# Stop Android Auto from playing automatically

**URL:** <http://support.symfonium.app/t/stop-android-auto-from-playing-automatically/8662>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** handled\
**Created:** [May 27, 2025, 6:27am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/stop-android-auto-from-playing-automatically/8662 "2025-05-27T06:27:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![RegNatarajan](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/regnatarajan/32/2841_2.png) [@RegNatarajan](http://support.symfonium.app/u/RegNatarajan)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 6:27am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/stop-android-auto-from-playing-automatically/8662/1 "2025-05-27T06:27:16Z")

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## Issue description:

I use Symfonium in Android Auto to play songs from my Dropbox. It works well. Now, when I finish my drive, I am careful to pause the song that is playing. When I next return to the car and start it, as soon as Android Auto connects, it starts playing the last song. Is there any way to disable that?

I have all the “Automatic Actions” set to “off”.

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## Media provider:

Dropbox

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**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 6:52am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/stop-android-auto-from-playing-automatically/8662/2 "2025-05-27T06:52:31Z")

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## 1. Disable “Start music automatically” in the Android Auto app

1. Open the **Android Auto** app on your phone.
2. Tap the **Settings** (⚙) icon.
3. Under **Startup** , toggle **Start music automatically**  **off**.

> 🔹 On some versions this may be labelled **Resume media playback** —just switch it off.

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**Author:** ![RegNatarajan](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/regnatarajan/32/2841_2.png) [@RegNatarajan](http://support.symfonium.app/u/RegNatarajan)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 6:55am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/stop-android-auto-from-playing-automatically/8662/3 "2025-05-27T06:55:17Z")

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Yes, that was already set. It has no effect.

 ![Screenshot_20250526-235417](http://support.symfonium.app/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4783b7784551323f8d29a53b4014ef8006e0a356.png)

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**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 6:56am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/stop-android-auto-from-playing-automatically/8662/4 "2025-05-27T06:56:10Z")

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Then complain to Google ? 🙂 The app receive a play command it plays, it can’t know that it’s Android Auto and you don’t want that.