How to cancel iCloud+

On an iPhone: Settings, your name, Subscriptions, iCloud+, then cancel or pick a smaller plan. The change happens when your billing period ends.

Based on the Apple Support, last checked 24 October 2026.

Cancel iCloud+ in 3 steps

  1. Open Settings and tap your name.
  2. Tap Subscriptions, then iCloud+.
  3. Choose to cancel it, or pick a smaller plan.

On a Mac: System Settings, your Apple Account, iCloud, then Manage Plan under iCloud+ Features, and choose a new storage amount or the free 5 GB plan. On Windows, in iCloud for Windows click Manage, then Change Storage Plan, then Downgrade Options.

Open Apple's steps Apple Support: Downgrade or cancel your iCloud+ plan

What happens after you cancel

  • The change takes effect when your current billing period ends.
  • If your iCloud storage is over your new limit, iCloud stops syncing and updating, and iCloud backups are not completed.
  • On the free plan you lose iCloud+ features such as Hide My Email, Private Relay and HomeKit Secure Video support.

Pay through an app store or a phone company?

Pay for Apple One? You can downgrade or cancel iCloud+ and keep the storage included in Apple One.

If iCloud+ is billed by Google Play: open the Play Store app, tap your profile picture, then Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions, choose iCloud+ and tap Cancel subscription. Google: cancel, pause or change a subscription on Google Play.

If it is billed by Apple: open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions, choose iCloud+ and tap Cancel Subscription. Apple: cancel a subscription from Apple.

A tip before you cancel

Download or remove content over your new storage limit before the change. Otherwise syncing and backups stop.

Forget the next renewal before it charges you

SubFinito adds up everything you pay for, shows what it costs over ten years, and reminds you before a renewal or a free trial ends. When you cancel iCloud+, press Finito and it goes in the Graveyard with the money you saved.

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Questions

Is it a cancel or a downgrade?

Both are on the same screen. Cancel or choose the free 5 GB plan to end iCloud+, or choose a smaller paid plan to pay less.

What happens if I am over the new limit?

iCloud stops syncing and updating your information, and backups are not completed, until you are back under the limit.

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