Guide: Disable YouTube Auto Play

As of today, I no longer see the option to turn off YouTube's auto play feature and even when I did disable it while it was there, when a video ended, sometimes the next suggested video would play automatically making me feel a sudden rush to quickly stop the next video which I probably don't wanna see anyway.

Here is how I managed to disable this nuisance for good.

1) Install Tampermonkey

2) Right click on the Tampermonkey icon and choose options, then click on the + sign on the top left of its menu page to add a new script

3) Delete everything that is in the default template then copy/paste the below code without the C ode word on the top:

Code:

// ==UserScript==
// @version 1.0.2
// @name Removes the autoplay up next feature
// @match *://www.youtube.com/*
// @run-at document-start
// @grant none
// @noframes
// ==/UserScript==
(function () {
'use strict';
function removeAPUN() {
var autoplaybar = document.getElementsByClassName('autoplay-bar')[0];
if (autoplaybar) {
autoplaybar.removeAttribute('class');
document.getElementsByClassName('checkbox-on-off')[0].remove();
}
}
window.addEventListener('readystatechange', removeAPUN, true);
window.addEventListener('spfdone', removeAPUN);
}());

4) Finally, click on the save icon button on the top left

 

Or click "Turn off Auto Play" play on the right side under the video.

I do still see that button though. Might want to clear the browse cache.

 

Just cleared my cache and reopened Chrome, the Auto Play toggle is gone! Hence why I created this thread

Please check for Chrome updates then clear your cache then see if it's there or not. either way, this is a fail safe method as it always works.

 

Just did

 

Mine is gone:

 

Try switching to cinema mode, or maybe try disabling IDM to check if its interfering. IDM has interfered with some stuffz before. Is it happening to other people as well ?

 

not gonna bother, at least here's the guide to disabling that garbage

Cannot live without IDM

 

Yeah the toggle is now in cinema mode, it was removed only on normal view.

 

ohhh and in all the years I've been watching YouTube videos, I just came to know about this cinema mode