Turn off Auto refresh in the browser

Imagine that you are reading a news page, watching a movie or playing a flash game . suddenly suddenly the website automatically updates and refreshes, ie you have to redo the entire process from the beginning. Some websites with automatic refresh feature every time there is news update will make you feel uncomfortable and uncomfortable. In the following tutorial, TipsMake.com will introduce you how to turn off this feature.

Turn off Auto refresh on Chrome

Let's start with the most popular web browser. Turning off Auto refresh on Chrome is a bit more complicated than other browsers because you can't do this directly through the browser and need to use a third-party extension.

This extension is called Auto Refresh Blocker . After installing the extension, go to its options page chrome: // extensions, select Details , click Extension options and make sure to select " Disable Meta Refresh ".

1. Download Auto Refresh Blocker

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To add a site to a list that doesn't automatically refresh, navigate to that site in Chrome, then click the Auto Refresh Blocker icon at the top right and click on the Blacklist website.

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In addition, if you find that tabs are not open for a period of auto-refresh, you need to disable automatic tab discarding in Chrome Flags. To do this, type chrome: // flags in the address bar, search discarding and change Automatic tab discarding from Default to Disabled .

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Turn off Auto refresh feature on Firefox

The process of disabling automatic refresh on Mozilla browsers is much easier than Chrome. You just need to type about: config in the address bar, click Accept the risks related to changes in Firefox, then near the top right of the list, you will see accessibility.blockautorefresh .

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Right-click this option and click ' Toggle ' to change the value of ' false ' to ' true ' to turn off auto-refresh in Firefox.

Turn off Auto refresh in Edge

Microsoft Edge does not have a built-in function as well as a third-party extension that allows you to disable automatic refresh. Although technically, there are extensions to implement this function, but Microsoft is not too active, proactive in attracting developers to create Edge browser extension. Therefore, if you use this browser, you currently have no way to disable auto refresh feature.

Turn off Auto refresh on Internet Explorer

Perhaps many people wonder why now you still use Internet Explorer (IE) while it is no longer supported by Microsoft and updated. However, if you still use this IE browser, then this is a way to disable automatic refresh.

Click on the Start button, type internet options and select Internet Options in the search results. On the Internet Properties window, click Custom tab -> Custom level , then in the Security Settings window, scroll down until you find Allow META REFRESH and disable it then click OK .

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I wish you all success!

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