diff --git a/packages/audiodocs/docs/system/audio-manager.mdx b/packages/audiodocs/docs/system/audio-manager.mdx
index c5dd35be8..4f86c84ee 100644
--- a/packages/audiodocs/docs/system/audio-manager.mdx
+++ b/packages/audiodocs/docs/system/audio-manager.mdx
@@ -102,7 +102,16 @@ Resets all of the lock screen data.
 | :---: | :---: | :---- |
 | enabled | `boolean` | It is used to set/unset [AVAudioSession](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfaudio/avaudiosession?language=objc#Activating-the-audio-configuration) activity |
 
-#### Returns promise of `boolean` type, which is resolved to `true` if invokation ended with success, `false` otherwise.
+#### Returns promise of `boolean` type, which is resolved to `true` if invokation ended with success, `false` otherwise.'
+
+### `disableSessionManagement` <OnlyiOS />
+
+#### Returns `undefined`.
+
+Disables all internal default [AVAudioSession](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfaudio/avaudiosession) configurations and management done by the `react-native-audio-api` package. After calling this method, user is responsible for managing audio session entirely on their own.
+Typical use-case for this method is when user wants to fully control audio session outside of `react-native-audio-api` package, 
+commonly when using another audio library along `react-native-audio-api`. The method has to be called before `AudioContext` is created, for example in app initialization code.
+Any later call to `setAudioSessionOptions` or `setAudioSessionActivity` will re-enable internal audio session management.
 
 ### `getDevicePreferredSampleRate`
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/audioapi/AudioAPIModule.kt b/packages/react-native-audio-api/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/audioapi/AudioAPIModule.kt
index 73d8adf0c..453d77d55 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-audio-api/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/audioapi/AudioAPIModule.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/audioapi/AudioAPIModule.kt
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ class AudioAPIModule(
     // noting to do here
   }
 
+  override fun disableSessionManagement() {
+    // nothing to do here
+  }
+
   override fun setLockScreenInfo(info: ReadableMap?) {
     MediaSessionManager.setLockScreenInfo(info)
   }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/android/src/oldarch/NativeAudioAPIModuleSpec.java b/packages/react-native-audio-api/android/src/oldarch/NativeAudioAPIModuleSpec.java
index d7b5ed4d0..3e0840996 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-audio-api/android/src/oldarch/NativeAudioAPIModuleSpec.java
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/android/src/oldarch/NativeAudioAPIModuleSpec.java
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ public NativeAudioAPIModuleSpec(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
    @DoNotStrip
    public abstract void setAudioSessionOptions(String category, String mode, ReadableArray options, boolean allowHaptics);
 
+   @ReactMethod
+   @DoNotStrip
+   public abstract void disableSessionManagement();
+
    @ReactMethod
    @DoNotStrip
    public abstract void setLockScreenInfo(ReadableMap info);
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/ios/audioapi/ios/AudioAPIModule.mm b/packages/react-native-audio-api/ios/audioapi/ios/AudioAPIModule.mm
index 1974d8171..baecd10f2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-audio-api/ios/audioapi/ios/AudioAPIModule.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/ios/audioapi/ios/AudioAPIModule.mm
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ - (void)invalidate
     setAudioSessionActivity : (BOOL)enabled resolve : (RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve reject : (RCTPromiseRejectBlock)
         reject)
 {
+  if (!self.audioSessionManager.shouldManageSession) {
+    [self.audioSessionManager setShouldManageSession:true];
+  }
   if ([self.audioSessionManager setActive:enabled]) {
     resolve(@"true");
     return;
@@ -130,6 +133,9 @@ - (void)invalidate
     setAudioSessionOptions : (NSString *)category mode : (NSString *)mode options : (NSArray *)
         options allowHaptics : (BOOL)allowHaptics)
 {
+  if (!self.audioSessionManager.shouldManageSession) {
+    [self.audioSessionManager setShouldManageSession:true];
+  }
   [self.audioSessionManager setAudioSessionOptions:category mode:mode options:options allowHaptics:allowHaptics];
 }
 
