Does uninstalling an Android app cancel its subscription?

No. The subscription keeps renewing after the app is gone. Cancel it in the Play Store: profile picture, Payments & subscriptions, Subscriptions.

I can't find the subscription in Google Play. Where is it?

Check your other Google accounts (switch at the top of the Play Store). If it's not under any of them, you probably subscribed on the company's website, so cancel in your account settings there.

Do I keep access after cancelling?

Yes, until the end of the period you've already paid for. Nothing more is charged after that.

How to cancel a subscription on Android (Google Play)

Cancel any Google Play subscription from the Play Store or the web, why uninstalling an app doesn't stop the charge, and how Google Play refunds work.

Steps checked November 3, 2026

Open the cancel page

When you subscribe inside an Android app, Google Play takes the payment. That makes Google Play the place to cancel, whatever the app itself says. This also covers Google's own subscriptions bought through Play, such as Google One and Play Pass.

Cancel in the Play Store

Open the Google Play Store app.
Tap your profile picture in the top corner.
Tap Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions.
Tap the subscription, then Cancel subscription, and follow the prompts.

Google may offer to pause the subscription instead, for some apps. Pausing stops the charges for a while and then restarts them by itself, so pick Cancel if you're done with it.

From a computer

Go to play.google.com, sign in with the same Google account, open your profile picture, then Payments & subscriptions and Subscriptions. Choose the subscription and Cancel subscription.

Uninstalling doesn't cancel

Removing an app from your phone leaves its subscription running, and Google keeps charging. Cancel it in the Play Store first. If you have more than one Google account on the phone, switch accounts at the top of the Play Store; a subscription only shows under the account that pays for it.

What happens after you cancel

You keep the subscription until the end of the period you've paid for. If you cancel during a free trial, you won't be charged when it ends.

Getting a refund

Google Play refunds are case by case. Shortly after a purchase you can ask for one on the Google Play website: open your order history, find the charge, and choose Request a refund. After that, Google usually sends you to the app's developer, who sets their own refund policy.

Menus move. If a step looks different, search the service’s help centre for “cancel”: the current path is usually the first result.

Questions

Does uninstalling an Android app cancel its subscription?: No. The subscription keeps renewing after the app is gone. Cancel it in the Play Store: profile picture, Payments & subscriptions, Subscriptions.
I can't find the subscription in Google Play. Where is it?: Check your other Google accounts (switch at the top of the Play Store). If it's not under any of them, you probably subscribed on the company's website, so cancel in your account settings there.
Do I keep access after cancelling?: Yes, until the end of the period you've already paid for. Nothing more is charged after that.