Facebook video (Facebook Watch) has been launched about 4 years ago and — since then — Facebook really, really wants to watch those clips. They are very often nested between friend posts on your home feed and they will often blare out in full sound while you are innocently scrolling through.
There is a way to set the videos to play with muted sound by default. Or to not play automatically at all. Interested? Here’s how to do it
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How to mute or disable Facebook video autoplay on iPhone
Go into the Menu tab on the bottom right
Scroll down and tap on Settings & Privacy
From the drop-down, choose Settings
Menu → Settings & Privacy → Settings
In the menu that opens, scroll down and look for Videos and photos
You can find your autoplay settings here. Set them to taste
Videos and photos → Autoplay
How to mute or disable Facebook video autoplay on Android
Tap the sandwich menu in the top right
Scroll down and tap on Settings & Privacy
From the drop-down, choose Settings
Menu → Settings & Privacy → Settings
In the menu that opens, scroll down and look for Media and Contacts
To mute videos, turn off “Videos in News Feed Start With Sound”
For more options, choose the Autoplay sub-menu
Here, you can disable autoplay entirely
Media and Contacts → Start with sound → Autoplay
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