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Pause Playback

PUT/me/player/pause

Pause playback on the user's account. This API only works for users who have Spotify Premium. The order of execution is not guaranteed when you use this API with other Player API endpoints.

Query ParametersExpand Collapse

device_id: optional string

The id of the device this command is targeting. If not supplied, the user's currently active device is the target.

Pause Playback

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curl https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/player/pause \
    -X PUT \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPOTIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN"

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