How to stop videos from autoplaying on YouTube

Recently, YouTube rolled out a new feature to its Android app that made many users feel quite uncomfortable: autoplaying videos in its homepage. You will see that when scrolling the YouTube home page on the Android app, the video will automatically play even though there is no sound.

Autoplay is an extremely useful default feature of YouTube. When a video ends, YouTube automatically plays the next video in order from top to bottom in the recommendation list.

However, autoplay can sometimes become annoying if you only watch one video at a time, you don't like watching the video suggested to play next, or you simply want to choose the video to play next yourself. This article will show you how to turn off YouTube's autoplay feature on both the YouTube website and mobile app. Let's find out right below.

Turn off autoplay on YouTube web

On PC, all you have to do is simply press the autoplay switch to turn it off, preventing YouTube from automatically playing the next video.

To do this, hover your mouse pointer over the video you're watching so that the YouTube player displays setup options. At the end of the video, you'll see a toggle that lets you turn autoplay off or on.

To turn off autoplay, click the toggle button. The ' Pause ' icon will be displayed.

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To turn autoplay back on, click the toggle again, and you'll see the ' Pause ' icon change to ' Play '.

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Turn off autoplay on the YouTube mobile app

Like the web version, the YouTube mobile app also offers a toggle that lets you turn autoplay off and on. Another way to disable this feature is to use the option in the YouTube app's settings menu.

Use the On-Video option

Tap the current video to display player options. At the beginning of the video, you'll see a toggle that allows you to deactivate or activate the autoplay feature.

To turn off autoplay, tap the switch. The ' Pause ' icon will be displayed.

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