# Prevent autoplaying of text to speech

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/prevent-autoplaying-of-text-to-speech/293>\
**Category:** Card Design\
**Created:** [June 18, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/prevent-autoplaying-of-text-to-speech/293 "2020-06-18T20:27:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/prevent-autoplaying-of-text-to-speech/293/4 "2021-05-12T10:31:30Z")

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I personally don’t know  
but I did some digging and here’s what I found:

> [@Disabling audio autoplay for certain fields](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/disabling-audio-autoplay-for-certain-fields/6318/4):
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> Unfortunately, it did not work. But I found another code on Reddit that worked: \<script\> var elem = document.querySelector(".soundLink, .replaybutton"); // AnkiMobile & AnkiDroid / AnkiDesktop if (elem) { elem.click(); } \</script\> But the problem with this code is that, when you disable the autoplay, it still plays the first audio. Is there a solution for this? Thanks in advance.

[https://anki.tenderapp.com/discussions/ankidesktop/23193-disable-autoplay-for-specific-fields](https://anki.tenderapp.com/discussions/ankidesktop/23193-disable-autoplay-for-specific-fields)

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