# "stop playback" button not available

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/stop-playback-button-not-available/843366>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux, plex-web\
**Created:** [June 4, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/stop-playback-button-not-available/843366 "2023-06-04T05:04:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sdencar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@sdencar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sdencar)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/stop-playback-button-not-available/843366/1 "2023-06-04T05:04:18Z")

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Server Version#: 1.32.2.7100  
Player Version#: [app.plex.tv](http://app.plex.tv) 4.100.1  
plexamp version#: 4.7.4

I’m trying to find the “stop playback” button in the web ([app.plex.tv](http://app.plex.tv) or 192.168.1.x:32400/web) version dashboard. I see my stream and allegedly if I hover over my or someone’s name, I will see a “stop playback” button. But I don’t. Never have in 3 years of using Plex. Plex pass lifetime user for those 3 years. Any ideas? Never needed it in the past, but now I have need.  
Thanks. Scott.  
P.S. Raspberry Pi OS for server and Windows 11 PC and I’ve tried seeing the button on Chrome, Firefox and Edge. No joy. (edited to add those details).

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/d/2/1/d21f8e378ad4e6f6936d2b8ac3d1b09a134b369c.png)

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**Author:** ![JaysPlex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaysplex/32/281767_2.png) [@JaysPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JaysPlex)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/stop-playback-button-not-available/843366/2 "2023-06-04T05:26:12Z")

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Does it work if you’re playing a video?

For my videos it works fine, but it doesn’t seem to work in Plexamp for me either

Don’t know if that’s normal or some kind of bug

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/stop-playback-button-not-available/843366/3 "2023-06-04T06:04:54Z")

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You can only stop _streamed_ playbacks.

Plexamp is not streaming. What it does is downloading the track in full (and in advance). This should be reflected in the bandwidth graph on the same page.

Try playing a video. You should be able to stop this playback.

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**Author:** ![sdencar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@sdencar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sdencar)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/stop-playback-button-not-available/843366/4 "2023-06-04T19:18:47Z")

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Many thanks for the info. Both of the replies are exactly correct. I rarely watch videos on Plex, it’s a music thing for me. I can stop a movie playback as expected. I had no idea that plex amp downloaded the songs in full and were not streaming bits at a time.  
Forums are full of good info. Thanks again,  
Scott.

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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:** [September 2, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/stop-playback-button-not-available/843366/5 "2023-09-02T19:19:21Z")

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