Youtube keeps pause-unpause in MS Edge only

Hakim Ulil 0 Reputation points
2026-10-06T10:06:39.4966667+00:00

whenever i play youtube video, it keeps looping in play-pause for video longer than 2 minutes. this only happen in microsoft edge (YT in chrome and firefox is working normally), and not in private mode (it works normally there). i already tried turing on-off my computer, turning off hardware acceleration, and removes all extension. i have it recorded but idk how to send it here

Microsoft Edge | Website issues | Windows 11

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  1. AI answer

    2026-10-06T10:06:54.4933333+00:00

    Since the issue happens only in regular Edge and not in InPrivate, the most likely causes are cached site data, an Edge setting, or a background/browser state issue rather than YouTube itself.

    Try these steps in order:

    1. Clear cached data for Edge
      • Go to Settings and more > History > Open history page > Delete browsing data.
      • Set Time range to All time.
      • Clear Browsing history and Cached images and files.
      • Test YouTube again.
    2. Turn off background apps in Edge
      • Open edge://settings/system.
      • Turn off Continue running background extensions and apps when Microsoft Edge is closed.
      • Restart Edge and test again.
    3. Check whether hardware acceleration is actually disabled in the current session
      • Open edge://gpu.
      • Review Graphics Feature Status.
      • If video-related items still show hardware acceleration in use, toggle Use graphics acceleration when available again in edge://settings/system, restart Edge, and retest.
    4. Use Browser Task Manager while the problem happens
      • In Edge, press Shift+Esc.
      • Sort by CPU or Memory.
      • Watch for a tab, subframe, or utility process that spikes when YouTube starts the play-pause loop.
      • End the affected process and see whether playback stabilizes.
    5. Check media diagnostics while YouTube is playing
      • Open edge://media-internals in another tab.
      • Reproduce the issue.
      • Check the player properties for the codec and decoder path, such as codec: h264 or codec: avc1, and whether Edge is using FFmpegVideoDecoder, D3D11VideoDecoder, or MediaFoundationVideoDecoder.
      • If the decoder path looks unstable, recheck edge://gpu and the graphics acceleration setting.
    6. Update Edge
      • Go to Settings and more > Settings > About Microsoft Edge.
      • Install any available update, then test again.
    7. If regular mode still fails, reset Edge settings
      • The context supports clearing browsing data and disabling extensions/background behavior. Since InPrivate works and extensions were already disabled, resetting the regular profile state is the next likely fix path.

    If the problem continues, collect these details before escalating:

    • Edge version from edge://settings/help
    • GPU report from edge://gpu
    • Media playback logs from edge://media-internals
    • Active policies from edge://policy
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  2. SD - IA 180.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-10-06T10:44:11.7033333+00:00

    Hi,

    I will walk through a few steps with you. Some of these are just to help figure out what is wrong, not to fix it right away. So if nothing changes after a step, that is normal. I will keep going until we solve it.

    As a troubleshooting step, install Edge Development version please from this link:

    https://c2rsetup.edog.officeapps.live.com/c2r/downloadEdge.aspx?platform=Default&source=EdgeInsiderPage&Channel=Dev&language=en&Consent=1&brand=M103

    This software installs separately to your Edge environment. Please test your issue in Edge Dev version and let me know.

    I look forward to hearing from you to get the results of the troubleshooting.

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  3. SD - IA 180.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-10-06T11:27:48.59+00:00

    Perfect, so it is a problem with the current Edge Release. Have you done an Edge Reset from 3 dots > Settings > Reset > Reset MS Edge to Defaults?

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