How to Turn Off Autoplaying Videos and GIFs on Reddit
How to Turn Off Autoplaying Videos and GIFs on Reddit
Introduction
Hello there! You’ve probably been caught off guard by videos that play automatically on a website. They begin playing as soon as you load the page or when you start scrolling to catch your attention. Reddit also autoplays videos and gifs by default in card view. However, it’s pretty easy to turn it off.
Turning off Autoplay on Reddit Website
In this video, we will be looking at how to turn off videos and gifs from automatically playing on the Reddit website.
1. Click your username in the upper-right corner and select “User settings” in the menu.
2. Switch to Feed settings.
3. Within the content preferences list, toggle off the “Autoplay media” switch.
4. A notification would inform that changes are saved.
5. Gifs and videos are no longer auto-playing on Reddit.
Turning off Autoplay on Reddit Android App
Now let’s look at how to turn off the auto-play feature on the official Reddit Android app.
1. Launch the application on your phone, and come to its Home or Popular screen.
2. Click on your profile-picture seen at the top-left corner of the screen.
3. Then click on Settings.
4. Under View options, click on Autoplay.
5. Select Never to save changes.
Conclusion
I hope you found this information helpful. If you have any queries or comments, feel free to leave them below in the comments. Thanks for watching!
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