How to cancel Spotify Premium in 2026

Spotify is unusual among subscriptions: cancelling Premium does not close your account or wipe your data. You simply revert to the ad-supported free tier and keep everything you built. Here is where to actually do it.

Cancel on the Web

Spotify does not let you cancel Premium inside the mobile app - you have to use a browser:

1. Go to spotify.com/account and log in
2. Open "Manage your plan" (or "Available plans")
3. Select "Cancel Premium" and follow the prompts
4. Confirm - you keep Premium until the end of the paid period, then move to free

If You're Billed Through Apple, Google, or PayPal

If your Spotify page shows no cancel option, a third party is billing you. Cancel from there:

• Apple: Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions → Spotify → Cancel Subscription
• Google Play: Play Store → Profile → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions → Spotify → Cancel
• PayPal: Settings → Payments → Manage automatic payments → Spotify → Cancel

What You Keep After Cancelling

• Your account stays open - cancelling Premium is not the same as deleting your account
• Playlists, saved albums, podcasts, and follows all remain
• You keep Premium features until the current period ends
• You can upgrade again anytime and pick up exactly where you left off

Watch the Renewal, Not Just the Cancel

Music is one of those categories where people quietly hold two or three overlapping services - Spotify, a video service that came with music, an audiobook subscription. Keeping one live list of every recurring charge and its renewal date is how you catch the overlap you would otherwise pay for indefinitely.