How do you stop Youtube videos loading?

Question

I follow a few blogs, and usually they will have a few youtube videos on. Sometiems I'll watch them, but if i stop after  a while cos the video was crap it will still carry on downloading like a 5 minute clip.
My internet speed is a really random so sometimes it will go really slow, so loading a youtube clip just kills the internet, so is there a way that i can completly stop it continuing to load while i read the rest of the blog (and atempt to watch other videos on it) or browse on other tabs. may some task manager for internet usage.
I have Firefox, in case theres a handy add-on that can do this.

B R · Accepted Answer

uh just hit the stop button next to the refresh and home button. it stops everything from loading

Me, Myself and I %(©¿©)% · Answer

Install the noscript add on & you can leave you tube off the whitelist, so it will not start unless you allow it:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722

If you want to have all flash blocked, then install the flashblock add on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433

If you load a page & it is taking a long time & you want to stop flash immediately, install the flash killer add on:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=flash+killer&cat=all

Anonymous · Answer

This is a challenging question, and one that has been confusing me for many years.

How do you stop Youtube videos loading?

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