Cancel YouTube Premium in 3 steps
- Open youtube.com/paid_memberships on a computer or in your phone's browser and sign in.
- Choose Manage membership, then Deactivate.
- Confirm the cancellation.
On an Android phone you can also do it in the YouTube app: tap your profile picture, then Paid memberships, tap the membership, then Continue, pick a reason, and tap Yes, cancel. The Status on the paid memberships page confirms it worked.
What happens after you cancel
- Your benefits continue until the end of the billing period, and you are not charged again unless you re-subscribe.
- You are not refunded for the days between cancelling and the end of the period. For an immediate cancellation with a refund, YouTube says to contact YouTube support.
- You can pause instead of cancelling, for 1 to 6 months. The pause starts after your current billing cycle ends, and you lose the benefits while it lasts. Annual plans cannot be paused.
Pay through an app store or a phone company?
Joined from the YouTube iPhone app? Then Apple bills you, so cancel through your Apple account, and pausing is not available. If you pay through Google Play, cancel in Google Play (you cannot pause there, but you can cancel and re-subscribe later). If Premium comes with Pixel Pass, YouTube points you to the Pixel Pass help page.
If YouTube Premium is billed by Google Play: open the Play Store app, tap your profile picture, then Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions, choose YouTube Premium 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 YouTube Premium and tap Cancel Subscription. Apple: cancel a subscription from Apple.
A tip before you cancel
Have a Google One or Google Fi plan that includes YouTube Premium? A separate standalone Premium subscription is not cancelled automatically, so you can be billed twice. Check for the extra one and cancel it.
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 YouTube Premium, press Finito and it goes in the Graveyard with the money you saved.
Free to use. No account. Android app coming to Google Play.
Questions
Do I lose Premium the moment I cancel?
No. Benefits continue until the end of your billing period, and you are not charged again unless you re-subscribe.
Can I pause instead?
Yes, for 1 to 6 months, except on annual plans and when Apple bills you. The pause starts after the end of your current billing cycle.
How do I check that it is cancelled?
Open youtube.com/paid_memberships and look at the Status field.