YouTube Premium offers a lot of features and is great for people whose main consuming platform is YouTube. However, if you are already subscribed to YouTube Premium and want to cancel your subscription due to the recent increase in prices or because you have found a better streaming service, this guide will show you step by step how to cancel your subscription to YouTube Premium on the web on Windows, Android and iOS.
Before canceling your subscription
Before clearing any doubts about cancellations and refunds, check out YouTube Premium. Help support page It’s a good idea to take a look. Also, the steps to cancel the subscription service differ depending on the payment method (Google Play, Apple Pay on Apple devices, credit or debit card) you use to subscribe to YouTube Premium.
Canceling YouTube Premium subscription using a web browser
- Open your web browser and Paid Memberships go to the page.
- Manage Membership > DeactivateClick .
- Continue to cancelor to pause for up to six months. StopClick .
- Select a reason to cancel and ContinueClick .
- Last time cancel subscriptionClick .
This method works if you are using a PC or Notebook. If you have subscribed to YouTube Premium through Google Play, clicking Cancel will take you to your subscriptions page in the Google Play Store, where you can cancel your Premium membership immediately.
How to cancel YouTube Premium in YouTube Android app?
- On your mobile device YouTubestart .
- in the upper right corner profile Tap your icon.
- Purchases and subscriptionsTap and your active YouTube Premium subscription.
- If you want to cancel your membership Disable > ContinueCancel by tapping .
- Alternatively, choose to pause your subscription for up to six months instead. Stop use option.
- ForwardTap , choose why you unsubscribed and Yes, Cancel PremiumTap .
If you subscribed with a credit or debit card for a one-month free trial of YouTube premium, you will not lose access to the subscription immediately and your subscription will remain active until the next billing cycle.
How to cancel YouTube Premium membership on iPhone and iPad?
The steps to cancel YouTube Premium on an iOS device are the same as on Android if you haven’t subscribed through the App Store. If you subscribed using the App Store, here’s how to cancel your YouTube Premium subscription via the settings app on iOS.
- On your Apple device Settingsgo to
- to your Apple ID tap.
- SubscriptionsTap and YouTubefind .
- cancel subscriptionto and the one you want to cancel. confirmTap .
If you subscribed through Google Play, you need a non-iOS device to go to the subscriptions page of the Google Play Store and cancel.
Anyone using YouTube Premium without YouTube Music?
One of the best things about YouTube Premium is that it comes with YouTube Music Premium. While making a YouTube Premium subscription an attractive opportunity for people who don’t subscribe to a music streaming service, recent price increases have caused people to request a cheaper subscription tier that doesn’t include YouTube Music. Maybe it would be great if Google agreed to the same and made a customizable subscription tier for Android users.
If you’ve subscribed to a music streaming platform like Spotify and want to switch to a different service, there are a few areas where YouTube Music is better and a few areas where Spotify is value for money. And if you’re frugal, it might be a wise decision to switch to YouTube Music.