diff --git a/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-settings/my-account-video-settings/my-account-video-settings.component.html b/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-settings/my-account-video-settings/my-account-video-settings.component.html
index adbb97f00..50f798c79 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-settings/my-account-video-settings/my-account-video-settings.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-settings/my-account-video-settings/my-account-video-settings.component.html
@@ -16,17 +16,21 @@
   </div>
 
   <div class="form-group">
-    <label i18n for="webTorrentPolicy">Policy regarding P2P technologies</label>
+    <label i18n for="webTorrentEnabled">Policy regarding P2P technologies</label>
 
     <div class="peertube-select-container">
-      <select id="webTorrentPolicy" formControlName="webTorrentPolicy">
+      <select id="webTorrentEnabled" formControlName="webTorrentEnabled">
         <option i18n value="enable">Enable WebTorrent</option>
-        <option i18n value="disable">Disable WebTorrent globally</option>
-        <option i18n value="disable_on_mobile" disabled>Disable WebTorrent on mobile devices (not yet available)</option>
+        <option i18n value="disable">Disable WebTorrent</option>
       </select>
     </div>
   </div>
 
+  <my-peertube-checkbox
+    inputName="webTorrentEnabled" formControlName="webTorrentEnabled"
+    i18n-labelText labelText="Use WebTorrent to exchange parts of the video with others"
+  ></my-peertube-checkbox>
+
   <my-peertube-checkbox
     inputName="autoPlayVideo" formControlName="autoPlayVideo"
     i18n-labelText labelText="Automatically plays video"
diff --git a/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-settings/my-account-video-settings/my-account-video-settings.component.ts b/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-settings/my-account-video-settings/my-account-video-settings.component.ts
index 9e711a227..6c9a7ce75 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-settings/my-account-video-settings/my-account-video-settings.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-settings/my-account-video-settings/my-account-video-settings.component.ts
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ export class MyAccountVideoSettingsComponent extends FormReactive implements OnI
   ngOnInit () {
     this.buildForm({
       nsfwPolicy: null,
-      webTorrentPolicy: null,
+      webTorrentEnabled: null,
       autoPlayVideo: null
     })
 
     this.userInformationLoaded.subscribe(() => {
       this.form.patchValue({
         nsfwPolicy: this.user.nsfwPolicy,
-        webTorrentPolicy: this.user.webTorrentPolicy,
+        webTorrentEnabled: this.user.webTorrentEnabled,
         autoPlayVideo: this.user.autoPlayVideo === true
       })
     })
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ export class MyAccountVideoSettingsComponent extends FormReactive implements OnI
 
   updateDetails () {
     const nsfwPolicy = this.form.value['nsfwPolicy']
-    const webTorrentPolicy = this.form.value['webTorrentPolicy']
+    const webTorrentEnabled = this.form.value['webTorrentEnabled']
     const autoPlayVideo = this.form.value['autoPlayVideo']
     const details: UserUpdateMe = {
       nsfwPolicy,
-      webTorrentPolicy,
+      webTorrentEnabled,
       autoPlayVideo
     }
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/core/auth/auth-user.model.ts b/client/src/app/core/auth/auth-user.model.ts
index 97acf7bfe..acd13d9c5 100644
--- a/client/src/app/core/auth/auth-user.model.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/core/auth/auth-user.model.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { UserRight } from '../../../../../shared/models/users/user-right.enum'
 import { hasUserRight, UserRole } from '../../../../../shared/models/users/user-role'
 import { User, UserConstructorHash } from '../../shared/users/user.model'
 import { NSFWPolicyType } from '../../../../../shared/models/videos/nsfw-policy.type'
-import { WebTorrentPolicyType } from '../../../../../shared/models/users/user-webtorrent-policy.type'
 
 export type TokenOptions = {
   accessToken: string
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ export class AuthUser extends User {
     EMAIL: 'email',
     USERNAME: 'username',
     NSFW_POLICY: 'nsfw_policy',
-    WEBTORRENT_POLICY: 'peertube-videojs-' + 'webtorrent_policy',
+    WEBTORRENT_ENABLED: 'peertube-videojs-' + 'webtorrent_enabled',
     AUTO_PLAY_VIDEO: 'auto_play_video'
   }
 
