How to cancel Blinkist

On the web

1. Sign in at blinkist.com in a browser and click your profile picture, then Settings.
2. Open Subscription and choose Cancel subscription.
3. Confirm. Blinkist confirms by email and shows the end date; Premium continues until then.

On iPhone or iPad (paid through Apple)

1. Settings › your name › Subscriptions › Blinkist › Cancel Subscription.

On Android (paid through Google Play)

1. Play Store › profile › Payments & subscriptions › Subscriptions › Blinkist › Cancel subscription.

Before you cancel

Notice period

None. Cancel any time; the subscription ends at the end of the paid month or year.

Refunds

No automatic refund for unused time. Within 14 days of a new subscription in the EU you can withdraw by writing to [email protected]; after that, the plan runs to its end date.

Worth knowing

• The free trial is short (7 days) and converts to the annual plan in one charge. Blinkist sends a reminder, but the safe move is to cancel on day one; you keep the trial to its end.
• The discounted first year renews at the regular annual price.
• Highlights and saved titles stay on the free account; audio and the full library lock when Premium ends.

Your rights in the EU

Blinkist is a Berlin company, so § 312k BGB applies: blinkist.com must carry a cancellation button, and a subscription signed since March 2022 cannot renew for another fixed year with more than one month’s notice. You can also cancel by post to Blinks Labs GmbH, Sonnenallee 223, 12059 Berlin.

These apply in most EU countries on top of whatever the service’s own terms say. The detail varies by country, so treat this as the floor, not the full picture.

• 14 days to change your mind. For most contracts you sign online you have 14 days to withdraw without giving a reason. For a digital service you start using straight away, the seller can ask you to give up that right at checkout, which is what the tick-box you clicked past was for, or charge you for the part you used.
• Auto-renewal has to be clear. A service that renews automatically has to tell you so before you sign up, including how long each renewal lasts and what it costs. Some countries go further: in Germany, a contract signed since March 2022 can only renew indefinitely if you can then cancel monthly, and notice periods are capped at one month. France, Austria, Romania and Sweden require a separate reminder before a renewal.
• A cancel button, in Germany. If you signed up online with a company selling in Germany, its website has to carry a clearly labelled cancellation button since July 2022, and cancelling has to be as easy as signing up was. Across the EU, an equivalent withdrawal function for the 14-day right became mandatory on 19 June 2026.
• Keep the confirmation. Cancel through the account page or the official form rather than by replying to a no-reply address, screenshot the confirmation, and keep the email. If a charge lands after that date, the confirmation is what gets it reversed.

Sources: European Consumer Centre Germany, Online subscriptions · Directive (EU) 2023/2673, withdrawal function from 19 June 2026

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