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 "id": "youtube_premium",
 "name": "YouTube Premium",
 "category": "streaming_video",
 "website": "https://www.youtube.com/premium",
 "domains": [
  "youtube.com"
 ],
 "summary": "Cancel at youtube.com/paid_memberships: Manage membership, Deactivate, Continue to cancel, pick a reason, then Yes, cancel. Benefits last to the end of the billing period, with no refund for the rest. If Apple, Google Play or Verizon bills you, cancel there; annual plans are prepaid and don't renew.",
 "routes": [
  {
   "channel": "direct_web",
   "applies_to": "YouTube Premium and Premium Lite memberships billed by YouTube",
   "who": "The Google Account that holds the membership (sign in)",
   "method": "self_serve",
   "start_url": "https://www.youtube.com/paid_memberships",
   "steps": [
    {
     "do": "Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships, signed in to the Google Account that pays",
     "expect": "Manage membership"
    },
    {
     "do": "Click Manage membership, then Deactivate",
     "expect": "Continue to cancel"
    },
    {
     "do": "Click Continue to cancel, select your reason, then click Next",
     "expect": "Yes, cancel"
    },
    {
     "do": "Click Yes, cancel",
     "expect": null
    }
   ],
   "confirm_by": "The paid membership section of youtube.com/paid_memberships shows the membership is cancelled",
   "effective": "Benefits continue until the end of the billing period; you won't be charged again",
   "notice": null,
   "refund": "No refund for the time between cancelling and the end of the period; to cancel immediately and get a refund, contact YouTube support",
   "fees": null,
   "source_ids": [
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    "s2",
    "s3",
    "s10",
    "s11",
    "s24"
   ]
  },
  {
   "channel": "direct_app",
   "applies_to": "Memberships billed by YouTube, cancelled from the YouTube Android app",
   "who": "The Google Account that holds the membership",
   "method": "self_serve",
   "start_url": null,
   "steps": [
    {
     "do": "In the YouTube app, tap your profile picture, then Paid memberships",
     "expect": null
    },
    {
     "do": "Tap the membership you want to cancel, then tap Continue to cancel",
     "expect": null
    },
    {
     "do": "Select your reason and tap Next",
     "expect": "Yes, cancel"
    },
    {
     "do": "Tap Yes, cancel",
     "expect": null
    }
   ],
   "confirm_by": "The paid membership section of youtube.com/paid_memberships shows the membership is cancelled",
   "effective": "Benefits continue until the end of the billing period; you won't be charged again",
   "notice": null,
   "refund": "No refund for the time between cancelling and the end of the period",
   "fees": null,
   "source_ids": [
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    "s2",
    "s3",
    "s10"
   ]
  },
  {
   "channel": "apple_app_store",
   "applies_to": "Memberships started in the YouTube iOS app and billed by Apple",
   "who": "The Apple Account that pays for the membership",
   "method": "platform_settings",
   "start_url": "https://account.apple.com/account/manage/section/subscriptions",
   "steps": [
    {
     "do": "On your iPhone or iPad, open Settings and tap your name",
     "expect": "Subscriptions"
    },
    {
     "do": "Tap Subscriptions, then tap YouTube Premium",
     "expect": "Cancel Subscription"
    },
    {
     "do": "Tap Cancel Subscription",
     "expect": null
    }
   ],
   "confirm_by": null,
   "effective": "Benefits continue until the end of the billing period",
   "notice": "If you're on a free trial, cancel at least 24 hours before it ends",
   "refund": "Apple's refund policies apply; ask Apple for a refund",
   "fees": null,
   "source_ids": [
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    "s18",
    "s3",
    "s22",
    "s23"
   ]
  },
  {
   "channel": "google_play",
   "applies_to": "Memberships billed by Google Play, which includes most memberships started in the Android app since 2022",
   "who": "The Google Account that pays for the subscription",
   "method": "platform_settings",
   "start_url": "https://play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions",
   "steps": [
    {
     "do": "Go to your subscriptions in Google Play, signed in to the Google Account that pays",
     "expect": "Manage"
    },
    {
     "do": "Next to YouTube Premium, click Manage, then Cancel subscription",
     "expect": "a confirmation pop-up asking for a reason"
    },
    {
     "do": "Select a reason, then click Continue",
     "expect": null
    }
   ],
   "confirm_by": null,
   "effective": "Benefits continue until the end of the billing period",
   "notice": null,
   "refund": null,
   "fees": null,
   "source_ids": [
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    "s7",
    "s19",
    "s3"
   ]
  },
  {
   "channel": "carrier_or_isp",
   "applies_to": "The YouTube Premium perk billed by Verizon (mobile or home internet). YouTube also lists Google Fi in the US and carriers in other countries; their cancel steps were not checked",
   "who": "The Verizon Account Owner or an Account Manager",
   "method": "platform_settings",
   "start_url": null,
   "steps": [
    {
     "do": "Sign in to My Verizon as the Account Owner or an Account Manager",
     "expect": null
    },
    {
     "do": "Cancel the YouTube Premium perk",
     "expect": null
    }
   ],
   "confirm_by": null,
   "effective": "You can use the perk until the end of the perk subscription period",
   "notice": null,
   "refund": "The $12 monthly perk charge for that month isn't refunded or prorated",
   "fees": null,
   "source_ids": [
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    "s15",
    "s16",
    "s17",
    "s26"
   ]
  }
 ],
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  {
