No Pause Playback Free

Keeps audio and video playing when you switch tabs. Blocks player popups. Optional: answers "Continue watching?" on YouTube.

No Pause Playback Free 100% free, forever. No premium tier, no ads, no data collection. Tired of your music or video stopping every time you switch tabs? No Pause Playback Free keeps your media playing no matter where you navigate. It also blocks popup tabs that some sites open when you click the video player. You can turn this off with its switch. On YouTube and YouTube Music, it can answer the "Video paused. Continue watching?" box for you, so a long playlist keeps going. Its switch is off until you turn it on. Another switch, also off at first, moves a playing video into a picture-in-picture window when you switch tabs, on https sites that your browser allows. Your browser asks once for each site. Muted videos and videos embedded from another site stay in the tab. How to use: 1. Visit the website where you want uninterrupted playback 2. Click the No Pause Playback Free icon in your toolbar 3. Click "Enable for this site" 4. Done! Your media will keep playing when you switch tabs The extension only activates on sites you choose. You are in full control. How it works: Many websites detect when you leave the tab and automatically pause playback. Some also open popup tabs when you click the video player. This extension blocks both, so your experience stays clean and uninterrupted. Features: - You choose which sites to enable, full control - Keeps media playing when you switch tabs, no page reload needed - Blocks popup tabs from clicks on the video player, on until you turn it off - Keeps YouTube and YouTube Music playing past the "Continue watching?" box, off until you turn it on - Optional picture-in-picture when you switch tabs, off until you turn it on. Your browser asks once for each site - Works automatically once enabled for a site - Lightweight, no background processes, no performance impact - Privacy-first, collects zero data, makes zero network requests We believe tools that improve your browsing experience should be accessible to everyone. We are committed to building and maintaining free, high-quality browser tools for the long term. Love this extension? Leave us a review! Your feedback helps us improve and lets others discover this tool. Having an issue? Drop us a note in the reviews and we will address it. Built by Builder Wrench — free browser extensions and AI-readiness developer tools. More at builderwrench.com