How to cancel YouTube Premium

That depends entirely on your habits. If you watch hours of YouTube daily, hate ads, and use the background play feature, yes. If you rarely watch or don't mind ads, probably not. For most light users, the $13.99/month is hard to justify.

For power users, yes, no ads, background playback on mobile, and the included YouTube Music subscription are real perks. But if you don't use those features daily, it's an easy skip. The value is very much use-case dependent.

Most likely because you haven't actually cancelled. Deleting the app does nothing. If you subscribed through Apple, Roku, or a carrier like T-Mobile, you must cancel through that third party. Google billing only works if you subscribed directly.

Companies intentionally make cancellation less obvious than sign-up to reduce churn. YouTube's path is relatively straightforward once you know the steps, web or Android: YouTube account > Paid memberships > Deactivate. But hidden third-party billing traps are a common pain point.

On the web: go to youtube.com/paid_memberships > Manage membership > Deactivate > Continue > Yes, cancel. On Android: Tap your profile icon > Paid memberships > your subscription > Continue > confirm. On iOS if billed through Apple: go to Settings > Subscriptions and cancel there.

You might be looking in the wrong place. YouTube Premium is not cancelled by unsubscribing from a channel. Go to your Google Account's "Paid memberships" section. If you signed up through Apple, Roku, or a carrier, you must cancel directly with them.

Yes, if you know where to look. On the web or Android it takes about 30 seconds, find the Paid memberships page and click through. The only difficulty comes when you subscribed via a third party like Apple, where you must dig into iPhone settings.

If you subscribed through YouTube on your iPhone (not Apple), you can cancel right in the YouTube app or on the web. If Apple billed you, go to iPhone Settings > your name > Subscriptions, tap YouTube Premium, and cancel. Otherwise you'll keep getting charged.

Yes. On Android, open the YouTube app, tap your profile icon, go to Paid memberships, select your subscription, and follow the cancellation steps. On iPhone, the same applies only if you paid Google directly; if Apple billed you, use Settings > Subscriptions.

Go to myaccount.google.com/paid-memberships (or the same section in the YouTube app on Android). Find your YouTube Premium subscription, click Manage, then Deactivate. On iOS billed through Apple, you must cancel in Settings > Subscriptions instead.

Cancelling the subscription stops future payments. Do it in your Google Account's Paid memberships section. If you subscribed via Apple, Roku, or a carrier, cancel through that provider. Auto-renewal will be turned off at the end of your current billing period.

For YouTube Premium, go to youtube.com/paid_memberships (on web) or tap your profile icon > Paid memberships in the app. For channel subscriptions, you manage those on each channel's page. Don't confuse the two, Premium is not a channel subscription.

New users usually get a 1-month free trial. Students may get a discounted trial. There is no permanent free version, after the trial, you are charged unless you cancel before the end of the trial period. Existing users occasionally get promotional offers, but they are rare.

Your Premium benefits (ad-free, background play, downloads, YouTube Music) will continue until the end of your current billing cycle. After that, you revert to the free, ad-supported YouTube experience. Your playlists and history remain intact.

Cancel first via your Google Account or Apple, then request a refund. If you cancel within a few days of being charged, Google or Apple may issue a refund, but it's not guaranteed. Contact Google Pay or Apple Support directly. Cancelling early does not automatically refund partial months.

That's a different feature. Unsubscribing from channels is done on the channel's page by clicking the Subscribed button. If you're trying to cancel YouTube Premium, you're in the wrong menu. Look for "Paid memberships" in your account settings.

You may have cancelled after the billing date or through the wrong channel. If you were billed three days ago, cancelling today won't refund that charge, you'll keep Premium until the next cycle's end. Also, if you cancelled on Google but Apple billed you, the cancellation didn't register.

YouTube TV is a separate service with its own cancellation flow. Go to tv.youtube.com > Settings > Membership > Pause or Cancel. If the button is missing or unresponsive, try a different browser or clear cookies. Some promotions may require calling support.

No, it does not end immediately. You retain full Premium access until the last day of your paid billing period. After that, you automatically revert to the free tier. There is no prorated refund for unused days.

You will lose ad-free viewing, background play, downloads, and YouTube Music Premium at the end of your current billing cycle. Your account remains active, playlists and subscriptions are preserved, and you simply return to the standard free YouTube experience.