How to cancel YouTube Premium
You cancel YouTube Premium at youtube.com/paid_memberships: click Manage membership, then Deactivate, then Continue. If you joined in the YouTube app on an iPhone or iPad, Apple bills you, so you cancel through your Apple account instead.
YouTube's help page, Cancel YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium, has steps for computers, Android and iPhone. The steps below follow it as it read on November 10, 2026. The same steps cancel YouTube Music Premium.
Cancel on a computer
- Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships.
- Click Manage membership.
- Click Deactivate.
- Click Continue to cancel.
- Select your reason for canceling, then click Next.
- Click Yes, cancel.
Cancel on Android
- In the YouTube app, tap your profile picture, then Paid memberships.
- Tap the membership you want to cancel.
- Tap Continue to cancel.
- Select your reason for canceling, then tap Next.
- Tap Yes, cancel.
If you signed up through Google Play billing, YouTube's page says to cancel in your Google Play account settings instead. Google's steps are in Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play.
Cancel on iPhone or iPad
If you joined from the YouTube app on an iPhone or iPad, Apple bills you. YouTube's iPhone and iPad steps are:
- Tap Settings, then Purchases and memberships.
- Tap the membership you want to cancel.
- Tap Manage Apple Subscriptions.
- Tap your membership.
- Tap Cancel.
You can also cancel it in your Apple account settings, as shown in Apple's Cancel a subscription from Apple. One catch: if you use an iPhone but Google bills you, YouTube says to cancel from a device that isn't an iPhone or iPad, such as a computer. Our guide to canceling subscriptions on iPhone and Android covers the app store side.
Pause instead of canceling
YouTube lets you pause a membership for 1 to 6 months. The pause starts when your current billing cycle ends, and you aren't charged while it lasts. You and any family members on your plan lose Premium benefits during the pause. Your downloads are kept, but you can't play them until you resume. To pause on a computer, go to youtube.com/paid_memberships, click Manage membership, click Deactivate, then click Pause, use the slider to pick the number of months, and click Pause membership.
Two exceptions: annual plans can't be paused, and neither can memberships billed through Apple.
What happens after you cancel
Your benefits continue until the end of the billing period, and you won't be charged again unless you sign up again. YouTube's page says you can confirm you've already canceled by checking the paid membership section at youtube.com/paid_memberships.
YouTube's Premium page didn't show us prices when we checked. Members can see their own price at youtube.com/paid_memberships. See YouTube Premium's prices.
From YouTube Premium's own page, US, checked November 10, 2026. Price tracker
Common questions
Do I keep YouTube Premium until the end of the month after canceling?
Yes, until the end of your billing period. YouTube's help page says your paid membership benefits "will continue until the end of the billing period." You aren't charged again after that unless you subscribe again.
Why can't I cancel YouTube Premium in the app?
Often it's because a different company bills you. If you joined in the YouTube app on an iPhone, Apple bills you, so you cancel through your Apple account. If you get Premium through a Google Play subscription, you cancel in Google Play. If Google bills you but you're on an iPhone, use a computer instead.
Can I pause YouTube Premium instead?
Yes, for 1 to 6 months, unless you're on an annual plan or Apple bills you. YouTube's pause page says you aren't charged during the pause. If prices went up in the meantime, you pay the new price when you resume.