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How to disable automatic video playback on web pages？
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Unless I am missing something, this feature was moved to require a flag that is still present in the Stable channel, but was removed in more recent builds. It is not present in my Canary or Dev channel installations.See this post from April 23:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/so-many-removed-flags-in-edge-canary-version-84-0-494-0/m-p/1333069It also appears in the Top Feedback post as Planned, with no date in the May 28 post:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/top-feedback-summary-for-may-28/m-p/1424603 with a snip for the entry showing "on this list" for 40 weeks at that timeI hope I am missing something, but look forward this feature coming back in the future.
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The good news is that this should be an easy setting change. We addressed this on our https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/whats-new page a little while ago, so you should be able to follow the steps below:
Hopefully this addresses your question. If not, just let us know and we'd be happy to look into this further.
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
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Unless I am missing something, this feature was moved to require a flag that is still present in the Stable channel, but was removed in more recent builds. It is not present in my Canary or Dev channel installations.
See this post from April 23:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/so-many-removed-flags-in-edge-canary-version-84-0-494-0/m-p/1333069
It also appears in the Top Feedback post as Planned, with no date in the May 28 post:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/top-feedback-summary-for-may-28/m-p/1424603 with a snip for the entry showing "on this list" for 40 weeks at that time
I hope I am missing something, but look forward this feature coming back in the future.
Thank you for your reply.
I've found #edge-autoplay-user-setting-block-option in the stable version.
In addition, I found that directly using uBlock Origin's feature to block all scripts on the site can directly and effectively block the page from automatically playing the video.Deleted sauravyad500 ms4132
Thank you all for sharing your thoughts, and yes, you are correct: the flag has since been disabled. The good news is that this thread prompted an internal discussion, and one of our engineering teams is looking into potential next steps for blocking autoplay. We appreciate the feedback!
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge