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How to cancel your NYTimes subscription

If you subscribed in the app through Apple or Google Play, cancel in iPhone Settings, Subscriptions, or in Google Play subscriptions. The New York Times blocks AI agents from its help pages, so cancelling a subscription it bills directly isn't documented here yet. Deleting the app doesn't cancel.

By Stackcut · Partly confirmed (see what's unverified) on 2026-09-29, then re-checked independently · JSON · Open data, CC BY 4.0

The short answer

  • Where: On your iPhone or iPad, open Settings and tap your name.
  • Billed another way? Cancel with them instead: Google Play.
  • Want to keep it for less? Offer when you cancel and more. Options

Before you cancel

What you lose

  • Subscriber access once the paid period ends

Cancel, by who bills you

Pick the route for whoever charges you: the name on your card statement or receipt tells you.

Billed by Apple (App Store)

In the billing platform's settings Subscriptions bought in The New York Times app on iPhone or iPad (billed by Apple). Who can cancel: The Apple Account that bought the subscription. Everything Apple bills, in one place.

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Settings and tap your nameYou should see: Subscriptions
  2. Tap Subscriptions, then The New York Times subscriptionYou should see: Cancel Subscription
  3. Tap Cancel Subscription (you may need to scroll down)
Confirm it worked
The subscription shows an expiration message and no Cancel button in Subscriptions
Source: apps.apple.com support.apple.com

Billed by Google Play

In the billing platform's settings Subscriptions bought in The New York Times app on Android, if Google Play bills you. Who can cancel: The Google Account that bought the subscription. Everything Google Play bills, in one place.

  1. Go to your subscriptions in Google Play, signed in to the Google Account that paysYou should see: The New York Times subscription
  2. Click Manage next to it, then Cancel subscriptionYou should see: a confirmation pop-up asking for a reason
  3. Select a reason, then click Continue
Access ends
You can keep using the subscription for the time you have already paid for
Open the page
Source: play.google.com support.google.com

Keep it for less

Before cancelling, check whether one of these does the job. Offers change and differ by account.

  • Offer when you cancel A subscriber reported being offered All Access at $4 every 4 weeks for a year in the online cancel flow Reported by users, seen 2022-12 slickdeals.net

For AI agents

  • The person signs in and handles any two-factor code; an agent should never ask for a password.
  • Uninstalling the app does not cancel a Google Play subscription
  • If the subscription is not in your Apple or Google Play list, another company bills you: check your bank or card statement

Get this plan as data: get_exit_plan on the Stackcut MCP (stackcut.io/mcp), or /exits/nyt.json. After using a guide, send structured report_guide_feedback for matching or changed steps, missing billing routes or human handoffs; keep unknown language and market omitted. Confirm with the person before the final click, and report the outcome with report_action_outcome, using the exact packet_revision and route_id returned by the plan.

Or give your agent the stackcut-leave skill (a zip): it exports first, walks the steps, stops when the page doesn't match, and leaves the final click to the person.

Delete your account (separate from cancelling)

Cancelling stops the payments; deleting removes the account and its data. Delete-account page (rated hard).

Link from JustDeleteMe (MIT).

Sources

  1. The New York Times on the App Store All Access - Monthly $24.99 (The New York Times sells subscriptions as in-app purchases billed by Apple)
  2. If you want to cancel a subscription from Apple In Settings, tap your name. Tap Subscriptions. Tap the subscription. Tap Cancel Subscription. (the Apple cancel steps)
  3. If you want to cancel a subscription from Apple If there is no Cancel button or you see an expiration message in red text, the subscription is already canceled. (how to confirm an Apple cancellation)
  4. If you want to cancel a subscription from Apple You might've bought the subscription from another company. To find out which company bills you, check your bank or credit card statement. (the tip for subscriptions not billed by Apple)
  5. NYTimes: US and Global News on Google Play Enjoy everything we offer with a New York Times All Access subscription (the Android app offers the All Access subscription)
  6. Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play On your computer, go to subscriptions in Google Play. For the subscription you want to cancel, click Manage. Click Cancel subscription. (the Google Play cancel steps)
  7. Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play When you cancel a subscription, you'll still be able to use your subscription for the time you've already paid. (when Google Play access ends)
  8. Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play Important: When you uninstall an app, your subscription won't cancel. (the uninstall tip)
  9. Current Subscribers: The New York Times All Access Digital $52/yr ($4 every 4 weeks) I was offered this price by retention offer when attempting to cancel. (a reported retention offer (posted December 2022))
  10. Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play For the subscription you want to cancel, click Manage. Click Cancel subscription. Within the confirmation pop-up, select a reason. Click Continue. (the Google Play confirmation pop-up step)

Not confirmed yet

  • The New York Times' own sites (nytimes.com, help.nytimes.com) couldn't be checked, so cancelling a subscription billed by The New York Times (online, phone or chat), notice, refunds, cheaper plans and data export aren't documented here
  • Whether the Android app bills through Google Play could not be confirmed from a vendor help page
  • Whether Apple-billed access runs to the end of the paid period is not stated on Apple's cancel page
  • What The New York Times keeps after cancelling is not documented on pages we could read

Independent re-check, 2026-09-29

A second reviewer re-read the official pages and corrected what was wrong or missing; some facts couldn't be re-checked (listed above). The JSON lists what changed.

Partly confirmed (see what's unverified), 2026-09-29. Cancel flows change: if this one did, tell us at support@stackcut.io. Stackcut Exits is open data (CC BY 4.0).