No AutoPlay

Pauses any HTML5 videos that would autoplay. Click to play the video when you want to watch it, not when you open the browser tab.

No AutoPlay: Stop autoplaying videos

No AutoPlay is a Chrome extension that pauses autoplaying HTML5 videos, specifically on YouTube. It allows you to decide when to play the video rather than being forced to watch it when opening the browser tab.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
By: jccovey
Users: 96
-7
Rating: 2.75
(8)
Version: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2017-12-06)
Creation date: 2017-12-06
Size: 4.17K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

YT vids still autoplay
by Jason Ruchel, 2024-03-10

Works well and videos in the background don't play. Works as expected
by Oliver, 2020-08-21

Werkt als een van de weinige. Super!
by Eric T, 2018-05-10
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Extension safety

Risk impact

No AutoPlay requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of No AutoPlay. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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