How to block videos from autoplaying on Microsoft Edge

The solution to a recurring and irritating problem: automatic video playback. Microsoft Edge sets up a function allowing its users to block the start of videos automatically, directly on the web browser.

It can be very irritating in the long run to arrive on a web browser like Microsoft Edge and be overrun with a video ad, music, or trailer without clicking anything.It is often very cumbersome when you try to do a search and you are constantly bombarded with videos that you do not even have to weigh on “Play” yourself …

After Google Chrome and Firefox, it is Microsoft’s turn to introduce the automatic video playback blocking function for its users.This means that it is possible for us to modify the parameters set by default by the web browser.

Steps to block videos from autoplaying on Microsoft Edge

Here’s how to block videos from autoplaying on Microsoft Edge in just a few steps:

• Open Microsoft Edge web browser
• Click on the three small dots at the top right of the home page
• Click on “Settings” at the bottom of the menu
• Select “Cookies and site permissions” in the menu on the left
• Select “Auto-play media” completely at the bottom of the scroll menu
• Choose the type of reading you want among the following choices: “Limit” or “Authorize”

Directly with the new functionality, you can switch from an automatic reading “Allow” to “Limit”.

• Click on the three dots at the top right of the Microsoft Edge home page
• Click on Settings at the bottom of the scroll menu
• Select “Cookies and site permissions” in the left menu
• Select “Auto play media” at the bottom of the scroll menu
• Choose the type of reading you want: “Limit” or “Authorize”

Here is the good news! We will therefore stop being annoyed by all the videos that start playing on their own and that we cannot find on our web page