While you’re at it, while you’re here, you can block and allow different things on websites, such as that pesky sound. This lets you set absolute rules by website, so videos can autoplay on those you trust or be outright blocked on those you don’t. Once you’ve clicked the padlock, click “Site settings,” then click the dropdown next to Flash and select “Ask,” “Allow” or “Block” as required. You can, however, fine-tune which sites to block and allow the playing of Flash videos by clicking the padlock in the address bar when you’re on a site with Flash video. Control Flash Video Playback in Chrome #įlash videos are disabled by default in Chrome (the browser will ask if you want to play the video first).

Select the last option to block autoplay, at least as long as you don’t interact with the web page.

Click the dropdown next to Autoplay policy, and you’ll see four options:ĭefault – Autoplay is enabled No user gesture is required – Autoplay is enabled User gesture is required for cross-origin iframes – Autoplay is enabled for videos that aren’t hosted on other sites (linking to YouTube, for example) Document user activation is required – Video starts autoplaying as soon as you click or interact with the web page.

In your Chrome address bar, type chrome://flags/#autoplay-policy.

If you still want to block autoplay even when these criteria are met, you need to do the following: It will autoplay videos so long as their sound is muted if you click on the page somewhere or if you’ve frequently played media on that site before. So right now, Chrome isn’t too strict on autoplaying videos. They talked earlier in the year about implementing stricter autoplay policies, but then they rolled back the policy after HTML5 indie game devs complained that these policies had a terrible impact on their income. Disable Video Autoplay in Chrome #Ĭhrome’s autoplay policies have been going through a lot of changes of late, and it’s a little bit confusing now to know where they’re at exactly. We’ll show you how in the following guide.

Chrome autoplay video blocker