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Pausing a .gif animation in Google Chrome

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Mar 15, 2026130456 views

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Is it possible to "pause" an animated gif file in Google Chrome? If so, how do I do it? I've tried Esc without luck. I'm aware that other browsers can do this using the Esc key I thought I saw a similar question on here before but couldn't find it - close as dupe if you can find it

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Nope, not yet. There is a feature request to add it to Webkit (which is what Chrome is based off of).

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Pausing a .gif animation in Google Chrome

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