To cancel Spotify Premium, you don’t need to worry about losing anything important. Canceling Spotify Premium doesn’t delete your account. Your playlists, saved songs, and listening history all stay exactly as they are. You just drop back to the free tier, with ads and shuffle-only on mobile, at the end of your current billing period.
Also: you can’t cancel from inside the Spotify app. You have to do it through a web browser, or through Apple/Google if that’s who bills you.
Who bills you? Check your bank statement. If it says “Spotify,” cancel at spotify.com. If it says “Apple,” cancel through iPhone Settings. If it says “Google Play,” cancel through the Play Store. If it’s bundled with your phone carrier, contact your carrier.
Not sure if canceling is worth it? Our guide on what Spotify Free actually offers covers what you’ll be left with.
Method 1: Cancel Spotify Premium on Spotify.com (Most Common)
- Open a browser and go to spotify.com/account and sign in
- Click Manage your plan
- Scroll down and click Cancel Premium
- Follow the prompts and confirm
Spotify may show you a discount offer or a pause option before confirming. Decline if you want to fully cancel. You keep Premium until the end of your current billing period, then automatically switch to free.
Method 2: Cancel on iPhone (Apple Billing)
- Open Settings on your iPhone
- Tap your name at the top
- Tap Subscriptions
- Find Spotify and tap it
- Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm
Method 3: Cancel on Android (Google Play Billing)
- Open the Google Play Store
- Tap your profile picture, Payments and subscriptions, Subscriptions
- Find Spotify and tap Cancel subscription
Why the Cancel Button Is Missing
If you don’t see a cancel option on Spotify.com, one of these is the reason:
- Apple or Google bills you, cancel through your device settings instead
- Your phone carrier includes Spotify, contact your carrier
- You’re a Family Plan member but not the plan manager, the manager must cancel for the whole plan
- You’re on a free trial, the same cancellation steps apply
What Happens After You Cancel
- Premium features stay until your billing period ends
- After that, your account switches to Spotify Free automatically
- All playlists, saved music, and history stay intact
- Downloaded songs become unavailable (offline mode is Premium-only)
- Mobile playback switches to shuffle-only
- Ads return between songs
Frequently Asked Questions
Will I lose my playlists if I cancel Spotify Premium?
No. Your playlists, liked songs, podcast follows, and listening history all stay on your account when you downgrade to free. Nothing is deleted. The only things that go away are Premium features: offline downloads, ad-free listening, and on-demand mobile playback.
Can I get a refund when I cancel Spotify?
Spotify generally doesn’t offer refunds for unused portions of a billing period. If you cancel mid-month, you keep Premium until the month ends but don’t get a refund for the remaining days. The exception is if Spotify made a billing error, contact support in that case.
Curious what that unused time is actually worth? Check the subscription refund calculator.
How do I cancel a Spotify Family Plan?
Only the plan manager can cancel the Family Plan. Sign in at spotify.com/account, go to Manage your plan, and cancel from there. All family members lose Premium at the end of the billing period and their accounts switch to free individually. Give family members advance notice so they’re not surprised.
Final Thoughts on Canceling Spotify Premium
To summarize: canceling Spotify Premium takes just a few steps regardless of which platform billed you, and your music library is never at risk.
Canceling Spotify Premium is a quick process once you know who bills you, and none of your music library is at risk. The only real trade-off is going back to shuffle-only mobile playback and ads, which for many people is a perfectly reasonable way to keep listening for free.
