Video Blocker

Block videos from playing.

What is Video Blocker?

Video Blocker is a Chrome extension that enhances your browsing experience by stopping autoplay videos on various web pages. This handy tool prevents all web videos from playing automatically, reducing CPU usage especially on pages with high content updates. It also includes a whitelisting feature where users can specify trusted domains. If you want to play a video, simply click on it. The application's latest versions include multiple bug fixes, better language translations, as well as an updated framework. Streamline your browsing with Video Blocker!

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By: Ben Plowman

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Users: 10,000+

Rating: 3.50 (123) ▼ 0.02

Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2022-10-27)

Creation date: 2020-02-06

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
activeTab
storage

Size: 2.02M

Email: be*****@gmail.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 7578 ▲ 49

Other rankings

#411 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 1 #28 in video keyword 88 #208 in overlay keyword 33

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Summary

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Video Blocker stops annoying autoplay videos before they start.

Prevents all web videos from automatically playing on pages.
Allows you to whitelist specific domains like youtube.com where you want videos to play.
Allows you to enable a single video by clicking on the video directly.
If you find a video this extension is not currently blocking, I'd love to hear about it. Hit me up on twitter @benplowman.

New in version 1.2 (October 2022):

Fixed a bug where several languages were poorly translated.
Migrated to the latest version of the Chrome Extensions framework (manifest v3)

New in version 1.1:

Fixed a bug where some videos were no longer being blocked.

New in version 1.0:

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Works on major websites like YouTube and Instagram
Stops all unwanted video content effectively
Provides a simple link to actually play the video if wanted

Cons

Doesn't work on all websites
Some users experienced issues with videos still playing in the background
Not effective for blocking certain types of video content, such as news clips

Most mentioned

Works on major websites like YouTube and Instagram
Doesn't work on all websites
Videos still playing in the background
Not effective for blocking certain types of video content

Recent reviews

聖少女魔王闇姬, 2024-06-05

does not block YT

Deja Vu, 2024-05-19

this actually works, fantastic, and even better now I can use it on Microsoft edge chromium, if the overlay on the video could be optionable it would be perfect

Adrian Bee (Broken Hill Australia), 2020-09-03

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Safety

Risk impact

Video Blocker may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.