How Do You Stop a Gif in Html?

How do you pause a GIF in HTML?

You can show an (animated) GIF and overlay a pause/play button on top of it — which is really a / element. When toggled, a (non-animated) JPG inside covers the GIF, effectively “pausing” it.
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It seems to effectively not load the GIF until you explicitly press play, so that’s an option too:

1. HTML.
2. CSS.
3. JS.

28.07.2020

How do you stop a GIF from playing?

When animated GIFs load in IE, just hit the Esc key and they stop moving.
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If you want to stop animated GIFs forever:

1. Go to Internet Options (via the Tools menu “gear” at the upper right)
2. Select the Advanced tab.
3. Scroll down to Multimedia to uncheck “Play animations in web pages.”

15.06.2017