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How to cancel Spotify Premium
On spotify.com, open your account page, choose Manage your plan, then Cancel subscription. Premium runs until the next billing date, then the account drops to Free with your playlists intact.
On the web
- Sign in at spotify.com/account in a browser. Cancelling is not possible from inside the mobile app.
- Under Your plan, choose Manage your plan.
- Select Cancel subscription and confirm.
- Premium stays until the next billing date, then the account switches to Free. Your playlists, library and followers stay.
If you pay through Apple, Google or a partner
- If there is no Cancel option on the plan page, the billing runs through someone else. The Payment section of Manage your plan names them.
- Apple: Settings › your name › Subscriptions › Spotify › Cancel. Google Play: Payments & subscriptions › Subscriptions › Spotify.
- A mobile or internet provider that bundles Spotify: cancel in their account area; the plan page links to their contact.
Before you cancel
- Notice period
- None. Cancel any time; Premium continues to the next billing date.
- Refunds
- No refund for the rest of the billing period. If you cancel inside a free trial, the account switches to Free immediately.
- Worth knowing
- The plan manager of a Duo or Family plan cancels for everyone: every managed account drops to Free. A member who cancels only leaves the plan; the manager keeps paying.
- Cancelling inside a free trial ends it straight away, not at the end of the trial.
- Deleting the app or logging out does nothing to billing.
Your rights in the EU
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
Questions
Do I lose my playlists if I cancel Spotify Premium?
No. The account becomes a Free account with ads, and your playlists, saved music and followers stay exactly as they were.
Why can’t I cancel Spotify from the app?
Spotify handles plan changes on the website, not in the app. Open spotify.com/account in a browser on your phone or a computer and use Manage your plan.
Can I pause Spotify Premium?
There is no pause. Cancel, and resubscribe later when you want it back; nothing about your account is lost in between.
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