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ export class AuthUser extends User {
           email: peertubeLocalStorage.getItem(this.KEYS.EMAIL),
           role: parseInt(peertubeLocalStorage.getItem(this.KEYS.ROLE), 10) as UserRole,
           nsfwPolicy: peertubeLocalStorage.getItem(this.KEYS.NSFW_POLICY) as NSFWPolicyType,
-          webTorrentPolicy: peertubeLocalStorage.getItem(this.KEYS.WEBTORRENT_POLICY) as WebTorrentPolicyType,
+          webTorrentEnabled: peertubeLocalStorage.getItem(this.KEYS.WEBTORRENT_ENABLED) === 'true',
           autoPlayVideo: peertubeLocalStorage.getItem(this.KEYS.AUTO_PLAY_VIDEO) === 'true'
         },
         Tokens.load()
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ export class AuthUser extends User {
     peertubeLocalStorage.removeItem(this.KEYS.ID)
     peertubeLocalStorage.removeItem(this.KEYS.ROLE)
     peertubeLocalStorage.removeItem(this.KEYS.NSFW_POLICY)
-    peertubeLocalStorage.removeItem(this.KEYS.WEBTORRENT_POLICY)
+    peertubeLocalStorage.removeItem(this.KEYS.WEBTORRENT_ENABLED)
     peertubeLocalStorage.removeItem(this.KEYS.AUTO_PLAY_VIDEO)
     peertubeLocalStorage.removeItem(this.KEYS.EMAIL)
     Tokens.flush()
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ export class AuthUser extends User {
     peertubeLocalStorage.setItem(AuthUser.KEYS.EMAIL, this.email)
     peertubeLocalStorage.setItem(AuthUser.KEYS.ROLE, this.role.toString())
     peertubeLocalStorage.setItem(AuthUser.KEYS.NSFW_POLICY, this.nsfwPolicy.toString())
-    peertubeLocalStorage.setItem(AuthUser.KEYS.WEBTORRENT_POLICY, this.webTorrentPolicy.toString())
+    peertubeLocalStorage.setItem(AuthUser.KEYS.WEBTORRENT_ENABLED, JSON.stringify(this.webTorrentEnabled))
     peertubeLocalStorage.setItem(AuthUser.KEYS.AUTO_PLAY_VIDEO, JSON.stringify(this.autoPlayVideo))
     this.tokens.save()
   }
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/users/user.model.ts b/client/src/app/shared/users/user.model.ts
index 240c7aacf..7c840ffa7 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/users/user.model.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/users/user.model.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
 import { NSFWPolicyType } from '../../../../../shared/models/videos/nsfw-policy.type'
 import { Account } from '@app/shared/account/account.model'
 import { Avatar } from '../../../../../shared/models/avatars/avatar.model'
-import { WebTorrentPolicyType } from '../../../../../shared/models/users/user-webtorrent-policy.type'
 
 export type UserConstructorHash = {
   id: number,
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ export type UserConstructorHash = {
   videoQuota?: number,
   videoQuotaDaily?: number,
   nsfwPolicy?: NSFWPolicyType,
-  webTorrentPolicy?: WebTorrentPolicyType,
+  webTorrentEnabled?: boolean,
   autoPlayVideo?: boolean,
   createdAt?: Date,
   account?: AccountServerModel,
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ export class User implements UserServerModel {
   email: string
   role: UserRole
   nsfwPolicy: NSFWPolicyType
-  webTorrentPolicy: WebTorrentPolicyType
+  webTorrentEnabled: boolean
   autoPlayVideo: boolean
   videoQuota: number
   videoQuotaDaily: number
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ export class User implements UserServerModel {
     this.videoQuota = hash.videoQuota
     this.videoQuotaDaily = hash.videoQuotaDaily
     this.nsfwPolicy = hash.nsfwPolicy
-    this.webTorrentPolicy = hash.webTorrentPolicy
+    this.webTorrentEnabled = hash.webTorrentEnabled
     this.autoPlayVideo = hash.autoPlayVideo
     this.createdAt = hash.createdAt
     this.blocked = hash.blocked
diff --git a/client/src/assets/player/peertube-player-local-storage.ts b/client/src/assets/player/peertube-player-local-storage.ts
index c3d8b71bc..3ac5fe58a 100644
--- a/client/src/assets/player/peertube-player-local-storage.ts
+++ b/client/src/assets/player/peertube-player-local-storage.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@ function getStoredVolume () {
   return undefined
 }
 
