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.
What is No AutoPlay?
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.

Extension stats

By: jccovey
Users: 92 ▼ -2
Rating: 2.75 (8)
Version: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2017-12-06)
Creation date: 2017-12-06
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 4.17K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Chrome extensions? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Chrome Web Store.

Extension summary

Limited to YouTube videos.

The extension will not prevent HTML5 videos hosted on other websites auto-playing, but for YouTube videos, the extension will pause the video when the page loads.

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
View all user reviews

Extension safety

Risk impact

No AutoPlay requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

No AutoPlay has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Upgrade to see risk analysis details

Similar extensions

Here are some Chrome extensions that are similar to No AutoPlay: