What we verified
What we verified
This guide is based on publicly documented cancellation details. It does not claim Kept completed a private account cancellation, and company flows can change after the verification date.
- officialYouTube Help: Cancel YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium
YouTube's computer steps (paid_memberships → Manage membership → Deactivate → Continue to cancel → Yes, cancel), Apple and Google Play billing, confirming at paid_memberships, no further charges after canceling, and benefits until the end of the billing period.
- officialYouTube Help: Request a refund for YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium
Where to request a Premium refund, with separate routes for Google Play and Apple billing.
Before you click cancel
Decision points that change the outcome
YouTube, Apple, or Google Play billing?
Only the platform that bills you can stop the charge.
Capture:Capture the billing details on paid_memberships.
Cancel or pause?
A pause resumes billing later.
Capture:Capture the Yes, cancel step.
Which Google account?
Premium on a second account keeps charging.
Capture:Capture the signed-in account on the page.
Fee risk map
Plan types to identify before canceling
Billed by YouTube
No further charges; benefits continue to the end of the billing period.
paid_memberships before and after.Billed by Apple
Cancel and request refunds through Apple.
Apple's subscription page with the expiration date.Billed through Google Play
Cancel in Google Play; refunds follow Google Play's process.
Google Play's subscription page.YouTube Premium dispute packet checklist
If the issue is an early termination fee, a missing cancel option, or a charge after cancellation, this is the evidence set that would make the timeline easier to reconstruct.
- paid_memberships before canceling, with the signed-in account and billing date.
- Screenshots of Deactivate through Yes, cancel.
- paid_memberships afterward showing the end of benefits.
- Any cancellation email.
- The statement line for any later Premium charge.
- Your refund request and reply, if you made one.
How this guide was built
For YouTube Premium, Kept organized the guide around which platform bills you. We used YouTube's Cancel YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium article for the steps and billing notes, and its refund request article for where refunds go.
Cancellation steps
Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships
Sign in with the Google account that pays for Premium and open youtube.com/paid_memberships.
Click Manage membership, then Deactivate
YouTube's computer steps: Manage membership → Deactivate → Continue to cancel.
Pick a reason and click Yes, cancel
Select your reason, click next, then click Yes, cancel. YouTube may offer a pause along the way; pausing isn't canceling.
Billed by Apple or Google Play?
YouTube says if you joined from the YouTube iOS app, cancel from your Apple account. If you have Premium through a Google Play subscription, cancel in Google Play.
Confirm on the paid memberships page
YouTube says you can confirm you've canceled by checking the paid membership section at youtube.com/paid_memberships.
Common pitfalls
- Memberships started in the iOS app are billed by Apple and must be canceled there.
- Google Play-billed memberships must be canceled in Google Play.
- Pausing stops billing temporarily; it doesn't cancel.
- Multiple Google accounts can each have a Premium membership. YouTube has a separate article on duplicate subscriptions.
- Benefits continue to the end of the billing period, so the membership still looks active right after canceling.
What to capture as proof
- youtube.com/paid_memberships before canceling, showing the plan, price, billing date, and signed-in account.
- The Deactivate, Continue to cancel, and Yes, cancel screens.
- The paid memberships page afterward showing when benefits end.
- For Apple or Google Play billing, that platform's subscription page.
- Any cancellation email.
Frequently asked questions
How do I cancel YouTube Premium?
Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships, click Manage membership, then Deactivate, Continue to cancel, choose a reason, and click Yes, cancel.
Why can't I cancel YouTube Premium on the website?
If you joined from the YouTube iOS app, Apple bills you, so cancel from your Apple account. If it's through Google Play, cancel there.
Do I keep YouTube Premium after canceling?
Yes. YouTube says benefits continue until the end of the billing period and you won't be charged again unless you re-subscribe.
How do I check if YouTube Premium is canceled?
YouTube says to check the paid membership section at youtube.com/paid_memberships.
Kept isn't affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube Premium. YouTube Premium and other names are trademarks of their owners and are used here only to identify the service. This guide is general information based on YouTube Premium's public help pages, not legal advice.