[ThinkElaine]

I still have this issue too. I also checked Fade out Completely and it helped but did not eliminate the problem. I have no audio files on my device. I wish there was checkbox to disable the player. It is becoming an issue especially during performance when I have to x out of the player every time I bring up my next song. I thought about uninstalling and reininstalling app but it happens on both my devices so that's probably not it. This is a fairly new issue - it did not happen until a few months ago.

Bring up the Audio Player, click the gear icon at the left of the X. There are the visibility settings for the audio player.

I see that but there's no option to turn OFF or disable the player as Mike mentioned in his posting above.
Where is that option? The visibility settings don't include an OFF.

Thanks