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Hi
I've upgraded to chromium edge but now videos are autoplaying again. I had this disabled on classic Edge but can't work out how to do this on the new version.
I've set "Media autoplay" to "Limit" in the "Site Permissions" section of settings but this doesn't seem to have had any effect at all (yes, I've restarted Edge / Windows).
I had also had this problem with dev / beta builds of Edge but hadn't got around to chasing it up until it became my primary browser.
In particular it's annoying on the MSN new pages linked to from the new tab page in Edge when they all have autoplaying video.
Thanks
Managing media playback issues and settings in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
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Why isn't there an option called "Block"?
You'll probably find that the block option has to be enabled. Copy the next line into the address bar and press Enter:
edge://flags/#edge-autoplay-user-setting-block-option
Once this flag is enabled, you should see Block on the autoplay options menu.
Hi MichalTadeas and thanks for reaching out. My name is Joseph. I'm an independent advisor. I'll be happy to help you out today.
I would suggest you refer to the below steps and check if it helps to resolve the issue.
I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let me know how it goes.
Thank you!
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Hi Ash,
I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.
In the new Microsoft Edge, the option of automatic playback is limited.
However, you can install an extension like autoplayblocker from the Chrome web store to disable Autoplay. (You may have to enable extensions from other store).
Hi @himanshujaim , after using google chrome for 12 years, I finally moved to MS Edge (both Mac and Windows) this past weekend. The reason. Media Autoplay control. I did find the option and set it to Limit. Unfortunately it does nothing. I already tried cnn.com and abcnews.com and both sites play videos automatically anyway. I have reset the site settings just in case, but no difference.
I have very limited bandwidth. I pay by the megabyte (NOT gigabyte). I need to be able to control when I download stuff. Muted but auto playing video is even worse as sometimes I dont even know its playing and downloading in the background while I am reading the article.
PLEASE add a hard "NO autoplay" option. Please let me decide how I use my bandwidth.
thank you!
If you go to chrome://flags/#autoplay-policy in the browser, it will give you an option to enable a Block option in the regular settings. It works so far on the sites I have tried. I'm glad for the Chrome documentation out there, since there's not much for Edge. Fortunately they mostly work the same.
Thanks for the suggestion, but that flag was removed a long time ago. I just checked and it still is not there. I looked at all the available and unavailable flags and its no longer there.
I use chrome
Version 85.0.4183.102 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Hi @himanshujaim , after using google chrome for 12 years, I finally moved to MS Edge (both Mac and Windows) this past weekend. The reason. Media Autoplay control. I did find the option and set it to Limit. Unfortunately it does nothing. I already tried cnn.com and abcnews.com and both sites play videos automatically anyway. I have reset the site settings just in case, but no difference.
I have very limited bandwidth. I pay by the megabyte (NOT gigabyte). I need to be able to control when I download stuff. Muted but auto playing video is even worse as sometimes I dont even know its playing and downloading in the background while I am reading the article.
PLEASE add a hard "NO autoplay" option. Please let me decide how I use my bandwidth.
thank you!
If you go to chrome://flags/#autoplay-policy in the browser, it will give you an option to enable a Block option in the regular settings. It works so far on the sites I have tried. I'm glad for the Chrome documentation out there, since there's not much for Edge. Fortunately they mostly work the same.