Talk about a trouble. Facebook Video Autoplay, You hop onto Facebook to capture up on your newsfeed, and suddenly, there's a video playing, without you tapping a thing. Perhaps your bandwidth is metered and you don't want Facebook videos to eat into your regular monthly allowance. Or perhaps you were slipping a search Facebook during a meeting, and now all eyes are on you due to the fact that you didn't have your sound soft. So much for being discreet.

 

Facebook Video Autoplay

Thankfully, even though Facebook doesn't make it apparent, there are methods to disable the auto-play function, for both Web and mobile access. Ready to go back to video when you demand it? Take these actions to reclaim control over your Facebook feed.

Desktop (via Web internet browser).

1. Go to your Facebook page and find 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 a choice for Auto-Play Videos.

3. Tap on the down arrow to reveal the options menu. Select whether you want Auto-Play on or off. Note there is no option here for the Web-based desktop view to only Auto-Play on Wi-Fi connections; this choice does exist on much of the mobile versions of Facebook.

Mobile.

Specific steps differ amongst the lots of Facebook app variants throughout various mobile devices. Eventually, no matter the variation you're utilizing, we recommend you enter into the settings menu and look there for a method 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 looking for is buried within the phone's settings, and is not available by means of the app itself-- as is common for iOS apps.

1. Enter your Facebook app on Android and tap the 3 horizontal lines at far best to enter the settings menu. Scroll down until you see App Settings. On Samsung phones that still have a devoted menu button to the left of the home 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 result in.

2. Facebook General Settings page. Here, in the middle of the screen, sits the Video Auto-play choice.

3. Tap on the choice to expose your choices: On Wi-Fi just (a choice that keeps Auto-play made it possible for, but just when you're linked through a Wi-Fi network, thus saving precious megabytes from your mobile information plan), and Off.

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