Facebook keeps stopping your music because its audio tries to take over your phone’s sound output, often via autoplaying videos or in‑app sounds, which pauses background apps like Spotify or Apple Music. It can also be caused by recent bugs in the app that aggressively grab audio focus even when nothing obvious is playing.

Quick Scoop

When you open Facebook while listening to music, your phone has to decide which app “owns” the sound. Facebook is currently very aggressive about this, so it often wins and your music app loses. Recent forum posts show this has become a trending annoyance again through 2025–2026 as app updates roll out.

Main reasons your music stops

  • Video autoplay is on
    Facebook is set to autoplay Reels, stories, and feed videos with sound, which forces your phone to pause any other audio so you hear the video instead. Even scrolling past a silent‑looking video can trigger this.
  • In‑app sounds are enabled
    Notification and UI sounds inside Facebook (likes, comments, refresh sounds, etc.) can also steal audio focus briefly and pause or duck your music.
  • Facebook sound state “sticks”
    If you last used Facebook with video sound on, it can reopen in a sound‑enabled state and instantly take over audio, even if nothing is visibly playing.
  • Recent bugs and glitches
    Multiple users on forums in late 2024–2025 report that music stops every single time they open Facebook, even with autoplay and sounds turned off, suggesting a bug in newer versions of the app.
  • Background or battery restrictions (sometimes)
    On some phones, aggressive battery or background limits on your music app can cause it to stop once another heavy app like Facebook comes to the foreground.

How to stop Facebook from killing your music

1. Turn off video autoplay

This is the single most effective fix for most people.

On iPhone and Android:

  1. Open Facebook.
  2. Tap the menu (three lines).
  3. Go to Settings & privacy → Settings.
  4. Under Preferences , tap Media.
  5. In the Autoplay section, select an option so videos do not automatically play with sound (e.g., autoplay off or only on Wi‑Fi and muted).

2. Disable in‑app sounds

Shutting off Facebook’s own sounds reduces how often it grabs audio focus.

  1. In the Facebook app, go to Settings & privacy → Settings.
  2. Look for Media or Sounds (wording may differ by version).
  3. Turn off Facebook in‑app sounds such as tap and notification sounds.

3. Restart and update everything

Glitches often clear after a refresh.

  • Fully close Facebook, then reopen it.
  • Restart your phone.
  • Update:
    • Facebook app (App Store or Google Play).
* Your music app (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.).
* Your phone’s operating system.

Some users report that only after updating both Facebook and the OS did the audio interruption calm down.

4. Check your music app’s background settings

If music stops as soon as you background the app, you may have background data or battery restricted.

  • On Android, allow the music app:
    • Unrestricted or optimized battery usage.
    • Background data.
  • On iOS, make sure it’s allowed to run in the background and not limited by Focus/Low Power Mode.

5. As a last resort: reinstall Facebook

Tech guides and how‑to videos suggest a full reinstall if nothing else works.

  • Delete the Facebook app.
  • Restart your phone.
  • Reinstall Facebook and log back in.

This can clear corrupted settings that cause it to seize audio every time.

What people are saying in forums

Public threads on Reddit and Apple/phone communities show this is a widespread, ongoing complaint, not just your device.

“The issue is Facebook pauses your music when opening the app whether you have ‘video autoplay’ on or off, it still pauses your music. Every. Single. Time.”

“Facebook stopping music and nothing I do seems to be able to fix the issue.”

Many users note:

  • The problem got worse after recent Facebook updates in 2025.
  • It sometimes affects all other apps’ audio (games, podcasts, etc.), not just music.
  • Some people can only fix it temporarily by force‑closing Facebook every time before relaunching it.

If nothing works for you

If you’ve:

  • Turned off autoplay ,
  • Disabled in‑app sounds ,
  • Updated apps and OS,
  • And even reinstalled Facebook,

and Facebook still keeps killing your music, you are likely running into an unresolved app‑level bug that only Meta can fix in a future update. In that case, the only reliable workaround is to avoid using the Facebook app while listening to music or temporarily switch to Facebook in a mobile browser, which tends to be less aggressive with audio.

Bottom note: Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.