How to stop autoplaying videos on Facebook and save your phone’s data

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All those videos playing while you scroll your Facebook timeline are eating up your data — and you’re probably not even watching them. What a waste!

Facebook’s autoplay videos are annoying and unnecessary. Thankfully, there’s a simple way to stop them from playing on your smartphone.

Open your Facebook app, and hit the three little lines at the bottom-right corner.

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Then go to settings.

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From there, hit “account settings.”

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To get to video settings, tap “videos and photos.”

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You can change the autoplay settings here.

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The final step is choosing “never autoplay videos.”

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And that’s it! This should save you some data, battery life and peace of mind.

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