nickgaya / autohalt

A web extension to turn off autoplaying of suggested content on YouTube, Facebook, Hulu, and other sites.

AutoHalt

A web extension to turn off autoplaying of suggested content on YouTube, Facebook, Hulu, and other sites.

Take back control of your media viewing experience! Prevent sites from automatically playing suggested content after the content that you have selected.

AutoHalt works by scanning the website's user interface for an element such as a checkbox or button that can be clicked to disable autoplay. The extension only simulates user interactions and does not directly modify the page's content.

Supported websites

AutoHalt currently supports the following websites.

• YouTube: Turns the "Autoplay" switch to off. The user can manually re-enable autoplay by clicking the switch again. If viewing a playlist or queue, videos will play automatically until the end of the list.

  The extension also turns off the Autoplay switch on YouTube Music when available. However in some cases, such as playing an individual song, the site does not give the user an option to disable autoplay functionality.

• Facebook: Clicks the "Cancel" button on the "Up Next" prompt at the end of a video.

• Hulu: Turns the "Autoplay" switch to off in the video player settings. The user can manually re-enable autoplay by clicking the switch again.

• Twitch: When viewing VODs, prevents the next video from autoplaying by clicking the "More Suggestions" button.

• Vimeo: Turns the "Autoplay next video" toggle to off. The user can manually re-enable autoplay by clicking the toggle again.

• Gfycat: Turns the "Autoplay Related GIFs" switch to off. The user can manually re-enable autoplay by clicking the switch again.

Functionality for each site can be enabled or disabled individually in the extension preferences.

Maintenance

AutoHalt uses "hand-crafted" selectors to interact with the sites listed above. Over time, this functionality may cease to work as websites change and update their interface design. If you notice that AutoHalt is not working on a supported website, please file a GitHub bug report with the URL where the issue was observed and any other relevant details.