How to turn off autoplay videos on social networks

Autoplaying video is a convenient feature, but sometimes it also comes with the hassle of playing unwanted videos or taking away your 3G capacity. To limit that, turn off the auto-play video by following steps!

Turn off autoplay video on Twitter

On the Twitter.com website, point to the 3-dot icon (More) and select Settings and privacy .

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At the Settings interface , navigate to Data usage >> open Autoplay settings .

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Check Never is done, the video, Gif on the homepage will never play automatically again.

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For iOS and Android phone applications you do the following: Click on your profile page >> open Settings and privacy .

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Next step select Display and sound :

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Now you have 2 options:

1. Turn on data saving: The videos will not automatically play and images appear with lower mode.

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2. Only turn off autoplay video and still download high quality images: You click Auto play video then set it to Never .

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Turn off auto-play videos on Facebook

Similarly, how to turn off auto-play video is also very simple. If you use the Facebook website, click the drop down arrow in the upper right and select Settings .

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Navigate to the Video settings .

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In the Spontaneous Video setting , you switch to Off as complete.

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For the mobile version of Facebook, do the following: Click the 3-dash icon in the lower right corner of the screen >> Settings & privacy .

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In the drop down menu, select Settings .

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Navigate to the Videos and Photos section .

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Open the Auto-play section , then select Never auto-play Video .

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So you've completed the shortcut to automatically play videos on Facebook. We continue to the next social network is Instagram - very popular in the world.

Disable autoplay videos on Instagram

Instagram actually doesn't offer the option to turn off fully automatic video playback. But you can use less data, which is useful if you are a bandwidth-saving user. On a mobile phone, go to your profile and click the 3 dashes icon in the top corner.

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In the settings menu, navigate to the Account section .

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Next go to Use mobile data .

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Turn on the Use less data feature .

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Turn off autoplay videos on Youtube

For the YouTube video sharing application, simply turn off the auto-play feature right below the video being watched.

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Above is how to turn off auto-play videos on popular social networking sites. Wish you have moments of fun most fun!

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