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Cancel YouTube Premium
Answer a few quick questions and we send a formal cancellation notice to YouTube Premium on your behalf — no call, no retention script, and a dated copy in your inbox for your records.
- Formal written notice
- Dated copy for your records
- We never ask for your password
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How Submo cancels YouTube Premium for you
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Tell us who to cancel
Your name, address and the email on the account. That is everything we need — we never ask for your password and never sign in as you.
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We prepare the notice
Submo composes a formal cancellation notice addressed to the provider's record, citing the account details you gave and requesting written confirmation.
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We send it and tell you
The notice goes out on your behalf. You get a timestamped copy by email, so you have a paper trail if a charge shows up afterwards.
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Why a written notice beats clicking cancel
A written record, timestamped
You get a dated copy of exactly what was sent and when. If the provider bills you after that date, that copy is what your bank wants to see.
No call, no retention script
You never speak to anyone. A written notice skips the save offers, the hold music and the chat agent whose job is to talk you out of it.
A data-deletion request included
Every notice also asks the provider to delete the personal data it holds on you, under CCPA or GDPR depending on where you live. They are obliged to answer it.
Our fee back if we don't send it
If Submo fails to send your notice, we refund our fee in full. We can't promise what the provider will do — nobody can — only what we do.
Does a YouTube Premium cancellation notice actually do anything?
It does one specific thing, and it is worth being precise about what. Giving written notice of cancellation is the act that ends the auto-renewal obligation, and a dated notice fixes when you gave it. Clicking a cancel button also ends the obligation — but it leaves you with a confirmation email at best and nothing at worst.
That difference is invisible until it matters. If YouTube Premium bills you after the effective date, the question your bank asks is when you cancelled and what proof you have. A dated notice answers both in one document. This is also why it works when you can't sign in: the notice doesn't depend on reaching a button inside the account.
What it does not do is compel YouTube Premium to act. No letter can. Anyone selling you one that does is selling you something that doesn't exist.
Can I get a refund from YouTube Premium?
Two different questions get mixed up here. The first — money back for a period you paid for and won't finish — is entirely YouTube Premium's decision under its own refund policy, summarised in the self-serve section below. You can ask for it on the form above and the request goes into the notice, but it remains a request.
The second is a charge taken after your cancellation was effective. That isn't discretionary and isn't really a refund: it's a disputed charge, and your card issuer can reverse it. The dated notice is the evidence that supports the dispute, which is the main practical reason to send one at all.
The hands-on route
What cancelling YouTube Premium yourself involves
About 2 minutes — if you have your login, know who actually bills you, and don't get caught by a save offer on the way out. Steps verified August 2026. If you'd rather not deal with any of it, start the form and we'll send the notice for you.
Cancel it, step by step
Start with who takes the money. That decides everything else. Not sure which is yours? Check who the charge is from on your card statement or receipt: “APPLE.COM/BILL” means Apple, “GOOGLE *” means Google Play.
You subscribed on the web or in the YouTube app and pay Google directly.
- 1Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships while signed in.
- 2Find YouTube Premium and select Manage membership.
- 3Choose Deactivate. This is the cancel option.
- 4Work past the pause offer, pick a reason, and confirm.
You started YouTube Premium inside an iPhone or iPad app, or your receipts come from Apple.
- 1Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad and tap your name at the top.
- 2Tap Subscriptions.
- 3Tap YouTube Premium in the list of active subscriptions.
- 4Tap Cancel Subscription, then confirm.
- 5Check that the entry now reads “Expires” rather than “Renews”. That’s your confirmation.
What happens after you cancel
When it takes effect
At the end of the current billing period.
What you keep
Ad-free viewing, downloads and YouTube Music Premium all continue until then.
Refunds
Google doesn’t prorate a cancelled month. Refund requests for accidental or duplicate charges go through Google Play’s support flow.
Free trials
Cancel before the trial’s last day and no charge is taken.
What trips people up
The steps are the easy part. These are the things that leave people still paying a month later.
“Pause” is offered more prominently than cancelling
YouTube offers to pause the membership for up to six months. It resumes billing on its own afterwards, so pick Deactivate if you actually want it to stop.
YouTube Music goes with it
Premium includes YouTube Music Premium. Cancelling removes background play, downloads and ad-free music together: there’s no way to keep just the music side without switching to the standalone Music plan.
Family plan members can’t cancel the plan
Only the family manager can cancel. Members can leave the family group, but that doesn’t stop the manager’s billing.
Frequently asked
On youtube.com/paid_memberships, under Manage membership. The button is labelled Deactivate rather than Cancel, which is why people miss it.
Yes. YouTube Music Premium is included in Premium, so both end together. A standalone YouTube Music plan is a separate, cheaper subscription you’d have to start yourself.
No. Offline downloads stop being playable when the membership ends. Your playlists, subscriptions and history are unaffected.
Yes, but not on YouTube’s site: an iPhone-purchased membership is billed by Apple. Cancel it in Settings → your name → Subscriptions.
You fill in one form with the name, address and email on the account. Submo composes a formal written cancellation notice from those details, addressed to the provider's record, and sends it on your behalf. You get a dated copy for your files. We never sign in to your account and never ask for your password.
The form takes about two minutes. Your notice is reviewed and dispatched by a person on our side — that review is deliberate, because a notice sent to the wrong entity is worse than no notice. Providers then process cancellations on their own timetable, commonly within a few business days.
No, and be wary of anyone who says otherwise. A cancellation notice exercises a right you already have under your agreement, and it creates a dated record that you exercised it. That record is what makes a bank dispute straightforward if billing continues. What the provider does next is the provider's decision.
Send your dated copy of the notice to your bank or card issuer and dispute the charge. A written notice with a date on it is exactly the evidence a chargeback needs, and it is the main practical reason to send one rather than clicking a button with no record.
$19.99 for one cancellation notice, charged once — not a subscription. Each additional provider on the same request is $9.99. If we fail to send your notice, we refund the fee in full.
No. That is the point of a written notice — it works when you've lost the password, lost access to the email, inherited YouTube Premium from someone else, or simply can't find the cancel button. We identify the account from the name, address and email you give us.
We collect only what the notice needs: your name, postal address and the email on the account. Card details go directly to Stripe and never touch our servers. We don't sell data.
Yes, up to 5 on a single request. Add them with "Add another" on the form and each provider gets its own notice.
Ready to be done with YouTube Premium?
One form, $19.99 once, and we send the notice with a dated copy back to you.
Cancel something else
Add any of these to the same request and each one gets its own notice.
