Block videos from automatically playing on web pages.
Do you want to have control over when a video starts playing on a web page you’re visiting? If the answer is yes then you’re in luck, because Vivaldi gives you the power to control it.
- Head over to Settings > Privacy and Security > Default Permissions.
- For Autoplay, instead of the default Allow, select Block.
Next time you load a web page where videos usually start playing immediately, you’ll need click Play when you’re ready to watch the video.
![In the foreground, Autoplay settings are open in the Settings window. In the background, there's a Vivaldi window with a YouTube video by Tom Scott with a play button on the video, instead of a video captured mid play.](https://tips.vivaldi.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/26977/2023/02/Block-Autoplay-1024x576.png)