@InvalidDNA I do feel your frustration... But I have found ways that can be helpful. There is currently no setting to stop Pandora from automatically adding played stations to "My Collection." Pandora confirms that playing any station from search automatically adds it to your library so the app can track your thumb ratings. While you cannot turn off auto-collecting directly, community members and moderators suggest a few workarounds to minimize the clutter and speed up cleanup: Workarounds to Avoid Clutter • Use AutoPlay (Premium Only): According to a discussion on Reddit, Pandora Premium subscribers can enable AutoPlay in their settings and play individual songs instead of stations. Once the track finishes, Pandora plays similar music without generating or saving a new station. • Use "Add Variety" Instead of New Stations: Rather than creating separate stations for every artist or genre you want to sample, open a single "testing" station and use the Add Variety feature to blend new seeds into it. • Adjust Smart Speaker Defaults: If smart speakers (like Alexa) are generating unwanted stations when family members request music, users on the Pandora Community suggest changing the speaker's default music service to another provider (like Amazon Music) so ad-hoc requests do not automatically populate your Pandora library. Faster Ways to Clean Up Your Collection • Batch-Delete via Desktop Browser: Cleaning up stations is generally faster on the Pandora Website than on mobile. Click My Collection, filter by Stations, hover over an unwanted station, click the three-dot menu (...), and select Remove from your collection. • Quick Mobile Removal: On the mobile app, free and Plus users can swipe left on a station in My Collection to delete it quickly. Premium users can press and hold (long press) the station name and tap the highlighted Collected checkmark to remove it. • Rely on the 250-Station Rolling Limit: You do not strictly have to delete unwanted stations unless you want to keep your list tidy. Pandora enforces a rolling cap of 250 stations; once you hit that limit, playing a new station automatically drops the station you haven't listened to for the longest time. Voice Your Feedback: Pandora tracks user demand through their official forums. You can add your vote and comments to open feature requests like Disable automatic "Collection" of stations feature on the Pandora Community to help push the issue up their development queue. If you'd like more tailored help, let me know: • Which Pandora plan you use (Free, Plus, or Premium) • Which devices you listen on most (iOS, Android, desktop, or smart speakers) Hopefully these steps will somewhat ease your frustrations. I hope they do. Take care, and GOD bless.
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