YouTube Autoplay Disabler

YouTube Autoplay Disabler

Extension to disable YouTube's autoplay 'feature'. This implementation is pragmatic, so no fancy code: we just get the job done.

What is YouTube Autoplay Disabler?
YouTube Autoplay Disabler is a free and open-sourced Chrome extension that efficiently disables YouTube's autoplay feature. It provides a pragmatic solution without unnecessary code complexity. Check out the GitHub repository for more details and installation instructions.
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Stats
Users: 134 ▲ 5
Rating: 3.12 (17)
Version: 0.2.1 (Last updated: 2021-04-29)
Creation date: 2018-06-15
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 374.78K
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Summary

Free and open-sourced alternative for disabling YouTube's autoplay "feature"

Checks if YouTube autoplay is on and, if it is, disables it.

https://github.com/lucianoratamero/youtube-autoplay-disabler

User reviews
by Ha Kami Ha Kami, 2024-02-20

It works for me. It's simple but it gets the job done. Sometimes i just click on a video to have it open so i can watch it later and i don't actually want to watch it yet so this extension prevents the video from playing until i want to watch it.
by Osiris Z Osiris Z, 2022-10-04

thanks, been looking for a simple extension like this for a while
by Kayon Kayon, 2022-05-19
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Safety
Risk impact

YouTube Autoplay Disabler is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

YouTube Autoplay Disabler has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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