Stop Facebook Videos From Autoplaying

Talk about a trouble. Stop Facebook Videos From Autoplaying, You hop onto Facebook to catch up on your newsfeed, and all of a sudden, there's a video playing, without you tapping a thing. Maybe your bandwidth is metered and you do not desire Facebook videos to eat into your month-to-month allowance. Or perhaps you were sneaking an appearance on Facebook during a conference, and now all eyes are on you because you didn't have your sound soft. So much for being discreet.

 

Stop Facebook Videos From Autoplaying

Fortunately, although Facebook doesn't make it obvious, there are methods to disable the auto-play function, for both Web and mobile gain access to. All set to go back to video when you demand it? Take these steps to recover control over your Facebook feed.

Desktop (by means of Web web browser).

1. Go to your Facebook page and find the triangle at the upper right alerts bar. Tap the triangle, and select Settings.

2. Look along the left navigation pane for the Videos option. Keep in mind how the right of the pane has an alternative for Auto-Play Videos.

3. Tap on the down arrow to expose the choices menu. Pick whether you want Auto-Play on or off. Note there is no option here for the Web-based desktop view to only Auto-Play on Wi-Fi connections; this choice does exist on much of the mobile variations of Facebook.

Mobile.

Specific steps differ among the many Facebook app variants across various mobile gadgets. Ultimately, despite the variation you're utilizing, we recommend you enter into the settings menu and look there for a method to disable video Auto-Play.

That's how you'll do it on Android and iPhone, though for iPhone, the Auto-Play setting you're looking for is buried within the phone's settings, and is not available through the app itself-- as is typical for iOS apps.

1. Enter your Facebook app on Android and tap the 3 horizontal lines at far best to enter the settings menu. Scroll down until you see App Settings. On Samsung phones that still have a dedicated menu button to the left of the home button (as on the Galaxy Note 3), you can tap on that menu button, and and it will call up a menu at the bottom of the page with its own Settings alternative. Both App Settings and Settings cause.

2. Facebook General Settings page. Here, in the middle of the screen, sits the Video Auto-play option.

3. Tap on the choice to expose your options: On Wi-Fi only (a choice that keeps Auto-play allowed, but just when you're linked via a Wi-Fi network, thereby conserving precious megabytes from your mobile information strategy), and Off.

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