diff --git a/src/bot/commands.ts b/src/bot/commands.ts
index 5a9efeb..b984e4f 100644
--- a/src/bot/commands.ts
+++ b/src/bot/commands.ts
@@ -81,13 +81,22 @@ function activeSession(messageId: string | undefined): SearchSession | null {
   return session;
 }
 
-/** Resolves a reaction on a results message into the track it stands for. */
+/**
+ * Resolves a reaction on a results message into the track it stands for, and
+ * spends the session: the list is answered once, so a second reaction on the
+ * same message does nothing and the message itself can go away.
+ */
 export function trackForReaction(messageId: string, userId: string, emoji: string): Track | null {
   const session = activeSession(messageId);
   // Only the person who searched picks; otherwise anyone could hijack the list.
   if (!session || session.userId !== userId) return null;
   const index = CHOICE_EMOJI.indexOf(emoji);
-  return index === -1 ? null : (session.tracks[index] ?? null);
+  const track = index === -1 ? null : (session.tracks[index] ?? null);
+  if (track) {
+    sessionsByMessage.delete(messageId);
+    latestByUser.delete(`${session.channelId}:${session.userId}`);
+  }
+  return track;
 }
 
 function added(track: Track, startedNow: boolean, position: number): string {
diff --git a/src/bot/index.ts b/src/bot/index.ts
index 09fd01c..c8379a7 100644
--- a/src/bot/index.ts
+++ b/src/bot/index.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ async function handleChoice(
   const username = message.server?.getMember(userId)?.nickname ?? track.requestedBy.username;
   try {
     const text = await enqueueChoice(manager, serverId, message.channelId, { id: userId, username }, track);
+    // The list has served its purpose; leaving it behind only clutters the channel.
+    await message.delete().catch((err: unknown) => {
+      log.debug({ err }, "could not delete the search results message");
+    });
     await message.channel?.sendMessage(text);
   } catch (err) {
     if (err instanceof UserFacingError) {
diff --git a/src/core/player.ts b/src/core/player.ts
index e71c922..88a386b 100644
--- a/src/core/player.ts
+++ b/src/core/player.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export class GuildPlayer extends EventEmitter<GuildPlayerEvents> {
   /** Starts playback if nothing is currently playing. */
   async ensurePlaying(): Promise<void> {
     if (this.current || this.status === "buffering" || this.status === "connecting") return;
-    await this.advance(false);
+    await this.advance(false, false);
   }
 
   private async startPlayback(track: Track, seekSeconds = 0): Promise<void> {
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ export class GuildPlayer extends EventEmitter<GuildPlayerEvents> {
   }
 
   /** Moves to the next track. `skipLoop` ignores per-track looping (used by skip). */
-  private async advance(skipLoop: boolean): Promise<void> {
+  private async advance(skipLoop: boolean, announce = true): Promise<void> {
     const finished = this.current;
     this.current = null;
     // The track has to go with the sound: a published video track keeps showing
@@ -452,14 +452,16 @@ export class GuildPlayer extends EventEmitter<GuildPlayerEvents> {
     }
 
     await this.startPlayback(next);
-    this.notify(`▶️ Сейчас играет: **${next.title}**`);
+    // A command that started this track has already said so; announcing again
+    // would double every line in the channel.
+    if (announce) this.notify(`▶️ Сейчас играет: **${next.title}**`);
   }
 
   async skip(count = 1): Promise<Track | null> {
     if (!this.current && this.queue.length === 0) throw new UserFacingError("Нечего пропускать");
     for (let i = 1; i < count; i += 1) this.queue.shift();
     this.teardownPlayback();
-    await this.advance(true);
+    await this.advance(true, false);
     return this.current;
   }
 
@@ -558,7 +560,7 @@ export class GuildPlayer extends EventEmitter<GuildPlayerEvents> {
     if (tracks.length === 0) return;
     this.queue.unshift(...tracks);
     this.teardownPlayback();
-    await this.advance(true);
+    await this.advance(true, false);
   }
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------- housekeeping ---