diff --git a/app/client/src/widgets/VideoWidget/component/index.tsx b/app/client/src/widgets/VideoWidget/component/index.tsx
index ab6faffd7c..342651d51a 100644
--- a/app/client/src/widgets/VideoWidget/component/index.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/widgets/VideoWidget/component/index.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export default function VideoComponent(props: VideoComponentProps) {
     <ReactPlayer
       controls={controls || true}
       height="100%"
+      muted={autoplay}
       onEnded={onEnded}
       onError={onError}
       onPause={onPause}
diff --git a/app/client/src/widgets/VideoWidget/widget/index.tsx b/app/client/src/widgets/VideoWidget/widget/index.tsx
index c5313e0aad..b053e93acb 100644
--- a/app/client/src/widgets/VideoWidget/widget/index.tsx
+++ b/app/client/src/widgets/VideoWidget/widget/index.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ class VideoWidget extends BaseWidget<VideoWidgetProps, WidgetState> {
           {
             propertyName: "autoPlay",
             label: "Auto Play",
-            helpText: "Video will be automatically played",
+            helpText:
+              "Video will be automatically played, by enabling this feature, video will be muted by default.",
             controlType: "SWITCH",
             isJSConvertible: true,
             isBindProperty: true,