How to Solve YouTube not Playing on Chrome

Updated Jul 06,2018 | by Cody

Google Chrome is arguably the best web browser available right now. It’s certainly the most popular among mobile and desktop users. However, even the best and most popular software can have hiccups. You might encounter that YouTube stops working/playing on Google Chrome, for example, it doesn’t load, stay blank, or the Chrome freezes or crashes while loading a YouTube video. For now, no need to have tension because in this article we are going to teach you how to solve the video not playing on Google Chrome in several methods below.

Method 1: Allow Flash on the site

If you encounter an error message of “Click to enable Adobe Flash Player" or a message about downloading Flash, it means the site needs permission to use Flash.

In this case, you need to allow Flash to run on websites that you trust.

1. Go to the site with the video.

2. To the left of the web address, click Lock.

3. To the right of "Flash," click the Arrows.

4. Choose Always allow on this site.

5. At the top left, click Reload.

Method 2: Clear Chrome Cache

Some videos issues are caused by Chrome something saved in your cache or browser data.

If you have no idea how to clear the browser cache, follow these steps.

1. Open Chrome to click More Point to More tools and click Clear browsing data…

2. Ensure the checkbox next to Cookies and other site and plugin data and Cached images and files are ticked.

3. Obliterate the items from the beginning of time to delete all data.

4. Click Clear browsing data.

5. Restart Chrome to see if the YouTube video plays.

Method 3: Check the extension

Extensions can be another cause. Try to disable all extensions one by one to find out the extension that causes the problem.

Follow steps below to disable the extensions.

1. Access Settings in Chrome.

2. Next to the extension, uncheck the box next to Enable. This will temporarily disable the extension. If you want to uninstall the extension, click Remove  .

3. Check to see if the YouTube video plays.

Method 4: Update Chrome

Videos and games sometimes need the latest version of Chrome.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.

2. At the top right, click More .

3. Click Update Google Chrome. If you don't see this button, you're running the latest version.

4. Click Relaunch.

Method 5: Reset Chrome settings

1.On your computer, open Chrome.

2. At the top right, click More Settings.

3. At the bottom, click Advanced.

4.Under the section "Reset," click Reset.

5. Confirm by clicking Reset Setting.
 

Method 6: Switch to Another Browser

If above methods don’t work for you and you have to watch the YouTube video, you can try another browser like Firefox.

Method 7: Download YouTube video to Computer or iPhone/iPad/iPod  

If the above methods don’t work for you and you have to watch the YouTube video, so you can use IOTransfer directly download online YouTube video to your computer or iPhone/iPad/iPod. IOTransfer support download online video from YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc. You can download IOTransfer to have a try.

1. Copy the YouTube video URL 

2. Free download IOTransfer, and install the program on your PC.

3. Run IOTransfer, go to VIDEOS, paste the URL into the address bar, and simply click “Download” button to download YouTube video directly.

If you want to transfer the YouTube videos to your iOS devices, simply click the “iPhone” button on the right.

Besides YouTube, you can also download videos from other various popular video sites like Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo, and etc. You just need to take the same steps to download and save the videos from these sites to your iOS device and computer.

That’s all about solving the video not playing on Google Chrome. Hope these solutions are helpful for you.

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