-function getStoredWebTorrentPolicy () {
-  const value = getLocalStorage('webtorrent_policy')
-  if (value !== null && value !== undefined) {
-    if (value.toString() === 'disable') return true
-  }
+function getStoredWebTorrentEnabled (): boolean {
+  const value = getLocalStorage('webtorrent_enabled')
+  if (value !== null && value !== undefined) return value === 'true'
 
-  return undefined
+  return false
 }
 
 function getStoredMute () {
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ function getAverageBandwidthInStore () {
 
 export {
   getStoredVolume,
-  getStoredWebTorrentPolicy,
+  getStoredWebTorrentEnabled,
   getStoredMute,
   getStoredTheater,
   saveVolumeInStore,
diff --git a/client/src/assets/player/peertube-videojs-plugin.ts b/client/src/assets/player/peertube-videojs-plugin.ts
index 90ca8f9fa..a53a2cc69 100644
--- a/client/src/assets/player/peertube-videojs-plugin.ts
+++ b/client/src/assets/player/peertube-videojs-plugin.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { isMobile, timeToInt, videoFileMaxByResolution, videoFileMinByResolution
 import * as CacheChunkStore from 'cache-chunk-store'
 import { PeertubeChunkStore } from './peertube-chunk-store'
 import {
-  getStoredWebTorrentPolicy,
+  getStoredWebTorrentEnabled,
   getAverageBandwidthInStore,
   getStoredMute,
   getStoredVolume,
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class PeerTubePlugin extends Plugin {
 
     // Disable auto play on iOS
     this.autoplay = options.autoplay && this.isIOS() === false
+    this.playerRefusedP2P = !getStoredWebTorrentEnabled()
 
     this.startTime = timeToInt(options.startTime)
     this.videoFiles = options.videoFiles
@@ -99,7 +100,6 @@ class PeerTubePlugin extends Plugin {
       if (volume !== undefined) this.player.volume(volume)
       const muted = getStoredMute()
       if (muted !== undefined) this.player.muted(muted)
-      this.playerRefusedP2P = getStoredWebTorrentPolicy() || false
 
       this.initializePlayer()
       this.runTorrentInfoScheduler()
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ class PeerTubePlugin extends Plugin {
         renderVideo(torrent.files[ 0 ], this.playerElement, renderVideoOptions, (err, renderer) => {
           this.renderer = renderer
 
-          console.log('value this.playerRefusedP2P', this.playerRefusedP2P)
           if (err || this.playerRefusedP2P) return this.fallbackToHttp(done)
 
           return this.tryToPlay(err => {
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/me.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/me.ts
index f78294f17..3c511dc70 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/me.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/me.ts
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ async function updateMe (req: express.Request, res: express.Response, next: expr
   if (body.password !== undefined) user.password = body.password
   if (body.email !== undefined) user.email = body.email
   if (body.nsfwPolicy !== undefined) user.nsfwPolicy = body.nsfwPolicy
-  if (body.webTorrentPolicy !== undefined) user.webTorrentPolicy = body.webTorrentPolicy
+  if (body.webTorrentEnabled !== undefined) user.webTorrentEnabled = body.webTorrentEnabled
   if (body.autoPlayVideo !== undefined) user.autoPlayVideo = body.autoPlayVideo
 
   await sequelizeTypescript.transaction(async t => {
diff --git a/server/helpers/custom-validators/users.ts b/server/helpers/custom-validators/users.ts
index 2024d4a22..1cb5e5b0f 100644
--- a/server/helpers/custom-validators/users.ts
+++ b/server/helpers/custom-validators/users.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'express-validator'
 import * as validator from 'validator'
 import { UserRole } from '../../../shared'
-import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, NSFW_POLICY_TYPES, WEBTORRENT_POLICY_TYPES } from '../../initializers'
+import { CONSTRAINTS_FIELDS, NSFW_POLICY_TYPES } from '../../initializers'
 import { exists, isFileValid, isBooleanValid } from './misc'
 import { values } from 'lodash'
 
