# Netflix Will Now Let You Disable Its Awful Autoplaying Feature

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Netflix [announced](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1225506511184703493) today that subscribers [will now be able to disable the autoplay functionality](https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21126867/netflix-autoplay-feature-disable-homepage-episodes-series) that occurs on its homepage. The Verge reports:

 ![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/b/7/b708ad1a1a1f7e95b3556e9969b05b75264b597c.png)

People can choose to disable autoplay in two different formats: one that automatically starts the next episode in a series and one that autoplays previews while browsing. Netflix rolled out an option to disable autoplay with episodes in a series way back in 2014, but this new setting specifically relates to the autoplay previews on the homepage.

_Both features have amassed tons of complaints from subscribers and creators. Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Knives Out director Rian Johnson [tweeted](https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/974662865268367362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E974662865268367362&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.polygon.com%2F2018%2F3%2F16%2F17130506%2Fnetflix-autoplay-previews-trailers-rian-johnson) his “current favorite console game: navigating Netflix without triggering autoplay promos.” There are Reddit threads, YouTube videos, and, of course, tweets from angry customers [who have asked Netflix to please](https://www.polygon.com/2018/3/16/17130506/netflix-autoplay-previews-trailers-rian-johnson), for the love of all that’s good in the world, stop with the annoying autoplay features. One person was so frustrated that they created an entire Twitter [account just to ask Netflix to please stop](https://twitter.com/stopautopreview?lang=en)._

- Users can visit [an updated help page](https://help.netflix.com/en/node/2102) on Netflix’s website to learn how to disable the function.