Enable security Click to Play Plugins on all browsers

Click to Play feature will prevent the browser from automatically downloading and running unwanted media content, causing discomfort to users, such as promotional videos. Click to play security feature will default to disable all plugins. Users will manually activate a plugin when the plugin needs to work on the website.

In addition, the click to play feature allows you to save download bandwidth, improve page loading time, minimize CPU usage, and extend laptop battery life.

In the following article, Network Administrator will show you how to enable Click to play feature on all browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer.

1. On Google Chrome browser

Google Chrome integrates security features Click to play works on all plug-ins, including Flash. To enable click to play feature on Chrome browser, follow the steps below:

On your Chrome browser, click the 3 dash line icon in the top right corner of the screen, then click Settings .

On the Settings window, scroll down to find and select Show advanced settings , then click Content settings in the Privacy section, scroll down to the Plug-ins category, find and select the Click to play option .

If you use newer versions of Chrome, in Content settings , you find and select the option Let me choose when to run content plugin.

2. On Mozilla Firefox browser

On Chrome browser you can enable click to play feature by clicking Tools => Addons => Plugins , then changing the value in the dropdown menu to Ask to Active . However, in this way after you update the new version to Firefox, the settings will revert to the initial installation state.

Alternatively you can use the Flashblock extension.

By default Firefox uses the click to play feature for most plug-in content. However, on the Chrome browser about: config page, the click to play feature is hidden and cannot be activated.

To enable the feature on this about: config page, the only solution is to install the Flashblock extension on your Chrome browser.

3. On Internet Explorer browser

Internet Explorer may ask you before loading Plugin Content, but this option is hidden in the add-ons window. To access this option, in Internet Explorer, click on the incisors icon in the top right corner of the screen, then select Manage Add-ons .

On the Manage Add-ons window, find and select Toolbars and Extensions , next at the Manage Add-ons window, click on the dropdown menu menu and select All add-ons .

In Adobe Systems Incorporated, find the Shockwave Flash Object plug-in, right-click the plug-in and then select More information.

On the More information window, click Remove all sites and from now on Flash will not automatically load on any web page you visit.

When you visit the website containing the Flash content, will you be asked if you want to run the content? Follow the same steps for other plug-ins if you want to prevent those plug-ins from automatically loading.

4. On Opera browser

Click to play feature is also built into Opera browser. To enable this feature, click the Opera Menu, then click Settings, on the Settings settings page select Website . Enable the Click to play option in the Plug-ins section .

5. On Safari browser

This feature is also included on the Safari browser of Mac OS X. You can adjust this option for each plug-in you install.

To change this option, first open the Safari browser, then click Safari menu, select Preferences . Click on the Security icon, then click Manage Website Settings in the right pane of Internet plug-ins.

Select a plug-in, click the When dialog box to visit websites , select Ask .

Refer to some of the following articles:

1. How to view saved passwords on Chrome browser?

1. Summary of 10 ways to fix Not Responding errors on Chrome browser

1. The simple way to disable the implicit running of Chrome browser

Good luck!