For Firefox users, the matter will be different from Chrome browser, because it also allows sites to play videos automatically in the background, which in turn disturbs the users, and addititionally there is an invisible option in the browser that not only prevents videos from playing inside the sites, but completely hides them from the site, and to activate Option Do the following steps:

• 1.Open FireFox.
•    Type "about: config" into the url bar and press Enter.
• 2.Select I accept the risk.
• 3.In the search field type "media.autoplay.enabled" then press Enter.
• 4.A value with this name will be displayed in the search results, just click on it twice to convert it from true to false.
• 5.Then restart the browser for the new changes to take effect.
• If you've always been visiting a site that has an auto-play video, visit it now and you will see that it has disappeared and there is no longer an auto video playback, of course you can do the opposite of the previous steps you need  to  activate auto play again