# Feature request : autoplay off

**URL:** <https://forum.newsblur.com/t/feature-request-autoplay-off/9103>\
**Category:** idea\
**Created:** [December 11, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.newsblur.com/t/feature-request-autoplay-off/9103 "2021-12-11T17:47:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Chuck\_Lane](https://forum.newsblur.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@Chuck\_Lane](https://forum.newsblur.com/u/Chuck_Lane)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.newsblur.com/t/feature-request-autoplay-off/9103/1 "2021-12-11T17:47:30Z")

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I feel Iike it should be possible to always switch autoplay to false for YouTube videos with some regex.

Thoughts? Maybe it could be a user preference

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**Author:** ![samuelclay](https://forum.newsblur.com/user_avatar/forum.newsblur.com/samuelclay/32/857_2.png) [@samuelclay](https://forum.newsblur.com/u/samuelclay)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.newsblur.com/t/feature-request-autoplay-off/9103/2 "2021-12-13T15:34:19Z")

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Is this for iOS? It’s got a ticket and needs a higher priority if it’s going to get done. It achieves a higher priority if folks post on this thread or similar so I know to move it up.

> <https://github.com/samuelclay/NewsBlur/issues/1362>
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> Can we figure out how to either turn off audio or to prevent auto-playing audio?… Here's the forum post: https://forum.newsblur.com/t/newsblur-cuts-off-background-audio/8035/5

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**Author:** ![Chuck\_Lane](https://forum.newsblur.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@Chuck\_Lane](https://forum.newsblur.com/u/Chuck_Lane)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.newsblur.com/t/feature-request-autoplay-off/9103/3 "2021-12-13T15:57:19Z")

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It is on IOS

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**Author:** ![Chuck\_Lane](https://forum.newsblur.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@Chuck\_Lane](https://forum.newsblur.com/u/Chuck_Lane)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.newsblur.com/t/feature-request-autoplay-off/9103/4 "2021-12-13T16:00:24Z")

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The [boingboing.net](http://boingboing.net) does it on some posts.