Autoplay Videos On Facebook
Luckily, although Facebook doesn't make it obvious, there are methods to disable the auto-play function, for both Web and mobile access. Ready to return to video when you require it? Take these steps to recover control over your Facebook feed.
Desktop (through Web internet browser).
1. Go to your Facebook page and discover the triangle at the upper right notices bar. Tap the triangle, and select Settings.
2. Look along the left navigation pane for the Videos alternative. Note how the right of the pane has an option for Auto-Play Videos.
3. Tap on the down arrow to expose the options menu. Pick whether you want Auto-Play on or off. Keep in mind there is no choice here for the Web-based desktop view to just Auto-Play on Wi-Fi connections; this alternative does exist on many of the mobile versions of Facebook.
Mobile.
Particular actions vary among the many Facebook app versions throughout different mobile phones. Ultimately, despite the variation you're utilizing, we advise you go into the settings menu and look there for a way to disable video Auto-Play.
That's how you'll do it on Android and iPhone, though for iPhone, the Auto-Play setting you're searching for is buried within the phone's settings, and is not accessible by means of the app itself-- as is common for iOS apps.
1. Enter your Facebook app on Android and tap the three horizontal lines at far right to go into the settings menu. Scroll down up until you see App Settings. On Samsung phones that still have a devoted menu button to the left of the house button (as on the Galaxy Note 3), you can tap on that menu button, and and it will phone a menu at the bottom of the page with its own Settings choice. Both App Settings and Settings cause.
2. Facebook General Settings page. Here, in the middle of the screen, sits the Video Auto-play option.
3. Tap on the option to reveal your options: On Wi-Fi only (a choice that keeps Auto-play allowed, but just when you're linked via a Wi-Fi network, thus conserving valuable megabytes from your mobile data plan), and Off.
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