# Auto-Pause Videos

> Automatically pauses videos when you leave a tab or window and resumes them when you come back.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-pause-videos](https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-pause-videos)

## Overview

- **ID:** `auto-pause-videos`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** thedoctor
- **Category:** tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-07
- **First published:** 2026-08-04
- **Size:** 29 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/auto-pause-videos/)

## Description

Automatically pauses videos when you leave a tab or window and resumes them when you come back.

## Rankings

- #113,236 — Overall
- #67 — pause
- #207 — cause

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-pause-videos)