Where do I cancel YouTube Premium?

On your paid memberships page (youtube.com/paid_memberships, or Purchases and memberships in the app): Manage membership, Deactivate, Continue to cancel.

Is pausing YouTube Premium the same as cancelling?

No. A pause stops the charges for a while and then restarts the membership, and its billing, automatically.

Do I lose my playlists if I cancel YouTube Premium?

No. Playlists, channel subscriptions and history belong to your Google account. You lose ad-free viewing, downloads and background play.

How to cancel YouTube Premium or YouTube Music

Cancel YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium from your paid memberships page, the difference between pausing and cancelling, and what you keep.

Steps checked November 3, 2026

Open the cancel page

YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium are both managed on your YouTube paid memberships page.

Cancel on the website or in the app

Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships, signed in to the account that pays. In the YouTube app, tap your profile picture, then Purchases and memberships.
Choose the membership, then Manage membership.
Choose Deactivate, then Continue to cancel, pick a reason, and confirm.

Pause or cancel?

YouTube offers to pause instead, for a few weeks or months. A paused membership restarts by itself and charges you again when the pause ends. If you want it gone, keep going past the pause offer to Continue to cancel.

If you subscribed on an iPhone

If you joined in the YouTube app on an iPhone, Apple bills you, and you cancel in Settings, your name, Subscriptions (steps). The paid memberships page says when this is the case.

What happens after you cancel

You keep Premium until the end of the period you've paid for. After that, ads come back, downloads disappear from your devices, and background play stops. Your playlists, subscriptions and history are part of your Google account and stay.

Before you cancel

If you're on a family plan as the manager, cancelling ends Premium for everyone in the family group. Members can leave the group without affecting anyone else.

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

Questions

Where do I cancel YouTube Premium?: On your paid memberships page (youtube.com/paid_memberships, or Purchases and memberships in the app): Manage membership, Deactivate, Continue to cancel.
Is pausing YouTube Premium the same as cancelling?: No. A pause stops the charges for a while and then restarts the membership, and its billing, automatically.
Do I lose my playlists if I cancel YouTube Premium?: No. Playlists, channel subscriptions and history belong to your Google account. You lose ad-free viewing, downloads and background play.