# Turn off loading icon **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** chromecast, roku\ **Created:** [October 8, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/turn-off-loading-icon/749186 "2021-10-08T04:27:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrianCT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@BrianCT](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BrianCT)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/turn-off-loading-icon/749186/1 "2021-10-08T04:27:51Z")
May sound like a weird request, but anyone know of a way to turn off the loading icon? I was going to use Plex to do a projector of halloween relatively short clips set to play at random, but it really kills the vibe to have a circle loading icon between each scene. Playing on 2020 chromecast, but also could use a newer roku or laptop. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/turn-off-loading-icon/749186/2 "2021-10-08T08:48:21Z")
There’s a feature suggestion you could vote for – though there seems to be little demand/interest so far > [@Option to turn off loading overlay](https://forums.plex.tv/t/option-to-turn-off-loading-overlay/421966): > > Would love to have the option to turn off the loading information overlay when a file starts playing. I use a preroll and it kind of ruins the point when 5 Seconds of the preroll is covered by the title poster and timeline ---
**Author:** ![BrianCT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@BrianCT](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BrianCT)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/turn-off-loading-icon/749186/3 "2021-10-09T20:11:05Z")
Thanks. I up-voted that, though it seems slightly different. I’d prefer just a black screen without the loading circle while it’s buffering the next video. I went through the settings completely and there doesn’t appear to be a way to turn it off, unless it’s hidden somewhere in the xml. For now I’m just going to stitch the videos into one long video to avoid it having to load. Of course, now I want to tweak it to display on my house better. Fun and simple idea turns into a few week project is the story of my life. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/turn-off-loading-icon/749186/4 "2022-01-07T20:11:11Z")
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