How to Cancel Spotify Premium: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide

Spotify Premium is easy to sign up for — and just as straightforward to cancel, once you know where to look. The process varies depending on how you originally subscribed, which is the part that trips most people up. Here's everything you need to know.

Why Cancellation Isn't Always One-Size-Fits-All

Spotify doesn't handle all subscriptions directly. If you signed up through Spotify's own website, you cancel through Spotify. But if you subscribed through the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, or a third-party bundle (like a mobile carrier plan), Spotify itself has no control over that billing — and you'll need to cancel through whoever is actually charging you.

Getting this wrong is the most common reason people think they've cancelled, only to keep getting charged.

How to Find Out Who Bills You

Before cancelling, confirm your billing source:

1. Log in to your Spotify account at spotify.com
2. Go to Account → Subscription
3. Look for the line that says where your payment comes from

If it says "Spotify," you cancel through Spotify. If it says "Apple," "Google," or a carrier name, you'll cancel through that platform instead.

Cancelling a Spotify-Billed Subscription 🎵

This is the most common scenario for people who signed up directly on Spotify's website or desktop app.

On desktop or mobile browser:

1. Go to spotify.com and log in
2. Click your profile picture (top right) → Account
3. Scroll to Your plan
4. Click Change or cancel
5. Follow the prompts to cancel your subscription

Spotify will typically offer you a discounted plan or a pause option before completing the cancellation — you can skip past these if you want to proceed. Your Premium access continues until the end of your current billing period, and you won't be charged again after that.

Important: You cannot cancel a Spotify-billed subscription through the Spotify mobile app itself. The app redirects you to the website for account and billing changes.

Cancelling Through Apple (App Store Subscribers)

If Spotify is billed through Apple, cancellation happens in your iPhone or iPad settings, not in Spotify.

1. Open Settings on your iOS device
2. Tap your Apple ID (your name at the top)
3. Tap Subscriptions
4. Find Spotify in the list
5. Tap Cancel Subscription

Alternatively, you can manage this through the App Store → your profile icon → Subscriptions.

The cancellation takes effect at the end of your current subscription period.

Cancelling Through Google Play (Android Subscribers)

For subscriptions billed through Google:

1. Open the Google Play Store app
2. Tap your profile icon (top right) → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions
3. Find Spotify and tap it
4. Tap Cancel subscription and follow the steps

You can also manage this at play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions on a browser.

Cancelling a Carrier or Third-Party Bundle

Some mobile carriers and internet providers offer Spotify Premium as part of a bundle deal. In these cases:

• You'll need to contact your carrier directly or log into your carrier's account portal
• Cancelling Spotify access through Spotify's website won't stop the bundle charge
• The carrier controls what happens to your Spotify access once the bundle is removed

The specifics vary significantly by provider — check your carrier's support documentation or call customer service to understand the exact steps.

What Happens After You Cancel

Regardless of how you cancel, a few things stay consistent:

Your playlists, saved albums, and listening history are retained in your free account — nothing is deleted just because you cancelled Premium.

Pausing Instead of Cancelling

If you're travelling, taking a break, or just cutting costs temporarily, Spotify offers a subscription pause of 1 to 3 months for directly billed accounts. During the pause, you lose Premium features but keep your account active. This option appears during the cancellation flow — Spotify surfaces it before completing the process.

This isn't available for Apple, Google, or carrier-billed subscriptions.

The Variable That Changes Everything ⚠️

The steps above cover the most common scenarios, but the right path for you depends entirely on how and where you originally subscribed. Someone who signed up through an iPhone three years ago has a completely different cancellation process than someone who subscribed through Spotify's website last month — and someone on a carrier bundle has a different process still.

Your subscription source, your current platform, and whether you're on an individual, student, or family plan all affect exactly what you'll see when you go to cancel. The billing source is the single most important variable — and it's worth confirming before you start, not after you think you're done.