Many websites have the auto-refresh feature that keeps updating your timeline even as you are reading the data. This is especially so on webpages that have content being updated almost immediately – may be on a sports page where the score is being displayed. You can stop this auto-refreshing, to avoid the confusion and to stop Internet Explorer from going in for the unwanted download of data – thereby saving your money and your time in relocating the data that you were looking at.
Disable auto-refresh in Edge browser
Microsoft Edge doesn’t have a built-in function that allows you to block auto-refresh of webpages. You will have to download & install a Chrome Extension called Auto Refresh Blocker or Stop AutoRefresh.
Disable IE auto-refresh
To disable Internet Explorer from automatically refreshing a web page: This should stop many websites from refreshing automatically when they are set to auto-refresh. Please note that some websites (including Twitter) do not use Meta Refresh to refresh your webpage. In fact, the use of meta refresh by websites is decreasing, and many prefer to use Java Scripts or HTTP redirection headers. If you intend to stop them, you will have to ask Internet Explorer to stop processing JavaScript, which is not recommended. You can disable scripts and script behavior using the same Custom Level dialog box (Step 6 above). TIP: This post shows how to stop a web page from auto-refreshing in Chrome or Firefox. If you need assistance with stopping scripts, just leave a comment, so that we can try and assist you accordingly.
