How to stop autoplay videos on YouTube homepage

YouTube recently released a new feature for its Android app that can be quite annoying:autoplay videos on startup source. You may have noticed that as you scroll through the main YouTube feed in the Android app, videos automatically start playing while muting.

The feature is similar to hovering over a video on a YouTube video thumbnail in your browser and playing a few seconds of the content. Except on your phone, just go ahead and add subtitles.

So technically, if you're a glutton for punishment, you can watch that little video from the home screen, without the audio, and read the subtitles instead.

While some people like it and it can be a useful way to see the first few seconds of a video and decide if you want to watch it or not, here are some complaints worth mentioning.

You can use your data if you don't have it set to WiFi only
If you decide to watch the video, you will have to scroll to the beginning of the video if you want to watch it with sound.
It can drain your battery.
Most importantly, if you watch too long (which by YouTube standards seems to be longer than 10 seconds), the video is added to your watch history.

Adding these videos to your watch history means that pausing for a few seconds too long while scrolling could negatively affect your YouTube recommendations.

How to stop videos from autoplaying in the YouTube app

How to stop autoplay videos on YouTube homepage

Turning the feature off or setting it to WiFi only is thankfully a very easy process:

Tap your profile picture in the top right corner.
Tap Settings> Autoplay> Autoplay at home.
You can select Off to turn it off completely, or Wi-Fi only to make sure your data isn't eaten.

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