HOW TO CANCEL · STREAMING

How to cancel YouTube Premium

Your benefits continue until the end of the billing period. You can check the status at youtube.com/paid_memberships.

Steps

In the YouTube app, tap your profile picture, then Paid memberships.
Tap the membership, then Continue.
Choose a reason, tap Next, then Yes, cancel.

Open the official YouTube Premium help page ↗

Before you cancel

Signed up on an iPhone through Apple? Cancel in your Apple subscriptions instead.
Billed through Google Play? Cancel in your Google Play subscriptions.
Steps differ slightly on a computer and on iPhone. The official page has a tab for each.

Keep proof

A screenshot of the cancellation confirmation screen
The confirmation email or reference number
The date and time you cancelled
Your next statement: check that no new charge appears

A message you can send

Useful if you have to cancel by email or chat. Replace the brackets first.

Hello,

Please cancel my YouTube Premium subscription for the account [your account email], effective at the end of the current billing period. Please do not renew it.

Please confirm the cancellation in writing, including the date it takes effect and any final charge.

Thank you,
[your name]

Charged after cancelling? See your next step

Free trial? Set a reminder instead

Source review recorded on 8 November 2026. Things change. Always confirm on the official page before you act.