I want to disable this very annoying youtube autoplay feature on my web browser. I try to disable it using youtube UI but after some time it turns on and autoplay starts working again! I am using Firefox 70 on Ubuntu. The answer from 2015 on this site doesn't seem to work for me.
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There is a toggle above the "play next" list on the right. – Burgi Nov 27 '19 at 9:18
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On the left of your playing video there is a list of videos that will be played next. At the top there of that list there is a toggle switch to enable or disable autoplay.
This image shows the switch in disabled mode:
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1"I try to disable it using youtube UI but after some time it turns on and autoplay starts working again! I am using Firefox 70 on Ubuntu." – Azatik1000 Nov 28 '19 at 14:27
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1no, but i want to maintain autoplay disabled even after clearing cookies? – Azatik1000 Nov 29 '19 at 13:28
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I believe this is possible with some javascript magic. I just can't figure out what exactly to do and need an advice. – Azatik1000 Jan 4 '20 at 13:58
I'm with you, I can't stand this feature. I don't log in to Youtube and I browse in private mode so autoplay is enabled every time I close the browser.
I wrote a userscript that checks if autoplay is enabled every 10 seconds, and disables it if so:
https://openuserjs.org/scripts/thomper/Disable_Youtube_autoplay
The usual applies: no warranty, have only tested it on Firefox with TamperMonkey (Works On My Machine™), etc.
Though if it doesn't work for you, you can open an issue on OpenUserJS and I might have time to look into it.
Now we need an answer for todays YouTube which feels you MUST watch the next thing ... like it or not... get ready with the close tab seems the only option these rude people force on us to stop autorun (now YouTube spams another way).
