Turn On or Turn Off Play Animations, Sounds, and Videos in Web Pages

When these options are selected, animations, sounds and videos will be allowed to play when Web pages are displayed. Turned off, the visual experience will often improve for people who have low vision or who are sensitive to screen flashing. Turning off these options often also helps pages display quicker. This procedure tells you how to turn on or turn off Play animations in Web pages, Play sounds in Web pages, and Play videos in Web pages through Internet Options in Control Panel.

Mouse actions

Keyboard actions

On the Start menu:

Select Control Panel

Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key [image: Windows logo key] ).

Select Control Panel by pressing C.

In Control Panel:

Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View.
Select Internet Options.

In Control Panel:

Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
Press ENTER.
Move to Internet Options by pressing the arrow keys.
Press ENTER.

In the Internet Properties dialog box:

Select the Advanced tab.

In the Internet Options dialog box:

Move to the Advanced tab by pressing CTRL+TAB.

On the Advanced tab, under Settings: Multimedia:
Select any or all of these options by selecting or clearing the check boxes:

Play animations in web pages.
Play sounds in web pages.
Play videos in web pages.

On the Advanced tab, under Settings: Multimedia:
Select any or all of these options by pressing the DOWN ARROW key and SPACEBAR.

Play animations in web pages.
Play sounds in web pages.
Play videos in web pages.

To save your settings and close the dialog box:

Select OK.

To save your settings and close the dialog box:

Press ENTER.

To close Control Panel:

Select the Close button.

To close Control Panel:

Press ALT+F, C.

[image: Control Panel: Internet Options: Advanced tab: Settings: Play animations, sounds, and videos in Web pages]

Control Panel: Internet Options: Advanced tab: Settings: Play animations, sounds, and videos in Web pages

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Turn On or Turn Off Play Animations, Sounds, and Videos in Web Pages

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