Content on YouTube is displayed as thumbnails, and you can scroll to find what you're looking for. However, if you stop scrolling, videos sometimes start playing automatically, even if you haven't selected a video to watch. This is because autoplay previews are enabled by default on the app. Here's how to turn off autoplay previews on YouTube.
How to turn off autoplay previews on YouTube iPhone
Step 1:
On the YouTube app interface, users click on the gear to access the app settings. Next, click on Play to adjust the video playback mode on YouTube.
Step 2:
In the interface as shown, the user clicks on the Play item in the video listing pages . At this point, you will switch to Off mode to turn off auto-play preview on YouTube.
How to turn off autoplay YouTube previews on Android
Step 1:
Also at the YouTube Android interface, you click on the gear icon . Then we click on General to adjust.
Step 2:
Continuing in the YouTube settings interface, you click Play in the video list pages . Then the user also clicks Off to not automatically play preview videos on YouTube.
Turn off autoplay YouTube preview videos on computer
Step 1:
You click on the YouTube avatar and then select Settings in the list. The user selects the Playback and Performance section .
Step 2:
Now in the Browsing section you turn off Video Preview mode .