A guide on how to Turn off Facebook auto-play videos on your PC, iphone, ipad and Android.
Facebook in their infinite wisdom have decided that by default, videos will automatically play on users machines.
If this annoy’s you or you want it back to how it was before follow this guide:
Login to Facebook.
Next click the little arrow in the top right of the screen and click Settings.
Next click the Video text link on the left sidebar.
Lastly, click the On or Off selection in the small box on the right.
For iphone and ipad users do the following:
- Launch the Settings app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.
- Scroll down and tap on Facebook.
- Now tap on Settings.
- Under the Video section, turn On the option for Auto-play on WiFi only.
For android devices:
For android devices, open facebook on your device, slide screen to right, click on settings. Click on “only play video on Wifi”. Essential option otherwise facebook will eat data on a mobile plan/ on.
This will only turn auto-play videos off when using your data connection and not over wifi.
Now you can enjoy scrolling through your Facebook feed without them annoying auto-play videos, thanks for reading.
The next tip is also in relation to Facebook. Remove the Messenger application on mobile phones & iPad