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Cancel guide · Updated September 10, 2026

How to cancel YouTube Premium

Google’s help: manage YouTube Premium under Google Account → Payments & subscriptions, or from the YouTube Premium membership / Paid memberships screens while signed into the Google Account that pays. Choose Cancel membership (or Cancel subscription) and confirm. Save the confirmation. On a Family plan, only the family manager cancels. If Apple bills YouTube Premium, cancel in iPhone/iPad Settings → Subscriptions—not only inside YouTube. YouTube TV is a different product with its own cancel path; cancelling Premium does not cancel YouTube TV and the reverse is also true.

Difficulty: Online. Policies change. This is the path that usually works, not a substitute for your contract or the merchant’s current account screens.

Clearcut doesn't cancel subscriptions for you. These are the steps you take with YouTube Premium yourself.

What does not work

  • Deleting the YouTube app
  • Signing out of Google
  • A Family member who is not the manager cancelling the whole family plan
  • Cancelling YouTube Premium and assuming YouTube TV stops (or the reverse)
  • Cancelling inside YouTube when Apple is the merchant on your statement

Online

  1. 01Sign in with the Google Account that pays for Premium.
  2. 02Open Google Account → Payments & subscriptions → manage subscriptions / YouTube Premium, or open YouTube → your avatar → Purchases and memberships / Premium membership.
  3. 03Select Cancel membership (or Cancel subscription) and finish confirmation. Save the email or screenshot.
  4. 04Family plan: the family manager must cancel.
  5. 05Apple-billed: Settings → your name → Subscriptions → YouTube Premium → Cancel Subscription.
  6. 06If you also have YouTube TV, open that membership separately and cancel there if needed.

Fees and traps

  • Access usually continues until the end of the current Premium period. Check the confirmation screen for the end date.
  • YouTube TV billing and cancel are separate from YouTube Premium.
  • Student and other offer plans still cancel from the same membership controls once the offer ends or you choose to leave.
  • Wrong Google Account: Premium will not appear. Check which account is signed in on YouTube.

FAQ

Who cancels YouTube Premium Family?

Only the family manager. Members leave the family group; they do not cancel billing for everyone.

Does cancelling Premium cancel YouTube TV?

No. They are separate subscriptions.

I pay through Apple. Where do I cancel?

iOS/iPadOS Settings → your name → Subscriptions, or account.apple.com—not only the YouTube app.