How to Stop Spotify From Automatically Playing

Spotify is a great way to enjoy your favorite songs and podcasts. It remains the No. 1 streaming audio service with a sizable lead over Apple, Amazon and YouTube Music in reported paid subscribers. But the app occasionally misbehaves. This includes the vexing problem when Spotify pauses and stops playing music.

How to stop Spotify to play similar songs when your audio ends?

Spotify has an Autoplay feature that once enabled, Spotify will automatically plays similar songs when you reach the end of an album, playlist, or selection of songs so the music never stops. To enable or disable this feature, go to Settings > Playback > Autoplay (on mobile app) or Settings > Autoplay(on desktop app).

How to Disable Spotify autoplay when connected to Bluetooth?

If you're experiencing the issue where the music starts playing automatically after connecting a Bluetooth device like Apple Airpods, Bluetooth Car Radio, Bluetooth speakers etc.

To disable Spotify autoplay when connected to Bluetooth, you can follow these steps:

1. Open the Spotify app on your Android device.
2. Tap on "Your Library" in the bottom right corner.
3. Tap on the gear icon in the top right corner to access your settings.
4. Scroll down to the "Devices" section and tap on "Connect to a device."
5. Select the Bluetooth device you want to connect to and pair it with your phone.
6. Once connected, tap on the device name to access its settings.
7. Toggle off the switch next to "Autoplay" to disable the feature when connected to that specific Bluetooth device.

By disabling the Autoplay feature for a specific Bluetooth device, Spotify will no longer automatically start playing songs when you connect to that device. You can repeat these steps for other Bluetooth devices if you want to disable the feature for all your Bluetooth connections.

However, this feature is only available on Android.

Solutions posted by users:

If you are using Samsung phone, search "Music" in the Samsung Android Settings and if you find "Driving" routine set up for when the bluetooth earbuds get connected. The routine included "Spotify" as the "Music" action. Delete the routine, and the problem will be fixed. Spotify no longer auto-plays when you connect your bluetooth earbuds!

Play Spotify with other music player

If you often encounter issues when playing something on the Spotify app, the best option is to play Spotify music with other music player such as iTunes, Music, Windows Media Player, etc. All you need is to download Spotify to MP3.

Ondesoft Spotify Converter is such a tool for you to download Spotify to mp3 on Mac and Windows. Ondesoft Spotify converter will download whole Spotify playlists stably and quickly. With Spotify Premium, you can download up to 10,000 songs on each of up to 5 different devices. Switch on Offline Mode to make sure only your downloads play if you have a limited cellular data plan. Remember to go online at least once every 30 days to keep your downloads. However, with the right tool, you can also download Spotify music for offline playback even without Spotify premium. The songs are downloaded to MP3 format and you can play them anywhere you want.

How does Ondesoft Spotify Converter work to download Spotify to MP3?

1. Run Ondesoft Spotify Converter

Download, install and run Ondesoft Spotify Converter on your Mac or Windows. Log in your Spotify account with the built-in Spotify web player, whether free or premium.

2. Choose output format (optional)

Ondesoft Spotify Converter will download Spotify songs in original format by default, mostly in M4A format. It also supports downloading Spotify music in MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF formats. Click the gear icon on the top right corner to change output format if you need. You can also change the output folder, quality, volume, file name format, etc. according your needs.

3. Select Spotify songs, albums or playlists

Browse or search to find the songs, playlists or albums you want to download with the built-in Spotify web player. Click the red Add to list button to load all songs.

All songs in the playlist or albums will be checked by default. You can uncheck the songs you don't want to download.

4. Click Convert button

Click Convert button to start downloading Spotify music to the format you choose.

After conversion, click below folder icon to quickly locate the DRM-free Spotify songs, albums or playlists in MP3 format. You can then transfer and play them anywhere such as iTunes , Google Play Music , iPod , Sandisk , Phone , etc. or burn them to CD .