Facebook is now more than just chatting and sending messages to your friends. It is also a video content platform that offers videos in different categories. You can browse different videos for free and share them with others. You can also watch different videos on Facebook Watch.
Well, the videos can be a good entertainment dose but sometimes they can be embarrassing. Imagine a situation where an obscene dance video autoplay in loud sound when you are sitting in front of your parents. This auto-play video feature on Facebook is the only drawback of these videos. Instagram also has this AutoPlay feature. The good thing is you can turn off this Autoplay feature of videos.
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Let us learn how to turn off AutoPlay videos on Facebook. Follow the given steps:
How to Turn Off Auto-Play Videos on Facebook [ Web Version ]
We will use the desktop version of Facebook to turn off the Auto Play feature of Facebook. Let us learn how to do it step by step. If you follow the steps then the Autoplay videos on Facebook feature will be turned off for iOS and Android too.
Step 1:Open Facebook on your desktop in whatever browser you feel like.
Step 2: Click on the Profile icon in the top right corner.
Step 3: Look for the Settings and Privacy section
Step 4: Under this option click on the Settings option
Step 5: Under this tab click on the Videos option
Step 6: Under the videos, section look for AutoPlay videos section
Step 7: Under the same tab you will notice a drop-down menu having multiple options. Toggle the Off option to turn off the auto Play feature.
That’s all. Now you have successfully turned off the AutoPlay Videos Feature for Facebook.
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How to Turn Off AutoPlay Videos for Facebook ( Mobile )
Let us learn how to turn off the AutoPlay videos feature for Facebook in the mobile version.
Step 1: Open the Facebook app on your Android or iOS mobile phone.
Step 2. Click on the Profile icon on the top right corner of the Facebook.
Step 3. Now move on to the Setting section.
Step 4. Under the settings click on the Profile settings.
Step 5: Look for the Media and Contacts option under the Profile Settings page.
Step 6: Under the Media settings look for the Autoplay option.
Step 7: Now, check on the Never Autoplay Videos in the Choose When Videos Autoplay section.
That’s all. You have now succesfully turned off the AutoPlay videos feature of Facebook for the mobile version.
