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If you are signed in to an 18-and-older account on YouTube, when one video finishes, the next will start playing automatically. This feature is called “Autoplay.” Furthermore, as you browse videos on YouTube, silent previews of videos will appear on your feed. Autoplay on YouTube can be annoying and use up unnecessary bandwidth. Luckily, you can turn off autoplay easily. This wikiHow article teaches you how to disable autoplay and previews on mobile devices, desktop computers, smart TVs, and game consoles.
Quick Steps
- Open YouTube and select your account icon.
- Select the Settings/gear icon.
- Scroll down and select Playback .
- Turn the “Autoplay next video” option off.
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Open YouTube and tap your account icon. It's in the lower-right corner of the YouTube app on your Android, iPhone, or iPad. This displays your account menu.
- This method will disable the feature that automatically plays a new video when the previous one ends.
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Tap the Gear/Settings icon. It’s in the upper-right corner. This displays the Settings menu.Advertisement
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Scroll down and tap Playback . It’s below the “Video and Audio Preferences” menu.
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Tap the toggle switch next to “Autoplay next video.” This stops the next video from automatically playing when the current video finishes.
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Open YouTube and tap your account icon. It's in the lower-right corner of the YouTube app on your Android, iPhone, or iPad. This displays your account menu.
- By default, the video at the top of the YouTube app will show you a preview on mute automatically. This method will disable the feature.
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Tap the Gear/Settings icon. It’s in the upper-right corner. This displays the Settings menu.
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Tap General . It’s the first option in the Settings menu. It’s next to an icon that resembles a gear.
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Tap Playback in feeds . This displays options for playback previews at the top of YouTube while you browse.
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Tap one of the playback options. There are three options you can choose from. They are as follows:
- Always on: This option will always preview the top video on the YouTube app.
- Wi-Fi only: This option will only preview videos when you are connected to Wi-Fi.
- Off: This option disables auto-preview of videos in the YouTube feed.
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Go to www.youtube.com in a web browser. This is the official website for YouTube. By default, autoplay is turned on for all 18-and-older accounts on YouTube. You can disable this within the video playback on a computer.
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Play a video. You can enable or disable autoplay directly in the video playback. You start playing any video you want to view.
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Click the Autoplay toggle switch. It’s at the bottom of the video playback. This enables and disables autoplay of the next video when the current video is finished playing. [1] X Research source
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Go to www.youtube.com in a web browser and click your profile icon. It’s in the upper-right corner of the YouTube website. If you have not set a profile image, it will be a colored circle of your initial.
- By default, when you hover your mouse cursor over a video on the YouTube website, you will see a preview of the video on mute. This method will disable that feature.
- If you are not signed in to your YouTube account, click Sign In in the upper-right corner and sign in with the username and password associated with your Google account.
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Click Settings . It’s near the bottom of the menu that expands when you click your profile icon.
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Click Playback and performance . It’s in the menu bar to the left.
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Click the toggle switch next to “Video previews.” It’s at the bottom of the Playback and performance menu. This enables and disables mouse-over previews while you browse YouTube.
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Open the YouTube app on your game console or smart TV. By default, autoplay is turned on automatically for all 18-and-over accounts. You can disable this in the Settings menu. To do so on your TV, launch the YouTube app on your game console, smart TV, or streaming box.
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Navigate to the Settings menu. To do so, press the left button to navigate to the menu bar to the left. Then select Settings at the bottom of the menu bar.
- If you are currently watching a video, you may need to cancel the video and return to the browsing menu.
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Select Autoplay next video . It’s near the top of the Settings menu.
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Select Off . This turns off autoplay on all TVs and devices connected to your YouTube account.
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1Open the YouTube app on your game console or smart TV. If you don’t want videos to preview on mute as you browse using the TV app, you can disable the feature in the Settings menu.
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2Navigate to the Settings menu. To do so, press the left button to navigate to the menu bar to the left. Then select Settings at the bottom of the menu bar.
- If you are currently watching a video, you may need to cancel the video and return to the browsing menu.
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3Select Previews . It’s near the top of the Settings menu.
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4Select Off . This disables previews as you browse YouTube on your TV.
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