How to stop videos from auto-playing on Facebook
Facebook says the videos that play automatically in
your News Feed make for "an easier way to
watch," but it's highly unlikely you want every native video in your stream coming to life.
watch," but it's highly unlikely you want every native video in your stream coming to life.
If automatically playing
videos drive you insane, we can help. With only a few simple trick in your
settings, it's easy to keep clips static as you scroll through your feed.
Have a look through our
easy-to-follow walk through below to learn how to turn off auto-playing videos - on both web and mobile.
For computers:
Go to your options
drop-down menu in the top right.
Click "Settings"
Select the
"Videos" link on the left.
Turn the "Auto-Play
Videos" from "ON" to "OFF"
For Phones and tablet apps-
You can adjust your
auto-play settings to On, Wi-Fi only or Off. If auto-play is On, the data used
depends on the amount of time you spend watching a video. If you scroll past an
auto-play video in News Feed, your phone will use less data than if you stop to
watch it for a longer period of time. If auto-play is set to Wi-Fi only, no
data will be used.
To adjust your auto-play
settings:
Open the Facebook app
Tap your phone's menu
button
Tap Settings
Scroll down and tap Video
Auto-play
Choose an option
iPhone and iPad
Go to your phone or
tablet's settings
Scroll down and tap
Facebook
Tap Settings
Below Video tap Auto-play
Choose an option
ios devices
Disabling Auto-play from
you iOS device Settings won't work anymore.
Here's what you have to do
now in order to disable Auto-Play :
1. Open Facebook app
2. Tap on More ( Three bars
on the bottom right corner )
3. Select Settings from the
settings section on the bottom
4. Select Videos and Photos
5. Select Auto-Play
