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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, 2019 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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    "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."
    – reflex0810
    Nov 28, 2019 at 14:27
  • It is a cookie maintained option. Do you clear your cookies regularly?
    – Burgi
    Nov 28, 2019 at 15:01
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    no, but i want to maintain autoplay disabled even after clearing cookies?
    – reflex0810
    Nov 29, 2019 at 13:28
  • That is not possible I am afraid.
    – Burgi
    Nov 29, 2019 at 23:08
  • I believe this is possible with some javascript magic. I just can't figure out what exactly to do and need an advice.
    – reflex0810
    Jan 4, 2020 at 13:58
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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.

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I started having this issue since yesterday, I had to download and extension. I have no idea why Youtube autoplay is checked by default.

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This seems to require an extension now. The current UI for YouTube has the auto-play toggle built into to player. It is always on by default each time you go to the site after having left. After several tries I found "Disable YouTube Auto Play" which still works and doesn't try to do anything else. I am not linking because google may very well break things again in the future.

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