Microsoft Edge now limits videos from playing automatically

You won’t have to deal with unwanted autoplay videos in the latest version of Microsoft Edge.

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What you need to know

Microsoft Edge received an updateto version 92 last week. The latest build of the browser brings new password health features and a handful of other new options. It also changes the default setting to limit videos from playing automatically (viaGHacks).

Starting with Edge 92, the browser limits videos from playing automatically by default. With this setting enabled, the browser will allow some videos to automatically play while limiting others. It determines which videos to play based on how you’ve visited and interacted with websites in the past. For example, if you go to YouTube regularly, the browser should continue to play videos automatically.

This functionality was available before Edge 92, but it was disabled by default.

If you want to block videos from playing automatically, there’s also an option for that. You have to enable it through edge://flags:

After you’ve enabled this option, you can block videos from playing automatically. To edit autoplay settings:

The latest version of Microsoft Edge limits videos from playing automatically by default. You can also enable an option to block autoplay videos.

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