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ function isUserNSFWPolicyValid (value: any) {
   return exists(value) && nsfwPolicies.indexOf(value) !== -1
 }
 
-const webTorrentPolicies = values(WEBTORRENT_POLICY_TYPES)
-function isUserWebTorrentPolicyValid (value: any) {
-  return exists(value) && webTorrentPolicies.indexOf(value) !== -1
+function isUserWebTorrentEnabledValid (value: any) {
+  return isBooleanValid(value)
 }
 
 function isUserAutoPlayVideoValid (value: any) {
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ export {
   isUserUsernameValid,
   isUserEmailVerifiedValid,
   isUserNSFWPolicyValid,
-  isUserWebTorrentPolicyValid,
+  isUserWebTorrentEnabledValid,
   isUserAutoPlayVideoValid,
   isUserDisplayNameValid,
   isUserDescriptionValid,
diff --git a/server/initializers/constants.ts b/server/initializers/constants.ts
index f56763a16..c3e4fcede 100644
--- a/server/initializers/constants.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/constants.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { VideoAbuseState, VideoImportState, VideoPrivacy, VideoTranscodingFPS }
 // Do not use barrels, remain constants as independent as possible
 import { buildPath, isTestInstance, parseDuration, parseBytes, root, sanitizeHost, sanitizeUrl } from '../helpers/core-utils'
 import { NSFWPolicyType } from '../../shared/models/videos/nsfw-policy.type'
-import { WebTorrentPolicyType } from '../../shared/models/users/user-webtorrent-policy.type'
 import { invert } from 'lodash'
 import { CronRepeatOptions, EveryRepeatOptions } from 'bull'
 import * as bytes from 'bytes'
@@ -547,12 +546,6 @@ const NSFW_POLICY_TYPES: { [ id: string]: NSFWPolicyType } = {
   DISPLAY: 'display'
 }
 
-const WEBTORRENT_POLICY_TYPES: { [ id: string]: WebTorrentPolicyType } = {
-  ENABLE: 'enable',
-  DISABLE: 'disable',
-  DISABLE_ON_MOBILE: 'disable_on_mobile'
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // Express static paths (router)
@@ -705,7 +698,6 @@ export {
   FEEDS,
   JOB_TTL,
   NSFW_POLICY_TYPES,
-  WEBTORRENT_POLICY_TYPES,
   TORRENT_MIMETYPE_EXT,
   STATIC_MAX_AGE,
   STATIC_PATHS,
diff --git a/server/initializers/migrations/0280-webtorrent-policy-user.ts b/server/initializers/migrations/0280-webtorrent-policy-user.ts
index d24f6709e..e6488356a 100644
--- a/server/initializers/migrations/0280-webtorrent-policy-user.ts
+++ b/server/initializers/migrations/0280-webtorrent-policy-user.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import * as Sequelize from 'sequelize'
-import { values } from 'lodash'
-import { WEBTORRENT_POLICY_TYPES } from '../constants'
 
 async function up (utils: {
   transaction: Sequelize.Transaction
@@ -9,18 +7,22 @@ async function up (utils: {
 }): Promise<any> {
   {
     const data = {
-      type: Sequelize.ENUM(values(WEBTORRENT_POLICY_TYPES)),
+      type: Sequelize.BOOLEAN,
       allowNull: false,
-      defaultValue: 'enable'
+      defaultValue: true
     }
 
