# How to cancel YouTube Premium

Cancel YouTube Premium from youtube.com/paid_memberships: choose Manage membership, then Deactivate, Continue to cancel and confirm with Yes, cancel. It takes about 2 minutes and benefits normally stay active through the current billing cycle. There is normally no refund for unused time, and partly used annual or other prepaid plans are not refundable.

YouTube paid memberships for fewer or no ads, with plan-dependent background play, downloads and YouTube Music Premium.

- Category: Streaming
- Entry plan: Individual monthly at Shown at checkout
- Billed via: web, iOS App Store, Google Play, Google account
- Difficulty: Easy (1.6 / 10 on the Cancellation Difficulty Index), takes about 2 minutes
- Direct cancellation page: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6308278?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
- Manually verified on 8 Aug 2026 against official sources
- Canonical guide: https://canicancelit.com/cancel/youtube-premium

## Cancel in a web browser

1. **Open paid memberships** Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships and choose Manage membership for YouTube Premium.
2. **Deactivate** Choose Deactivate, then Continue to cancel.
3. **Confirm** Select a reason, choose Next and then Yes, cancel.

## Cancel on iPhone / iPad

1. **Check who bills the membership** If Apple bills it, open Settings, tap your name, choose Subscriptions and select YouTube Premium.
2. **Cancel** Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm.

## Cancel on Android

1. **Open Google Play subscriptions** If Google Play bills it, open subscriptions in Google Play and select YouTube Premium.
2. **Cancel** Tap Cancel subscription and follow the instructions. Otherwise use YouTube Paid memberships and the Deactivate flow.

## Refunds, pausing, downgrades and your data

- **Refunds:** Cancellation stops auto-renewal and normally leaves benefits active through the billing cycle without a refund for unused time. A refund may be available when paid features do not work. Google Play and Apple-billed purchases use their respective refund routes. Partly used annual or other prepaid plans are not refundable.
- **Pausing:** Eligible monthly memberships can be paused for one to six months after the current billing cycle. Benefits become unavailable while paused, but downloads are retained until resumption. Annual, Apple-billed and Google Play-billed memberships cannot be paused.
- **Downgrading:** The cancellation guide documents switching to an annual or family plan, and Premium Lite can be upgraded to Premium. No universal direct downgrade to Premium Lite is documented. Available choices depend on the current plan and billing provider.
- **Account data:** Cancelling YouTube Premium does not delete the Google Account or its YouTube data. Deleting the Google Account is separate and removes account data and access to subscriptions and purchased YouTube or Google Play content.

## At a glance

- Cancellation fee: None
- Refund window: Only for service failures or store eligibility
- Effective: End of billing period
- Free plan after: Yes, free YouTube

## FAQ

**How do I cancel YouTube Premium?**

Open youtube.com/paid_memberships, choose Manage membership, Deactivate, Continue to cancel and confirm Yes, cancel.

**When does YouTube Premium cancellation take effect?**

Benefits normally continue through the current billing period and auto-renewal stops.

**Can YouTube Premium be paused?**

Eligible monthly memberships can pause for one to six months. Annual, Apple-billed and Google Play-billed memberships cannot.

**Is the annual plan refundable?**

A partly used annual or other prepaid plan is not refundable.

**Does cancellation delete my YouTube data?**

No. Google Account deletion is a separate action with much broader data loss.

## Official sources

- [Join YouTube Premium](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/16475192) (checked 2026-08-08)
- [Get YouTube Premium Lite](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/15968883?hl=en) (checked 2026-08-08)
- [Cancel YouTube Premium](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6308278?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en) (checked 2026-08-08)
- [Pause YouTube Premium](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11950175?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en) (checked 2026-08-08)
- [YouTube Premium refunds](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12014038?hl=en) (checked 2026-08-08)
- [YouTube Premium annual plan](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11417260) (checked 2026-08-08)
- [Cancel an Apple subscription](https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428) (checked 2026-08-08)
- [Cancel a Google Play subscription](https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7018481?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=En) (checked 2026-08-08)
- [Delete a Google Account](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32046?hl=en) (checked 2026-08-08)

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