@@ -182,6 +188,11 @@ - (void)invalidate
   [self.audioSessionManager getDevicesInfo:resolve reject:reject];
 }
 
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(disableSessionManagement)
+{
+  [self.audioSessionManager disableSessionManagement];
+}
+
 #ifdef RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 - (std::shared_ptr<facebook::react::TurboModule>)getTurboModule:
     (const facebook::react::ObjCTurboModule::InitParams &)params
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/ios/audioapi/ios/system/AudioSessionManager.h b/packages/react-native-audio-api/ios/audioapi/ios/system/AudioSessionManager.h
index c62c541fc..19474ad11 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-audio-api/ios/audioapi/ios/system/AudioSessionManager.h
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/ios/audioapi/ios/system/AudioSessionManager.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 @property (nonatomic, assign) AVAudioSessionCategory sessionCategory;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) AVAudioSessionCategoryOptions sessionOptions;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) bool allowHapticsAndSystemSoundsDuringRecording;
+@property (nonatomic, assign) bool shouldManageSession;
 
 - (instancetype)init;
 - (void)cleanup;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
                        options:(NSArray *)options
                   allowHaptics:(BOOL)allowHaptics;
 - (bool)setActive:(bool)active;
+- (void)disableSessionManagement;
 
 - (void)requestRecordingPermissions:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject;
 - (void)checkRecordingPermissions:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject;
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/ios/audioapi/ios/system/AudioSessionManager.mm b/packages/react-native-audio-api/ios/audioapi/ios/system/AudioSessionManager.mm
index 01e713f4f..5c22a1725 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-audio-api/ios/audioapi/ios/system/AudioSessionManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/ios/audioapi/ios/system/AudioSessionManager.mm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ - (instancetype)init
     self.allowHapticsAndSystemSoundsDuringRecording = false;
     self.hasDirtySettings = true;
     self.isActive = false;
+    self.shouldManageSession = true;
   }
 
   return self;
@@ -135,6 +136,9 @@ - (void)setAudioSessionOptions:(NSString *)category
 
 - (bool)setActive:(bool)active
 {
+  if (!self.shouldManageSession) {
+    return true;
+  }
   if (active == self.isActive) {
     return true;
   }
@@ -162,6 +166,11 @@ - (bool)setActive:(bool)active
 
 - (bool)configureAudioSession
 {
+  if (!self.shouldManageSession) {
+    NSLog(@"[AudioSessionManager] Skipping AVAudioSession configuration, shouldManageSession is false");
+    return true;
+  }
+
   if (![self hasDirtySettings]) {
     return true;
   }
@@ -211,6 +220,12 @@ - (void)markSettingsAsDirty
   self.isActive = false;
 }
 
+- (void)disableSessionManagement
+{
+  self.shouldManageSession = false;
+  self.hasDirtySettings = false;
+}
+
 - (void)requestRecordingPermissions:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject
 {
   id value = [[NSBundle mainBundle] objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"NSMicrophoneUsageDescription"];
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/specs/NativeAudioAPIModule.ts b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/specs/NativeAudioAPIModule.ts
index 6bab1ba39..21fa17a88 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/specs/NativeAudioAPIModule.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/specs/NativeAudioAPIModule.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ interface Spec extends TurboModule {
     options: Array<string>,
     allowHaptics: boolean
   ): void;
+  disableSessionManagement(): void;
 
   // Lock Screen Info
   setLockScreenInfo(info: {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/system/AudioManager.ts b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/system/AudioManager.ts
index 70a116ee4..46a2a2b9f 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/system/AudioManager.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-audio-api/src/system/AudioManager.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ class AudioManager {
     );
   }
 
+  disableSessionManagement() {
+    NativeAudioAPIModule!.disableSessionManagement();
+  }
+
   setLockScreenInfo(info: LockScreenInfo) {
     NativeAudioAPIModule!.setLockScreenInfo(info);
   }