# YouTube AutoPlay/Pause

> Automatically Pauses YouTube video when you switch to another tab and plays it again when you come back.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-autoplay-pause`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Rajat Jain
- **Category:** photos-music-videos,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-06-16
- **First published:** 2024-06-15
- **Size:** 8.63 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-autoplay-pause/)

## Description

Automatically  Pauses YouTube video when you switch to another tab and plays it again when you come back.

## Rankings

- #96,429 — Overall
- #58 — pause

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `http://*/`
- `https://*/`

### Content script matches

- `www.youtube.com`

## 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/youtube-autoplay-pause)