Los Netflix menus they are extremely attractive, dynamic and very intelligent, since they fill the contents according to your preferences and viewing history. These features are tremendously useful for the users, especially those who are indecisive and do not know what to watch, however, there are some other features that bother you. Like the trailers that play themselves. Or the chapters that start automatically. These two functions are a nuisance, and we are going to teach you how to deactivate them.
Too much distraction on Netflix
They are very beautiful, it must be said, but the Netflix menus can be too distracting with so many trailers and so much recommended content. The interface has evolved in recent years to a carousel distribution in which to highlight the original content with large covers, the content most viewed by the community and the category section.
The problem for some is that every time you move through a movie or series, the interface auto play trailer so you can quickly see what the plot of what you are about to see is about. But this has several problems.
On one side are those who hate watching trailers, and they're partly right. There are some trailers that directly break the movie, so it is normal that many prefer not to see anything to enjoy the movie or series to the fullest, spoiler free and prepared to receive surprises.
On the other hand, there is the issue of distraction. Having the trailer appear for every piece of content you select in the menu is especially annoying. Have you had that typical moment when you stop browsing the menu, look at your phone, and the trailer repeats itself over and over again in the background? We understand you perfectly.
And let's not talk about data consumption. If you use a mobile application on your phone or tablet, movie trailers are probably responsible for consuming a large part of your data, so it is quite interesting to be able to deactivate this function to take a little more care of the health of your data rate.
The chapters do not stop playing
Another matter is to go from chapter automatically. There are days when you want to go from one chapter to another without stopping, but others where it is better to stop with the film session and rest. Those who want to go step by step will surely be bothered by the function of auto play next chapter, so there is nothing better than deactivating it so that you can finish watching the chapter calmly and do not have to run for the remote to stop playback.
How to turn off playing trailers and auto-trailers
To get Netflix to automatically stop playing the previews of its content, you just have to enter the settings of the account you are using to disable the autoplay function. The only handicap that you should take into account is that this configuration is not available in the Netflix Smart TV application, so you will have to do it by visiting the official website from your computer or from your mobile phone.
The steps are as follows:
- Enter Netflix, and on the profile selection screen, click on Manage profiles.
- This will activate the editing buttons of each profile you have, and it will be there when you have to click on the avatar of the profile you want to edit.
- The next menu will display the default language options, profile name and age rating settings, and we'll also see a couple of options in AutoPlay Controls.
- It will be in this section where you will see the option "Automatically play the advances while browsing on all devices".
- Deactivate this option and press the save button.
Your profile will now be set to not play trailers and trailers for every piece of content you select in the menus, so you won't be bothered by autoplay videos again.
How to turn off autoplay next episode
The other option that could be interesting is to deactivate the automatic reproduction of the following chapters. If you want to finish an episode and decide for yourself whether to continue watching or not, you will have to deactivate the function that is activated by default. The steps to follow are those:
- Enter Netflix, and on the profile selection screen, click on Manage profiles.
- This will activate the editing buttons of each profile you have, and it will be there when you have to click on the avatar of the profile you want to edit.
- The next menu will display the default language options, profile name and age rating settings, and we'll also see a couple of options in AutoPlay Controls.
- It will be in this section where you will see the option “Automatically play the next episode of the series on all devices”.
- Deactivate this option and press the save button.
Now you can rest without fear of the next chapter starting almost without warning.
Does it affect all users?
If you have more than one profile in your Netflix account, you should take into account that the selected settings will only affect the profile in which it is modified, so that other users can continue to have automatic playback activated unless they Deactivate it yourself in your profile settings.
Can I view the progress manually?
Even if you have the autoplay function of the trailer disabled, you will still be able to watch it if you wish. To achieve this, all you have to do is enter the content you want to see and click on the "Watch trailer" option. You should bear in mind that not all the series have presentation trailers, nor all the movies have trailers, so the commented option will not always be available. What you will not be able to enjoy again is the automatic reproduction of the chapter. Once it's disabled, you'll still need to manually select playback. But that's what you wanted, right?