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How to turn off auto playing videos on Facebook

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-turn-auto-playing-videos-facebook' title="How to turn off auto playing videos on Facebook"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/07/how-to-facebook-video-hero.jpg?itok=r6n3dEIl' />[/url]</p> <p class="intro">Facebook makes it easy to embed video to share with friends and family, but that video can be obtrusive and annoying.</p> <p>Facebook's default status is to automatically play the video once it loads. I'd prefer it not to do that, because I don't like my attention — or my Mac's attention — getting hijacked like that. There's an easy way to fix the video auto-play problem. It doesn't involve mucking up your Mac with content blocking software or web browser plug-ins. It's right there in Facebook's preferences.</p> <p>Once you've changed this setting, you will see video thumbnails on Facebooks, with a big white play button in the center. Clicking on the video will start it.</p> <h2>How to turn off Facebook video auto play on your Mac</h2> <ol><li>Open Facebook in your web browser.</li> <li>Click the downward facing arrow on the right side of Facebook's navigation bar.</li> <li>Select <strong>Settings</strong>.</li> <li>Click on <strong>Videos</strong> in the left sidebar, below <strong>Support Box</strong>.

<a href='http://www.imore.com/how-turn-auto-playing-videos-facebook' title="How to turn off auto playing videos on Facebook"><img src='(http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/07/facebook-video-prefs-1.jpg)?itok=Z4OvGO8N' />[/url]</li> <li><strong>Auto Play Videos</strong> is the second option in that window. Its default setting is to automatically play videos. If you click the Default button, you can change it to On or Off.

<a href='http://www.imore.com/how-turn-auto-playing-videos-facebook' title="How to turn off auto playing videos on Facebook"><img src='(http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/07/facebook-video-prefs-2.jpg)?itok=fZN5MdDy' />[/url]</li> <li>Click on the Facebook icon in the upper left corner of the window or close the web browser and you're done.</li> </ol><p>Now you won't have to worry about anything annoying, disturbing, or downright offensive smacking you in the eyes every time you open your Facebook feed.</p> </div></div></div><br clear='all'/>

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