YouTube is a great place to watch videos. But sometimes, you might want to avoid being watched by someone else. For example, if you’re on a team and you want to keep your member’s opinions separate, or if you don’t want your child to watch any ads. In these cases, it can be helpful to turn off autoplay on YouTube.
How To Turn Off Autoplay On Youtube
Step 1: Go to www.youtube.com and log in with your account.
Step 2: Click on your profile icon in the top right corner of the page.
Step 3: Click on the gear icon in the top right corner of the page, and then select “Settings” from the dropdown menu. Here you can also change your privacy settings for YouTube (if you want to). Though, this is a good option if you want to keep everyone from watching your videos or listening to your music (such as when uploading videos to YouTube Kids).
Step 4: In Settings select “Playback” and then select “Autoplay” under “Playback Options”. You can also adjust how many videos play at a time here (you can set it between 5 to 15). The default setting is 5, so if you want to turn off autoplay on YouTube altogether, just click on “off”.
Step 5: Click on “Save Changes” and you will then be presented with a confirmation message. Now, you can close the settings page and return to YouTube.
What Are The Benefits Of Turning Off Autoplay On YouTube?
Turning off autoplay on YouTube can have a number of benefits.
- You can easily turn off autoplay on YouTube.
- You can avoid annoying ads on YouTube.
- You can watch videos in peace without being disturbed by other people’s comments, or by the occasional video from a friend or family member.
- You can view your favorite videos without having to wait for them to load for a few seconds (or minutes). Keep in mind that if you have a slow internet connection, some videos may take a little longer to load than others, so you might want to turn off autoplay until your connection is faster and you don’t have any other distractions (such as your child playing with his/her favorite toy).
- You can turn off autoplay on YouTube without having to be logged into your account.
- You can tune out the music or other sounds that might distract you while you’re watching a video.
- You can view videos in peace without being disturbed by ads, by other people’s comments, or by the occasional video from a friend or family member.
- Turn off autoplay on YouTube when you want to avoid being watched by others (such as when you’re on a team and want to keep your member’s opinions separate, or if you don’t want your child to watch any ads).
- Turn off autoplay on YouTube when you want to enjoy listening to music without being disturbed by others’ comments, or by the occasional video from a friend or family member.
- Turn off autoplay on YouTube when you want to view videos in peace without being disturbed by ads, by other people’s comments, or by the occasional video from a friend or family member.
- You can view videos in peace without being disturbed by ads, by other people’s comments, or by the occasional video from a friend or family member.
- Turn off autoplay on YouTube when you want to tune out the music or other sounds that might distract you while you’re watching a video.
- You can turn off autoplay on YouTube without having to log into your account (and therefore avoid being tracked), and also avoid being signed out completely if you choose to do so (meaning that your preferences won’t be saved between sessions).
- You can turn off autoplay on YouTube when you want to view videos in peace without being disturbed by ads, by other people’s comments, or by the occasional video from a friend or family member.
How To Do It In Your Favorite YouTube app
- Make sure you are logged into your Google account. If not, sign in.
- Go to the YouTube app on your phone (or the YouTube website on your computer) and in the top right corner, tap Settings.
- 3. Tap Autoplay.
- Turn off Autoplay.
- To turn off Autoplay in other apps (such as VLC player), go to Settings > Video Player > Autoplay – Apps only, and select any app of your choice (for example, VLC Player).
Some Tips For Preventing Autoplay From Happening On YouTube
There are a few things you can do to prevent autoplay from happening on YouTube.
- Enable the “Do Not Track” feature
By enabling the “Do Not Track” feature on YouTube, you can prevent videos from being watched automatically whenever you leave a page on YouTube that includes a video.
- Use the “Manage view settings” option to turn off autoplay for your account
This option lets you control whether or not YouTube will ever autoplay any videos that are uploaded to your account or that are embedded in other websites (such as news sites or blogs).
- If you’re logged into your account, log out when you want to avoid being tracked by Google.
Logging out is another way of preventing videos from being watched automatically whenever you leave a page on YouTube that includes a video. Logging out will also prevent all of your preferences from being saved between sessions, and therefore means that you’ll have to log back into YouTube every time you visit it (and therefore enable autoplay again). If this is something that bothers you, then I recommend that you log out of your account as often as possible.
- If you’re logged into your account, use the “Manage view settings” option to turn off autoplay for your account
This option lets you control whether or not YouTube will ever autoplay any videos that are uploaded to your account or that are embedded in other websites (such as news sites or blogs).
- You can also use the “Manage view settings” option to turn off autoplay on YouTube, and then click on the “Advanced” button before doing so. In this case, it’s best if you log out of your account first.
- Log in to YouTube using a different browser, like Firefox or Opera.
Logging into YouTube using a different browser will prevent videos from being watched automatically whenever you leave a page on YouTube that includes a video (unless it’s already being played at the time). This is because, by default, all browsers (including Chrome ) implement Google’s automatic video playing feature, and the feature is not compatible with other browsers.
- If you don’t want to use a different browser, then you could block all cookies by installing the NoScript add-on for Firefox.
By blocking all cookies, you’ll prevent videos from being watched automatically whenever you leave a page on YouTube that includes a video (unless it’s already being played at the time). This is because, by default, all browsers (including Chrome ) implement Google’s automatic video playing feature, and the feature is not compatible with other browsers.
- You can also disable autoplay on YouTube by using the Disconnect extension for Chrome .
Disabling auto-play in this way means that videos cannot be played automatically unless they’re already being played at the time (and so will only be able to be watched once).
Conclusion
Turning off autoplay on YouTube can save you a lot of time and energy, so it’s an important step in creating a successful YouTube channel. Some tips to follow include using a preventative measure like disabling autoplay in your YouTube settings, using a blocker for YouTube, or disabling autoplay for specific videos.