How to Turn Off Autoplay GIFs and Videos on Twitter
When yourre being inundated with autoplay videos and GIFs all across Twitter, making the service feel more like Times Square than a social network where everyone fights, its time to make a change. Thats especially true if a bunch of Twitter userseither those you follow, or those sliding into your mentionsare blasting you with animated images to aggravate an actual medical issue you might have.
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No matter the reason, Twitter makes it incredibly easy to prevent media from automatically starting in your timeline. And you can disable this functionality for Twitters website and apps, its just a slightly different process for each platform.
On the web:
Heres the bad news: Twitters instructions for turning off autoplay on the desktop version of the website are wrong, so dont follow them. Instead, navigate to your Twitter Account Settings and click on Data usage. Click on Autoplay, and then select Never.
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On iOS / iPadOS / Android:
Pull up the Twitter app and tap on your face in the upper-left corner. Tap on Settings and privacy, tap on Data usage, and tap on Video autoplay. Select Never, and youll never be bothered by automatically playing videos or GIFs again.
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You can also turn off Media Previews in Twitters Display and sound section of its settings, if youd like to sanitize your app even more.
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