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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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." Nov 28, 2019 at 14:27
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It is a cookie maintained option. Do you clear your cookies regularly?– BurgiNov 28, 2019 at 15:01
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2no, but i want to maintain autoplay disabled even after clearing cookies? Nov 29, 2019 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. Jan 4, 2020 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.
I started having this issue since yesterday, I had to download and extension. I have no idea why Youtube autoplay is checked by default.
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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1That is because youtube/google wants it to be enabled by default, so you spend more time with it!– mtnessMar 19, 2022 at 10:02
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