https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/TV/Disable-Auto-Play-on-EE-TV-Edge-Box/m-p/1651689#M19413 <P>How do you disable this? I don't have a BBC licence (and don't want one as I only use Now Cinema app and YouTube. The edge box automatically opens to BBC One and starts playing it in the background. I cannot find a way to stop it from doing this.</P><P><SPAN>This could potentially land me a fine? Why has it been configured this way? Is there a way to disable this and make so the box opens directly onto apps that I use (and disable ones I don't pay for).&nbsp;</SPAN></P> Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:33:31 GMT Lorna91 2026-11-05T12:33:31Z https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/TV/Disable-Auto-Play-on-EE-TV-Edge-Box/m-p/1651689#M19413 <P>How do you disable this? I don't have a BBC licence (and don't want one as I only use Now Cinema app and YouTube. The edge box automatically opens to BBC One and starts playing it in the background. I cannot find a way to stop it from doing this.</P><P><SPAN>This could potentially land me a fine? Why has it been configured this way? Is there a way to disable this and make so the box opens directly onto apps that I use (and disable ones I don't pay for).&nbsp;</SPAN></P> Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:33:31 GMT https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/TV/Disable-Auto-Play-on-EE-TV-Edge-Box/m-p/1651689#M19413 Lorna91 2026-11-05T12:33:31Z https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/TV/Disable-Auto-Play-on-EE-TV-Edge-Box/m-p/1651694#M19414 <P>Change channel to a different one (e.g. channel 330 - the EE TV advert channel) and it should go straight to that channel again when it's next used.</P><P>Or load the TV Guide and press Yellow to hide channels you don't want to see.</P><P>You cannot hide/remove apps though.</P> Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:45:09 GMT https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/TV/Disable-Auto-Play-on-EE-TV-Edge-Box/m-p/1651694#M19414 DarrenDev 2026-11-05T12:45:09Z