An almost annoying panorama is presented in different web pages, to which we have arrived because there is important information for us there. While we are reading the content of an article we start to listen and see unexpectedly some kind of video, something that distracts our attention and forces us to mute computer speakers; This situation is due to the fact that the auto-play mode is activated in Internet browsers.
In order to mute the speakers and not hear what the video is playing at that moment we could press a simple key or go to the notification tray, to operate the speaker icon and there, turn off the sound; If you do not want to review the content of these videos and on the contrary, you are looking for an alternative so that they are not shown automatically, we will teach you a little trick that you can use in any Internet browser where, we will deactivate this auto-reproduction.
Tricks to disable the autoplay of multimedia content
We will deal with the Google Chrome browser first, without meaning that it is more important than others. All you need to do is put the following in the browser's URL space:
chrome: // settings / content
Once there a window will appear, having to scroll down and specifically to the area of «Accessories«; you just have to check the box that says «click to run«; With this, if there is any multimedia element (especially video), it will not be reproduced unless you click on its respective play button yourself.
Disable autoplay Firefox
For all Mozilla Firefox users there is also a small solution, although it requires better treatment when trying to deactivate this auto-reproduction that we have suggested from the beginning; In this case, you just have to open the browser and write the following in the URL:
about: config
Once there you must write the following string (plugins.click_to_play) in the search space. Obviously a single result will appear, which you must configure as «False»As suggested in the image above. You must close and then open the Firefox browser for the changes to take effect. Once you do, every time you find a web page where these types of elements exist, it will not play automatically but rather, when you click it, something very similar to what we suggest in Google Chrome.
Disable autoplay in Opera
For users of the Opera browser there is also an excellent alternative with the same objective. All we need to do is direct us towards its "configuration", which you can do using the CTRL + F12 key combination. The window that will open will show you a few functions, and you should go to the one that says "Websites".
The image that we have placed at the top illustrates in a better way what you should do, that is, you have to activate the box where the plugin will stop the auto-reproduction of multimedia elements on a web page. The effect will be the same as suggested in the previous browsers.
Disable autoplay in Internet Explorer
As expected, Internet Explorer users also have the ability to disable this autoplay; Although the procedure is a bit more complex to follow, but the results will be the same as those presented in the other browsers that we discussed previously. We will suggest following the steps below for your better understanding:
- Open your Internet Explorer browser.
- Click on the small gear wheel located in the upper right.
- From there choose the option «manage add-ons«.
- A new window will open.
- Go to the first option (which generally says «Toolbar and Extensions").
- Use the slider on the right side to locate the Shcokwave plugin.
- Click on it with the right mouse button and choose the option «more information«.
- A new window will open.
- You must choose the option in the final part that says «Remove All Sites«.
With each of the tricks that we have mentioned, from now on you can visit any web page and you will realize that the videos will not play automatically but will wait, that you click on the respective button.