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How to Cancel Spotify
Last verified: 2026-03-19
Official Spotify PolicyVerified
support.spotify.com/us/article/cancel-premium
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How to Cancel — Step by Step
- 1Go to spotify.com/account and sign in
- 2Navigate to 'Manage your plan'
- 3Select 'Cancel subscription' (or 'Cancel Premium')
- 4Confirm cancellation
- 5Premium access continues until the next billing date, then reverts to free tier
Billed Through a Third Party?
- Apple App Store: cancel through iOS Settings > [Your Name] > Subscriptions > Spotify > Cancel. Refund requests go through Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com
- Google Play: cancel through Play Store > Subscriptions > Spotify > Cancel. Refund requests within 48 hours through Google Play Help Center
- Carrier/partner billing: contact the partner directly — a link appears on your Spotify Payment page
- You must cancel through the platform you originally subscribed with
Reactivating Your Account
- All playlists, liked songs, saved albums, followed artists, and profile information are preserved permanently on the free tier
- Lost features: ad-free listening, offline downloads, unlimited skips, highest audio quality, Spotify Connect to all devices, group session hosting
- Downloaded tracks become unplayable immediately when Premium expires (not deleted, just inaccessible)
- Can resubscribe to Premium at any time to restore all features
Additional Notes
- Premium Family: cancelling affects ALL members on the plan — only the plan manager can cancel; notify all members before cancelling
- Premium Duo: cancellation affects both members — only the plan manager can cancel
- Premium Student: if you resubscribe later, you must re-verify student status; periodic re-verification required regardless
- Free trial: if you cancel during a zero-priced free trial, your account switches to free immediately (not at end of trial); zero-priced trials cannot be reactivated once cancelled
- Gift cards cannot be refunded by Spotify — must be returned to the original retailer
- Exceptions for refunds: duplicate/accidental charges (contact Spotify support), Apple-billed (request through Apple), Google-billed (within 48 hours through Google)
- Before cancelling, consider using a playlist export tool (FreeYourMusic, Soundiiz) to back up playlists to other services
- No phone support — all support through support.spotify.com (online chat and web forms) or community.spotify.com
What Redditors Are Saying
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r/LifeProTips·5y ago
LPT: If you signed up for 3 months of free Spotify Premium during their New Year’s deal, tonight’s the night to cancel before you get charged!
I got smart this time and set a reminder :)
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r/BuyCanadian·1y ago
Spotify donated $150,000 to the Inauguration, don't forget to cancel.
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r/billieeilish·1mo ago
Billie Eilish urges fans to cancel their subscriptions on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Spotify and more!
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r/popculturechat·1mo ago
Spotify once again increases subscription prices. This is their fourth consecutive year increasing rates for premium subscribers
The US premium subscriber changes are as follows: Individual Plan $11.99->$12.99, Duo Plan $16.99->$18.99, Family Plan $19.99->$21.99, Student Plan $5.99->$6.99
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