Android: Turning Off / Exiting the App

[Justdab]

Pandora turned on in the middle of the night even though left on pause. Is there a definitive method to disarm so it's not draining the battery in the background?

mod edit: changed title for clarity

[Casperbelle]

When you're done listening to Pandora, all you need to do is to press Pause and leave the app. It is not necessary to completely quit the app or sign out when you're done listening.

This advice doesn't work. The only way I can stop Pandora from playing once I've tried leaving the app is by restarting/powering off my phone. I didn't have this problem until I upgraded to a new phone. I've switched to mostly using another music app because of this issue, even though I much prefer Pandora. 

[Conshykeith]

If you leave the app running then it chews up the battery!
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[Sfgiants43]

Try turning off your Pandora notifications. Then when you swipe right when
it's paused it will actually go away.

[jacobmorris85]

This is not accurate at all. Every time I close Pandora I have to actually force stop the app because it keeps running in the background. Not to mention any time I disconnect from Bluetooth now, your app starts playing on its own, even if I have hit pause first. If you do not figure out these problems, and I mean soon, I will be deleting your app and end my subscription. I already dislike the fact of your price hikes and quite frankly I am tired of how **ahem**ty you app is performing. I am highly DISSATISFIED with the service I have been paying for for years that never works properly anymore.

[Dalem011]

I'm still opening the phone settings menu, strolling down to APPS, then
scrolling down to Pandora and then clicking on thevForce Stopoption.

Next time, if I remember, I will try a reboot and then see is it's still
running in some form or not.

The top process I'm doing is faster and less disruptive for me as it's not
resetting anything else I may be using around that time. I do reboot
somewhat regularly though.

[Stelcom66]

It's just ridiculous that a basic function, like Exit is no longer on the app. Another reason I usually use my laptop to for Pandora, or my own playlists with music that I've purchased.

[UnencumberedCue]

why does pandora refuse to honor a force quit of the app?

I remember what this company set out to be. Now, I'm forced to report policy violations to Google as Pandora continues to lie about fixing this "bug".

[yotsky75]

When I close Pandora on my Motorola Android phone, it still stays open on a background page. Why doesn't it completely close?

[AdamPandora]

@yotsky75 I moved your post over to this existing thread: Android: Turning Off / Exiting the App

You can exit the app by navigating to the Recent Apps menu, finding the Pandora app and then swiping it away. 

Check out the accepted solution for more information.

Hope this helps!