How to cancel YouTube Premium
At a glance
| Fact | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where to cancel | Web dashboard |
| Steps | 5 |
| Time needed | About 2 minutes |
| Difficulty | easy |
| Cancel before | You are charged at the start of each billing cycle until you cancel, so cancel before that date. Benefits then run to the end of the period you already paid for. |
Data last updated 2026-09-18. Checked by the LemSubs research team.
YouTube Premium cancellations are handled by the web dashboard and take about 2 minutes. Difficulty: easy.
Steps to cancel YouTube Premium
- Open youtube.com/paid_memberships (or tap your profile picture -> Paid memberships)
- Select the membership you want to stop
- Choose "Continue to cancel"
- Pick a reason, tap Next, then "Yes, cancel"
- Check the "Status" field on the same page to confirm it now reads cancelled
Official cancellation page: https://www.youtube.com/paid_memberships
Cancel in the right place
You joined on the web
- youtube.com/paid_memberships -> Continue to cancel -> Yes, cancel
You joined in the YouTube iOS app
- Cancel from your Apple account subscriptions list
Apple bills you, so the YouTube page cannot stop it.
You joined through Google Play billing
- Cancel inside Google Play subscription settings
Refunds, timing and access
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Billing cutoff | You are charged at the start of each billing cycle until you cancel, so cancel before that date. Benefits then run to the end of the period you already paid for. |
| Access after cancelling | Premium perks (no ads, downloads, background play) last until the end of the billing period. You will not be charged again unless you re-subscribe. Duplicate charges usually mean you have both YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium on the same account — check both rows on the memberships page. |
| Third-party billing | If Premium came with a bundle such as Pixel Pass, it is managed by that bundle, not by the YouTube page. |
Before you cancel
You can also pause instead of cancelling. A pause restarts billing by itself, so use cancel if you want the charges to stop for good.
Checked against
- YouTube Help: Cancel YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium — https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6308278
Last verified: 2026-08-04.