How to Cancel YouTube Premium
Cancel YouTube Premium in a few minutes. Exact steps, the traps to avoid, refund rules, and what happens to your data after cancellation.
The short answer
YouTube Premium costs €7.99–€23.99/month. You keep access until the end of the period you have already paid for, so cancelling early does not lose you time. Cancelling removes YouTube Music Premium as well — they are the same subscription.
Leutrim Miftaraj
Founder, SubTracker · Updated July 21, 2026
Step by step
- 1
Open YouTube settings
Go to youtube.com, click your profile picture, then Purchases and memberships.
- 2
Find your membership
Locate YouTube Premium and select Manage.
- 3
Cancel
Choose Cancel membership and confirm.
Before you cancel
- •Cancelling removes YouTube Music Premium as well — they are the same subscription.
- •Downloaded videos and music become unplayable once the period ends.
- •iOS subscriptions are billed by Apple and must be cancelled in iPhone Settings.
Refunds
No partial refunds. Benefits continue to the end of the billing period.
Before you cancel entirely
Before cancelling permanently, consider rotating: subscribe for one month, watch what you want, then cancel. Streaming services have no minimum term, so rotation is a legitimate way to cut costs without losing access to everything.
Why streaming subscriptions are easy to forget
Streaming is the category where subscription creep does the most damage, for a structural reason: the price point is deliberately set below the threshold at which people scrutinise a charge. A single service at €10 a month does not prompt a decision. Six of them at €67 a month very much would — but you never see that number, because each one bills separately on a different date.
The second factor is that streaming usage is seasonal. You subscribe for one series, watch it over three weeks, and then keep paying for eleven months of not watching. Nothing in the product prompts you to reconsider, because the business model depends on you not reconsidering.
Rotation beats cancellation
Streaming services have no minimum term and no cancellation fee. That makes them the one category where rotation is a genuinely better strategy than permanent cancellation.
Subscribe when there is something you want to watch, watch it, cancel, and move to the next service. Your account, watch history and preferences are preserved when you return — cancelling does not delete anything. Three services rotated one month at a time costs a third of three services held permanently, for very nearly the same access.
The reason most people do not do this is purely operational: it requires remembering to cancel, and the renewal date is not somewhere you look. That is exactly the gap a renewal reminder closes.
If you are charged after cancelling
- •Keep the cancellation confirmation. An email or a screenshot showing the date is the document that resolves this, and it is much easier to save now than to reconstruct later.
- •If you are charged after cancelling, contact the provider first with the confirmation attached. Most reverse the charge without argument when presented with a timestamped confirmation.
- •If the provider does not resolve it, your bank or card issuer can reverse the payment. Card networks treat a charge after a documented cancellation as a straightforward chargeback, and the confirmation is the evidence you need.
- •For recurring card payments you can also instruct your bank to block future payments to that merchant. In the EU and UK, banks are required to honour this instruction even if the merchant continues to request payment.
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Start freeFrequently asked questions
How do I cancel YouTube Premium?+
Go to youtube.com, click your profile picture, then Purchases and memberships. Locate YouTube Premium and select Manage.
Do I get a refund when I cancel YouTube Premium?+
No partial refunds. Benefits continue to the end of the billing period.
What happens after I cancel YouTube Premium?+
You keep access to YouTube Premium until the end of the billing period you have already paid for. After that the subscription stops and you are not charged again.
How much does YouTube Premium cost?+
YouTube Premium costs €7.99–€23.99/month based on 2026 pricing. Prices vary by region and plan tier, so check your account for the exact amount you are charged.
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