# Video Auto-Pause

> Automatically pauses all videos and disables autoplay.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `pause-all-videos`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** kouamDev
- **Category:** appearance,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 54
- **Weekly downloads:** 9
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-03
- **First published:** 2025-08-12
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/pause-all-videos/)

## Description

<strong>Take back control of your browsing!</strong>

Autoplay videos are everywhere: on social media, news sites, and blogs. They can be distracting, consume bandwidth, and create unexpected audio interruptions.

Video Auto-Pause v2.0 is the simple and effective solution. Once installed, it detects and automatically pauses all videos on any webpage. Now you can also pause videos manually, either on the current page or across all tabs, and use convenient keyboard shortcuts.

<strong>Key Features</strong>
<ul><li>Universal Blocking: Works on most websites, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and news sites.</li><li>Automatic or Manual Control: Toggle auto-pause or manually pause videos via the popup.</li><li>Pause on Current Page or All Tabs: Stop videos wherever you want with one click.</li><li>Keyboard Shortcuts: <code>Ctrl+Shift+K</code> for current page, <code>Ctrl+Shift+Q</code> for all tabs.</li><li>Lightweight &amp; Fast: Won’t slow down your browser or impact page load.</li><li>Privacy-Focused: No data is collected, stored, or transmitted.</li></ul>
Install Video Auto-Pause and enjoy a quieter, more pleasant web today, now with full manual control.

## Rankings

- #15,597 — Overall
- #11 — pause
- #25 — cause
- #69 — pleasant
- #250 — video ads

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `scripting`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/pause-all-videos)