-    await utils.queryInterface.addColumn('user', 'webTorrentPolicy', data)
+    await utils.queryInterface.addColumn('user', 'webTorrentEnabled', data)
   }
 
 }
 
-function down (options) {
-  throw new Error('Not implemented.')
+async function down (utils: {
+  transaction: Sequelize.Transaction
+  queryInterface: Sequelize.QueryInterface
+  sequelize: Sequelize.Sequelize
+}): Promise<any> {
+  await utils.queryInterface.removeColumn('user', 'webTorrentEnabled')
 }
 
 export { up, down }
diff --git a/server/models/account/user.ts b/server/models/account/user.ts
index 5fe7d7e7d..4b4a562fa 100644
--- a/server/models/account/user.ts
+++ b/server/models/account/user.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
   isUserUsernameValid,
   isUserVideoQuotaDailyValid,
   isUserVideoQuotaValid,
-  isUserWebTorrentPolicyValid
+  isUserWebTorrentEnabledValid
 } from '../../helpers/custom-validators/users'
 import { comparePassword, cryptPassword } from '../../helpers/peertube-crypto'
 import { OAuthTokenModel } from '../oauth/oauth-token'
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ import { getSort, throwIfNotValid } from '../utils'
 import { VideoChannelModel } from '../video/video-channel'
 import { AccountModel } from './account'
 import { NSFWPolicyType } from '../../../shared/models/videos/nsfw-policy.type'
-import { WebTorrentPolicyType } from '../../../shared/models/users/user-webtorrent-policy.type'
 import { values } from 'lodash'
-import { NSFW_POLICY_TYPES, WEBTORRENT_POLICY_TYPES } from '../../initializers'
+import { NSFW_POLICY_TYPES } from '../../initializers'
 import { clearCacheByUserId } from '../../lib/oauth-model'
 
 enum ScopeNames {
@@ -110,9 +109,9 @@ export class UserModel extends Model<UserModel> {
   nsfwPolicy: NSFWPolicyType
 
   @AllowNull(false)
-  @Is('UserWebTorrentPolicy', value => throwIfNotValid(value, isUserWebTorrentPolicyValid, 'WebTorrent policy'))
-  @Column(DataType.ENUM(values(WEBTORRENT_POLICY_TYPES)))
-  webTorrentPolicy: WebTorrentPolicyType
+  @Is('UserWebTorrentEnabled', value => throwIfNotValid(value, isUserWebTorrentEnabledValid, 'WebTorrent enabled'))
+  @Column
+  webTorrentEnabled: boolean
 
   @AllowNull(false)
   @Default(true)
@@ -362,7 +361,7 @@ export class UserModel extends Model<UserModel> {
       email: this.email,
       emailVerified: this.emailVerified,
       nsfwPolicy: this.nsfwPolicy,
-      webTorrentPolicy: this.webTorrentPolicy,
+      webTorrentEnabled: this.webTorrentEnabled,
       autoPlayVideo: this.autoPlayVideo,
       role: this.role,
       roleLabel: USER_ROLE_LABELS[ this.role ],
diff --git a/shared/models/users/user-update-me.model.ts b/shared/models/users/user-update-me.model.ts
index 81790377e..10edeee2e 100644
--- a/shared/models/users/user-update-me.model.ts
+++ b/shared/models/users/user-update-me.model.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { NSFWPolicyType } from '../videos/nsfw-policy.type'
-import { WebTorrentPolicyType } from './user-webtorrent-policy.type'
 
 export interface UserUpdateMe {
   displayName?: string
   description?: string
   nsfwPolicy?: NSFWPolicyType,
-  webTorrentPolicy?: WebTorrentPolicyType,
+  webTorrentEnabled?: boolean,
   autoPlayVideo?: boolean
   email?: string
   currentPassword?: string
diff --git a/shared/models/users/user-webtorrent-policy.type.ts b/shared/models/users/user-webtorrent-policy.type.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e293f761d..000000000
--- a/shared/models/users/user-webtorrent-policy.type.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export type WebTorrentPolicyType = 'enable' | 'disable' | 'disable_on_mobile'