How to Cancel Spotify Premium
Step-by-step guide to cancelling your Spotify Premium subscription. Covers direct billing, Apple App Store, and Google Play cancellation methods.
Spotify hit 293 million paying subscribers in early 2026, but not everyone is sticking around. After the latest round of price increases pushed the Individual plan to $12.99 a month, a lot of people started looking for the cancel button.
The problem is that Spotify does not make it obvious. You cannot cancel from the mobile app. The process depends on whether you subscribed directly through Spotify, through Apple, or through Google. And if you pick the wrong path, you will end up going in circles.
The good news is that cancelling does not delete anything. Your playlists, saved songs, and listening history all stay on your account. You just drop down to the free tier with ads and some limitations. Here is how to do it on every platform.
Figure out who bills you
Before you do anything, you need to know who actually charges you for Spotify Premium. The cancellation process is different depending on whether you subscribed directly through Spotify, through the Apple App Store, or through Google Play. The easiest way to check is to look at your billing history. If your bank statement shows charges from "Spotify," you subscribed directly and will cancel through Spotify's website. If the charge shows "Apple" or "Apple.com/bill," you subscribed through the App Store. If it shows "Google," you went through Google Play. You can also check on Spotify's account page. Log in at account.spotify.com, scroll to the Your plan section, and look at your payment method. It will tell you if your subscription is managed by a partner like Apple or Google.
Heads up: You cannot cancel Spotify Premium from within the Spotify mobile app on any device. The app does not have a cancellation option. You need to use a web browser or your phone's subscription settings depending on how you subscribed.
Cancel through Spotify's website if you subscribed directly
This method works if you signed up on spotify.com or through the desktop app and Spotify bills you directly. Open a web browser on your phone or computer and go to account.spotify.com. Log in with your Spotify credentials. Scroll down to the Your plan section and click Manage your plan. Click Cancel subscription. Spotify will try to keep you. They might offer a discounted rate, suggest switching to a cheaper plan, or show you what you will lose. If you want to proceed, decline the offers and click through the prompts. Select a reason for cancelling when asked, then confirm your cancellation on the final screen.
Good to know: Pay attention to the retention offers. Spotify sometimes offers a significant discount for a few months if you go through the cancellation flow. If you are cancelling because of the price, this might be worth considering before you finalize.
Cancel through iPhone settings if Apple bills you
If you originally subscribed through the App Store, Spotify will not appear as cancellable on their website. You need to cancel through Apple instead. Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. Tap your name at the top of the screen. Tap Subscriptions. Find Spotify in the list and tap it. Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm. You can also do this through the App Store. Open the App Store, tap your profile icon in the top right, tap Subscriptions, and cancel Spotify from there. Apple's subscription management page has the full walkthrough if you need help finding the option on your specific iOS version.
Cancel through Google Play if you subscribed on Android
If you subscribed through the Google Play Store, you need to cancel there. Deleting the Spotify app does not cancel your subscription. Google will keep billing you. Open the Google Play Store app on your Android phone. Tap your profile icon in the top right corner. Tap Payments and subscriptions, then tap Subscriptions. Find Spotify and tap it. Tap Cancel subscription and follow the prompts to confirm. If you do not have your phone handy, you can also cancel from a browser. Go to play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions, sign in with the same Google account, and cancel from there. Google's subscription help page confirms that uninstalling an app never cancels the subscription behind it. You always need to cancel explicitly.
Check your confirmation email
After you cancel through any of these methods, you should receive a confirmation email. Check your inbox for a message from Spotify, Apple, or Google confirming that your subscription will not renew. You can also verify by going back to account.spotify.com. Under the Your plan section, it should now show when your Premium access ends. You will keep all Premium features until that date. After that, your account automatically switches to Spotify Free. Your playlists, saved songs, liked albums, followed artists, and listening history all stay exactly where they are. The only things you lose are ad-free listening, offline downloads, unlimited skips, and high-quality audio.
Heads up: If you cancel during a free trial, the switch to Spotify Free happens immediately. You do not get to keep Premium until the end of the trial period. This is different from cancelling a paid subscription, where you keep Premium until your next billing date.
Once your billing cycle ends, your account switches to Spotify Free. You will hear ads between songs, you lose offline downloads, and mobile playback goes back to shuffle mode with limited skips. But everything you built on Spotify stays yours. If you change your mind later, you can resubscribe anytime and pick up right where you left off. Spotify keeps your account data indefinitely, so nothing disappears just because you stopped paying. One last thing. If you are on a Family or Duo plan and you are the plan manager, make sure to tell the other people on your plan before you cancel. They will lose their Premium access too, and there is no warning from Spotify on their end.
Questions we get asked about this
Answers from experience, not a textbook.
No. Your playlists, saved songs, liked albums, followed artists, podcast subscriptions, and listening history are all preserved when you cancel. They are tied to your Spotify account, not your Premium subscription. The only things you lose are ad-free listening, offline downloads, unlimited skips on mobile, and high-quality audio streaming.
Spotify does not offer prorated refunds. When you cancel, you keep Premium access until the end of your current billing cycle and your account switches to Free after that. If you subscribed through Apple or Google, you would need to request a refund through them directly, and their policies vary.
Only the plan manager can cancel a Family or Duo plan. If the manager cancels, all members lose their Premium benefits at the end of the billing cycle. Individual members cannot cancel the plan, but they can leave it on their own, which only removes them without affecting the rest of the group.
Cancelling Premium stops your subscription payments and downgrades your account to Spotify Free. Your account, playlists, followers, and listening history all stay intact. Deleting your Spotify account is permanent. It erases everything including your playlists, username, followers, and all listening data. You need to cancel Premium first and then separately request account deletion if that is what you want.
Yes. You can resubscribe at any time by going to account.spotify.com and choosing a plan. Your playlists, saved music, and account data will still be there exactly as you left them. Spotify occasionally offers comeback deals to former subscribers, so you might see a discounted rate when you return.
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