Tutorial: Practical steps to prevent videos on twitter from playing automatically

Tutorial: Practical steps to prevent videos on twitter from playing automatically

Twitter is very interesting and has lots of features. Recently several users/people have been complaining of data reduction/loss. It happens regularly. Here is what happens, once you visit your twitter page you get to lose your browsing data  at a faster rate .This happens each time you scroll through your twitter timeline.

However, here is a practical solution.  Users can prevent this unfortunate occurrence by following the procedures  highlighted below:

=>Kindly  sign in to your twitter account, click on your profile picture and select “settings and privacy” option.
=>Immediately this opens, locate “content” option, and  precisely under video tweets,  ensure you uncheck the box having “video Autoplay”
=>Once that is done, click save changes, fill in your password then click “save changes again”
After these has been implemented, video automatically playing  on your twitter feed will be disabled and your data will be saved.

However, if you are making use of the twitter app, either on your iphone or your android device, the procedure is not the same as the tutorial given above, its totally different.
For the  Autoplay issue to be settled on your iphone  or android device while using the twitter app, just follow the procedure below.
• Instantly Launch the App,
• Right click on your profile page
• Click on the settings icon, once that is done click settings and privacy
• Proceed to data usage > video Auto play
• Locate mobile data & WiFi and set it to “never”
• Click the back arrow, then click done
After this, your twitter videos wont automatically play any further. Should you have any additional information, dont hesitate to use the comments box