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I have set to block auto play in options but videos still start, some full size, some go to the top right corner but still play. Skiptomaincontent Switchlanguage Skiptosearch SearchSupport Search Home SupportForums Firefox Stoppingautoplay Search QuestionTools Getemailupdates Getemailupdates whenanybodyreplies. whenasolutionisfound. Cancel Subscribetofeed Tags customize desktop Firefox84.0 Windows10 QuestionDetails Product: Firefox Topic: Customizecontrols,optionsandadd-ons SystemDetails: Windows10 Firefox84.0 Moresystemdetails AdditionalSystemDetails Application UserAgent:Mozilla/5.0(WindowsNT10.0;Win64;x64;rv:84.0)Gecko/20100101Firefox/84.0 Seealso HowdoIstopautomaticdownloadofvideos? Autoplay Videosautoplayingevenwithallthenewsettings WebXRPermissionInfoPage AlloworblockmediaautoplayinFirefox Fixcommonaudioandvideoissues Avoidsupportscams.Wewillneveraskyoutocallortextaphonenumberorsharepersonalinformation.Pleasereportsuspiciousactivityusingthe“ReportAbuse”option. LearnMore Thisthreadwasarchived. Pleaseaskanewquestionifyouneedhelp. Stoppingautoplay 4 replies 2 havethisproblem 4390 views Lastreplyby Jonathan 1yearago Jonathan 1/8/21,2:28PM moreoptions Quote Ihavesettoblockautoplayinoptionsbutvideosstillstart,somefullsize,somegotothetoprightcornerbutstillplay. Cansomeonetellmehowtoseteachoftheautoplaysettingsinabout.configIdon'twanttomesswithitwhenIamunsure. IhaveWindows10Version20H2(OSBuild19042.685andFF84.0.2 Thanksinadvance Ihavesettoblockautoplayinoptionsbutvideosstillstart,somefullsize,somegotothetoprightcornerbutstillplay. Cansomeonetellmehowtoseteachoftheautoplaysettingsinabout.configIdon'twanttomesswithitwhenIamunsure. IhaveWindows10Version20H2(OSBuild19042.685andFF84.0.2 Thanksinadvance Chosensolution Youcanlookattheseprefsonthetheabout:configpagetoseewhatsettingsworkforyoutoblockautoplay. media.autoplay.default=5[0:allow;1:blockAudible;2:Prompt;5:blockAll] media.autoplay.blocking_policy=2 media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages=false media.autoplay.block-event.enabled=true Youcanopentheabout:configpageviathelocation/addressbar. Youcanacceptthewarningandclick"Iaccepttherisk!"tocontinue. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay Readthisanswerincontext 👍1 AllReplies(4) jonzn4SUSE Top10Contributor 1/8/21,2:36PM moreoptions Quote Canyouprovidealiketoanyvideothatautoplaysforyou? Whatdoyouhavesethere?seescreenshot Canyouprovidealiketoanyvideothatautoplaysforyou? Whatdoyouhavesethere?seescreenshot Jonathan Questionowner 1/8/21,3:00PM moreoptions Quote SettingssameasyourscreenshotinFFoptions https://www.foxnews.com/ SettingssameasyourscreenshotinFFoptions https://www.foxnews.com/ cor-el Top10Contributor Moderator 1/8/21,3:04PM moreoptions Quote ChosenSolution Youcanlookattheseprefsonthetheabout:configpagetoseewhatsettingsworkforyoutoblockautoplay. media.autoplay.default=5[0:allow;1:blockAudible;2:Prompt;5:blockAll] media.autoplay.blocking_policy=2 media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages=false media.autoplay.block-event.enabled=true Youcanopentheabout:configpageviathelocation/addressbar. Youcanacceptthewarningandclick"Iaccepttherisk!"tocontinue. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay Youcanlookattheseprefsonthetheabout:configpagetoseewhatsettingsworkforyoutoblockautoplay. *media.autoplay.default=5[0:allow;1:blockAudible;2:Prompt;5:blockAll] *media.autoplay.blocking_policy=2 *media.autoplay.allow-extension-background-pages=false *media.autoplay.block-event.enabled=true Youcanopentheabout:configpageviathelocation/addressbar. Youcanacceptthewarningandclick"Iaccepttherisk!"tocontinue. *https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox ---- *https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-autoplay Jonathan Questionowner 1/8/21,3:10PM moreoptions Quote Cor-el TwoofmysettingsweredifferentsoImadethechanges. Itappearstohaveworked! Thankyousomuch. Cor-el TwoofmysettingsweredifferentsoImadethechanges. Itappearstohaveworked! Thankyousomuch.