How to turn off Autoplay videos on iPhone and iPad

In this article we can guide How to turn off Autoplay videos on iPhone and iPad. You’re doom scrolling in a public place, and suddenly your phone rings! Waking up, you realize it’s from a video playing automatically on your device. Now, that’s really annoying! Additionally, letting videos play automatically will drain your data pack and battery life. So, to avoid both, let me tell you how to turn off autoplay videos on iPhone and iPad.

I made sure to include steps for all the major entertainment apps that you use on a daily basis. So, without further ado, let’s begin.

How to stop videos from automatically playing on iPhone

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Accessibility → Motion.
3. Toggle off Auto-Play Video Previews.

This is how you can stop videos from automatically playing in system apps on your iPhone.

Stop autoplay videos in App Store

If you want to stop autoplay only in App Store, follow these steps:

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap App Store.
3. Select Video Autoplay.
4. Choose Off from the available options.

Turn off autoplay videos in Photos app

1. Go to Settings → Photos.
2. Toggle off Autoplay Videos and Live Photos.

Disable autoplay videos in Facebook

1. Open Facebook and tap Menu () in the bottom-right corner.
2. Tap Settings & Privacy → Settings.
3. Scroll down and tap Media under Preferences.
4. Here, select Never Autoplay Videos.
   If you only want to disable sound for autoplay videos, toggle off Videos start with sound.

Note: According to Meta, you must update the app if you don’t see Media in your iPhone’s Facebook app settings.

Turn off Video autoplay in Twitter

1. Launch the Twitter app on your iPhone.
2. Tap the profile icon from the top-left corner.
3. Select Settings and Support → Settings and privacy.
4. Tap Accessibility, display, and languages.
5. Select Data usage.
   
   
6. Tap Video autoplay.
7. Choose Never.
   
   
8. Launch the Twitter app on your iPhone.
9. Tap the profile icon from the top-left corner.
10. Select Settings and Support → Settings and privacy.
11. Tap Accessibility, display, and languages.
12. Select Data usage.
    
    
13. Tap Video autoplay.
14. Choose Never.
    
    

You can also select on Wi-Fi only to autoplay videos only when connected to Wi-Fi. Also, if you toggle Data Saver on, it will also turn off AutoPlay.