{"id":4243,"date":"2015-05-25T05:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=4243"},"modified":"2015-05-24T21:47:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T11:47:09","slug":"stop-video-autoplay-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/stop-video-autoplay-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Video autoplay in Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VideoAds650.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VideoAds650-300x212.png\" alt=\"VideoAds650\" width=\"200\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VideoAds650-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VideoAds650-150x106.png 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VideoAds650-78x55.png 78w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/VideoAds650.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Videos that automatically play as you scroll through your Facebook news feed&#8230;it\u2019s a pet hate of many Facebook users but you can switch it off.<\/p>\n<p>For Mac and PC users on the Facebook website simply click on the down arrow next to the padlock icon at the top right of the screen&#8230;select settings then videos and you\u2019ll see the option to change autoplay to <strong>OFF<\/strong> as the default setting.<\/p>\n<p>For Android and iOS devices the process is also the same but if you don\u2019t see the video option in settings you will simply need to get the latest version of the facebook app for your device.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Videos that automatically play as you scroll through your Facebook news feed&#8230;it\u2019s a pet hate of many Facebook users but you can switch it off. 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