Prevent YouTube from playing videos instantly

Prevent YouTube from playing videos when a tab is opened and not highlighted.

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Prevent YouTube from playing videos instantly is available for download. It had 12 active users before it was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-03-09, and it has been downloaded from Chrome-Stats 2 times. The latest version is 1.5, and it was published 2 years ago. Be careful when installing it.

All available versions

You can find the current and older versions of Prevent YouTube from playing videos instantly here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.

As a free user, you can only download the latest version.

How to install Prevent YouTube from playing videos instantly from a CRX file

Option 1: The easy way (for Windows users only)

1. Download and run chrome-stats.exe file on your PC. This method will allow you to install Chrome extensions directly from chrome-stats.com in one click. You only need to do this once!
2. Type in chrome://restart in the URL bar to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
3. Download and install the Prevent YouTube from playing videos instantly CRX file

Option 2: Advanced method

1. Download Prevent YouTube from playing videos instantly CRX file
2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to use option 1, or download the ZIP file instead.
3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer mode
5. Drag and drop the downloaded Prevent YouTube from playing videos instantly CRX file into the Extensions page
6. When prompted, click Add extension to install Prevent YouTube from playing videos instantly.

How to install Prevent YouTube from playing videos instantly from a ZIP file

1. Download and unpack the Prevent YouTube from playing videos instantly ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
2. In Chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions
3. Enable Developer mode.
4. Click on the Load Unpacked button.
5. Select the directory of with the unpacked Prevent YouTube from playing videos instantly ZIP file from step 1. Prevent YouTube from playing videos instantly is now installed on your browser.

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