Instructions to turn off the feature to automatically run videos on Facebook Messenger

Automatic video playback is one of the most annoying features on social media and now it has been defaulted in Facebook Messenger. If you want to watch the video, you can press it to play it without Messenger deciding for you, so this is how to disable it.

NOTE: Currently, videos are only played automatically on iOS devices, so Android users will not see this feature. However, Facebook can add it to future Android devices so please save the tutorial and know later you need it.

Open Facebook Mesenger and touch your avatar on the top left.

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Then choose Photos, Videos & Emoji.

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Select Auto-Play Videos and change it to Never Auto-Play Videos.

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So you will no longer see automatic videos turned on in Facebook Messenger. Hope you find this article useful, please share it with your friends.