How to Autoplay a Video Element Using JavaScript

Ciprian on Friday, September 28, 2018 in JavaScript DOM, Methods, Events and Scopes
Last modified on Monday, May 16, 2022

The latest Chrome version has stopped video autoplay if the video is not muted. Firefox and the other browsers will soon follow suit. Here’s a quick way to mute the video and autoplay it when the page has loaded:

function toggleMute(element) {
    element.muted = true;
    element.play()
}

window.addEventListener('load', () => {
    setTimeout(() => {
        toggleMute(document.querySelector('video'));
    }, 1000);
});

That’s it! Enjoy!