Finally, Netflix is offering a way to turn off auto-play previews -- here's how to do it

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From https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-turn-of-autoplay-on-netflix-2020-2

Finally, Netflix is offering a way to turn off auto-play previews — here's how to do it

Ben Gilbert 16 hours ago

• Netflix made a huge announcement for its hundreds of millions of subscribers on Thursday: You can finally turn off the autoplay function!

• Autoplay does exactly what it sounds like it does: It automatically plays either a preview of the title you're hovering over, or if you're watching a show, the next episode of the series. If you watched a movie or finished a show, it might automatically play a preview for another show or movie that you didn't choose to watch.

• "We've heard the feedback loud and clear," Netflix said in its announcement. "Members can now control whether or not they see autoplay previews on Netflix."

• Here's how to change the setting so Netflix no longer autoplays!

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[jberryhill]

1. Thanks, this is helpful

Those were driving me bananas.

Unfortunately, someone flagged this post as commercial spam.

[sl8]

2. De nada.

WRT it being flagged as spam, I wonder if that's partially due to me posting it in both the Lounge and the Netflix, Streaming Videos & DVDs group? If it was automatically flagged, I could see that being part of the algorithm. If it was flagged by a person, I don't see why.

On edit:
The auto-previews were driving me bananas, too. Some might try to tell you I was bananas long before Netflix even existed, but don't listen to them.

[jberryhill]

4. What they figured out

Is that people spend probably as much time browsing Netflix as watching content on it.

[surrealAmerican]

3. It's in the "manage profile" settings.

I'll be doing this.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. I'll be turning it off for sure

It's an annoyance I won't miss.

[csziggy]

6. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!

I hate when the previews begin while I am trying to pick my shows. This will make me like Netflix a lot more.

Thank you!