1. Introduction

2. Steps to follow

3. To read also

Introduction:

Are you often bothered by videos that start automatically running when you visit certain websites in Chrome? These are mainly advertisements and promotional and are the largest source of income for guests. In addition, videos are so annoying for users when they start on their own. But by using Auto-playStopper, an extension of Chrome, you can stop the automatic playback of videos on this browser.

AutoplayStopper is an official software extension. It was first created by the author of FlashStopper (one of the add-ons of Firefox). Once you've added it to Chrome, its icon is added to the browser toolbar. It works on almost any site that reads videos by itself when you visit them.

Now, we'll show you how to use this extension to stop auto-playing video on Chrome using AutoplayStopper.

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Stop autoplay of video on Chrome

To stop auto-playing video on Chrome using AutoplayStopper:

Download the AutoplayStopper extension

Steps to follow

You can easily download AutoplayStopper from the official Google Chrome browser store. Continue these steps below to get this chrome extension on your PC.

1. Go to the Chrome Web Store page by clicking the following link.

2. Type AutoplayStopper in the search bar.

3. A new AutoplayStopper tab opens on the browser. You can see an option in the upper right corner of the ADD TO CHROME page. Click on it to enter the extension.

AutoplayStopper

4. Another small window to add this extension to chrome appears on the page. Click Add extension with a view to continue further.

5. Finally, you see a confirmation message after successfully adding it to the browser. An AutoplayStopper icon is added next to the address bar (see screenshot).

Use the AutoplayStopper extension

This Chrome extension has a very simple way of using but means a lot to the users. You can follow the instructions below to stop autoplay videos from different websites.

1. Open the browser extension by clicking on its icon.

2. In the list of options, click Settings. A new window appears on the new tab.

3. AutoplayStopper allows you to disable videos for HTML5 and Flash video content separately. Therefore, you can go to Autoplay section and reach the default mode. A drop-down menu contains the Disable Autoplay and Allow Autoplay options. So, choose the one you prefer to go with.

4. To disable Flash video content, go to the Flash section and choose Disable Autoplay or Allow Detection from the drop-down menu of the default mode.

By accessing other options, you can customize your extension settings based on preferences from time to time.

Features of AutoplayStopper

1. This extension is very user-friendly because it supports both automatic blocking of Flash and HTML5 videos.

2. If you are blocking automatic playback of videos from a site, an icon will appear to help you easily understand which site is currently blocked.

3. After blocking a site, you can always play the video by clicking the button reading on the video.

4. The experts found that this extension worked in all sites after the search.

Playing videos automatically with sound is too boring. It disrupts concentration, consumes Internet data and CPU usage. This is good for sites because they collect revenue through these ads. If you no longer want to see this and you choose to disable, you have the extension AutoplayStopper optimized by Google Chrome. Use this one and navigate avoiding ad problems.

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