Netflix is one of the most widely used and popular video streaming platforms around the globe. It gives a lot of features and some awful features that users don’t ask for, and the autoplay backup video preview feature is one of those features. It was likely to be most frustrating because you couldn’t use Netflix to play the next episode of the series. Customers have complained about this annoying autoplay feature for years.
If you have used Netflix, then you will know that the autoplay video preview appears on the homepage of Netflix, where you will find a preview appear on the video at the end of the video that seems to watch the next episode. Today, Netflix announcedand released the most-awaited Netflix feature, which users have been asking for a while. Meanwhile, you can now disable autoplay functionality on your Netflix.
There is also a new Skip automatically preview update on the homepage, which allows you to stop Netflix’s next video from playing. Likewise, this autoplay feature was requested by Netflix, which rolled out autoplay way back in 2014. The best thing is that Netflix finally rolled out the Turn Off and On feature for video previews.
How to Stop Netflix Autoplay
Netflix offers two different types of autoplay settings. Which you can tweak from the settings, and these settings are specific to your profile. You will need to manually change the settings to disable the Netflix autoplay feature.
How do I disable autoplay previews while browsing on all devices?
- Open “Netflix.com” on your device on the web.
- Sign in with your Netflix account on the web.
- Click on “Manage your profile.”
- Uncheck the option “Autoplay the next episode in a series on all devices.”
- That’s it: saves settings and exits the Manage profile settings.
How do I disable autoplay for the next episode in a series on all devices?
- Open “Netflix.com” on your device on the web.
- Sign in with your Netflix account on the web.
- Click on “Manage your profile.”
- Uncheck the option “Autoplay the next episode in a series on all devices.”
- That’s it. Save Settings and exit the managed profile settings.
Note: It takes some time to reflect your account, or you can merely log out and log in again and then apply the setting again to disable the Netflix autoplay settings.
If you didn’t find the option to turn autoplay on or off in the Netflix app?
Currently, the Netflix app doesn’t come with a disabled autoplay feature, including on smartphones, tablets, or TV platforms, while you can use your mobile device and visit Netflix.com in the browser to change the settings.