# API: Stop Playback Endpoint?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-stop-playback-endpoint/186950>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** other-dev\
**Created:** [March 31, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-stop-playback-endpoint/186950 "2017-03-31T22:21:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mr3rown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mr3rown/32/92576_2.png) [@mr3rown](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mr3rown)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-stop-playback-endpoint/186950/1 "2017-03-31T22:21:07Z")

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Hi,

with regards to the new `Stop Playback` feature on the Status page on PMS, is there an API endpoint that can be used to do this feature remotely?

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**Author:** ![pengee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pengee/32/5671_2.png) [@pengee](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pengee)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-stop-playback-endpoint/186950/2 "2017-09-10T23:37:15Z")

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In case anyone else stumbles across this, the api call looks like:

/status/sessions/terminate?sessionId=ID&reason=REASON&X-Plex-Token=TOKEN

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**Author:** ![paullittlefield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/paullittlefield/32/86670_2.png) [@paullittlefield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/paullittlefield)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-stop-playback-endpoint/186950/3 "2018-01-25T21:55:11Z")

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> @pengee said:  
> In case anyone else stumbles across this, the api call looks like:
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> /status/sessions/terminate?sessionId=ID&reason=REASON&X-Plex-Token=TOKEN

Brilliant! I have been looking for this for absolutely ages!

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**Author:** ![lalala123456](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/lalala123456/32/151865_2.png) [@lalala123456](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lalala123456)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-stop-playback-endpoint/186950/4 "2019-09-27T16:09:24Z")

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Is this Plex Pass only? I’ve been happily coding against the API, but hit a 401 with this endpoint.

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**Author:** ![lalala123456](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/lalala123456/32/151865_2.png) [@lalala123456](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lalala123456)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-stop-playback-endpoint/186950/5 "2019-09-27T16:31:15Z")

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Possibly user error (with the token I was using) but also a Plex Pass user now, so unsure which fixed it but it’s working now. 😃

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/api-stop-playback-endpoint/186950/6 "2020-01-08T20:03:17Z")

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