Unable to stop Apple Music app from auto-playing random songs on Apple TV

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Unable to stop Apple Music app from auto-playing random songs on Apple TV

When I listen to an album in the Music app on my Apple TV set top box, and the album ends, the app will immediately start playing some random song from some random album. I find that very jarring. How do I prevent it from doing that? I want it to just stop at the end of the album. I looked in Settings>Apps>Music, but don't see anything to control this behavior.

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Original Title: In the Music app on the Apple TV, how do I get it to stop at the end of an album?

Apple TV 4K (3rd generation)

Posted on Jul 23, 2025 9:44 AM

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Ron Pieket Author

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Jul 23, 2025 10:25 AM in response to Ron Pieket

Oh wow. I found it. It is really well hidden! While playing the album, press down on the remote to reveal the progress bar. Below the progress bar, all the way to the right, there is an icon that looks like a bullet point list. When you activate it, it reveals three hidden icons above the progress bar. One of them is an infinity symbol. Toggle it so it does not have a dot underneath. Then go back to the bullet point list icon to get rid of the extra stuff you just revealed. Now it will play the album and just stop.

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Urquhart1244

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Jul 23, 2025 11:00 AM in response to Ron Pieket

Inside the Music app, while playback is going, you could see the infinity symbol (∞). When active, that makes the playlist infinite, i.e. loosely related tracks (according to the algorithm) will be played after the current selection.

That setting should stick for later playback of anything else, until you change it again.

Turn Autoplay off or on - Music app - Apple TV user guide - Apple Support

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