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How to cancel Spotify
✓ Last checked Oct 2026 against Spotify’s official pages. See sources
Spotify lets you cancel Premium any time on your account page under Manage your plan. Your Premium stays until your next billing date, then your account switches to the free plan. If your plan comes through a phone or internet provider, you cancel with them.
Ways to cancel
- Online
- Go to Manage your plan on your Spotify account page and select Cancel subscription.
- Partner billing
- If there’s no option to change your plan, it’s tied to a partner company. Find their contact link under Payment in Manage your plan.
- Form
- Spotify says you can also cancel by completing its cancellation form and sending it to Spotify.
Step by step
- Sign in to your Spotify account page in a browser and open Manage your plan.
- Select Cancel subscription and follow the prompts.
- Take a screenshot of the confirmation and note your next billing date, when Premium ends.
- If you’re still charged, check whether you have Premium on a different Spotify account, then use the refund letter below.
Watch out for
- Family and Duo: only the plan manager can cancel the plan. A plan member who follows the steps just leaves the plan.
- Canceling during a zero-priced free trial switches you to the free service right away, and that trial can’t be reactivated.
- Your playlists and saved music stay on the free plan.
- If your account shows Spotify Free but you’re being charged, Spotify says you likely have Premium on a different account.
Whatever method you use, save proof: a confirmation number, email, screenshot, or certified mail receipt. Then check your next statement.
Still charging you? Put it in writing
Each letter has a free preview. Unlock the full letter for $4 to copy it or download it as PDF or Word. We’ll fill in Spotify for you.
Cancellation letter
$4
A formal, dated cancellation notice to Spotify: cancel, stop all charges, confirm in writing. Mail it certified for proof.
Preview my cancellation letterRefund after cancellation
$4
Charged after you canceled, auto-renewed without warning, or billed when a free trial ended? Ask Spotify for your money back.
Preview my refund letterChargeback request to your bank
$4
If Spotify won’t refund you, ask your bank or card issuer to dispute the charge and block future ones.
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Your rights when canceling, in plain English
- Signed up online? A federal law, the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA), requires sellers of online subscriptions to show the key terms before taking your billing information, get your express consent before charging you, and give you a simple way to stop recurring charges (15 U.S.C. § 8403).
- The FTC’s “click to cancel” rule is not in effect. The FTC adopted it in 2024, but a federal appeals court vacated it in July 2025 before it took effect. In March 2026 the FTC asked for public comment on a possible new rule. As of October 2026 no replacement rule has been adopted (rulemaking status).
- State automatic renewal laws. Many states have their own rules. For example, California’s law says that if you signed up online, you must be able to cancel online, and it requires reminders before some renewals (California AG). Rules differ by state.
- Gym contracts. Many states also have health club laws. Depending on the state, these can include a short window to cancel after you sign, or a right to cancel if you move far away or become disabled. Check your state consumer protection office (find yours).
- Charged after you canceled? For a credit card, you can dispute a billing error in writing. The FTC says your letter should reach the card issuer within 60 days after the first bill with the error was sent to you (FTC). For automatic debits from a bank account, tell the company you’re revoking authorization, then tell your bank. To stop the next payment, notify your bank at least three business days before it’s scheduled (CFPB).
This is general information, not legal advice. Your contract and your state’s law decide what applies to you.
Sources
Summarized from Spotify’s own pages, last checked Oct 2026. Companies change their policies, so check the official page before you act. Your contract or membership agreement controls.