   "type": "pause",
   "what": "Pause the membership for 1 to 6 months instead of cancelling (not available for annual plans or for memberships billed by Apple or Google Play)",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source_ids": [
    "s8",
    "s9",
    "s21"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "downgrade",
   "what": "Premium Lite: a lower-priced membership with most videos ad-free, offline and in the background, without YouTube Music Premium",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source_ids": [
    "s12"
   ]
  },
  {
   "type": "student_or_nonprofit",
   "what": "Student membership: the same benefits at a discounted rate for eligible students; to switch, cancel your current membership first, then sign up",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source_ids": [
    "s13",
    "s25"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "export": [],
 "after_cancel": {
  "access_until": "The end of the billing period",
  "data_kept": null,
  "you_lose": [
   "YouTube Premium benefits, such as ad-free, offline and background viewing, once the billing period ends"
  ]
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  "sign_in_needed": true,
  "phone_or_chat_only": false,
  "retention_step": "After Deactivate, the flow offers Pause instead of Continue to cancel, then asks for a reason before the final Yes, cancel",
  "tips": [
   "Annual plans are prepaid and don't renew, so there is nothing to cancel; they end after the 12 months paid for",
   "To cancel immediately and get a refund, contact YouTube support",
   "Pausing isn't available for annual plans or for memberships billed by Apple or Google Play"
  ]
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  {
   "id": "s1",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6308278?hl=en",
   "title": "Cancel YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium (Computer)",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships. Click Manage membership. Click Deactivate. Click Continue to cancel. Select your reason for canceling and then click next. Click Yes, cancel.",
   "supports": "the web steps and the reason step"
  },
  {
   "id": "s2",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6308278?hl=en",
   "title": "Cancel YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium (Computer)",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "You can confirm by checking the paid membership section of your account on youtube.com/paid_memberships.",
   "supports": "how to confirm it worked"
  },
  {
   "id": "s3",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6308278?hl=en",
   "title": "Cancel YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium (Computer)",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "When you cancel your membership, you won't be charged again unless you re-subscribe. Your YouTube paid membership benefits will continue until the end of the billing period.",
   "supports": "when access ends"
  },
  {
   "id": "s4",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6308278?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid",
   "title": "Cancel YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium (Android)",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Tap your profile picture Paid memberships. Tap on the membership you want to cancel. Tap Continue to cancel. Select your reason for canceling and tap Next. Tap Yes, cancel.",
   "supports": "the Android app steps"
  },
  {
   "id": "s5",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6308278?hl=en",
   "title": "Cancel YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium (Computer)",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "You're billed by Apple. If you joined from the YouTube iOS app, you can cancel your paid membership from your Apple account.",
   "supports": "the Apple route"
  },
  {
   "id": "s6",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6308278?hl=en",
   "title": "Cancel YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium (Computer)",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "You're billed by Google Play. If you have access to your YouTube paid membership through a Google Play subscription, you can cancel within your Google Play account settings.",
   "supports": "the Google Play route"
  },
  {
   "id": "s7",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11950175?hl=en",
   "title": "Pause or resume YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Starting in 2022, new YouTube Premium and Music Premium subscribers who signed up on Android will be billed via Google Play.",
   "supports": "who is billed by Google Play"
  },
  {
   "id": "s8",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11950175?hl=en",
   "title": "Pause or resume YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "You can choose the length of this paused state, from 1 to 6 months.",
   "supports": "pause length"
  },
  {
   "id": "s9",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11950175?hl=en",
   "title": "Pause or resume YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Note: Annual plans cannot be paused. Pausing and resuming your paid membership is not available to users who are billed through Apple.",
   "supports": "pause limits"
  },
  {
   "id": "s10",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12014038?hl=en",
   "title": "Request a refund for YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "You won't be refunded for the period between when you cancel and when your membership ends.",
   "supports": "no refund for the rest of the period"
  },
  {
   "id": "s11",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12014038?hl=en",
   "title": "Request a refund for YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "If you want to cancel your YouTube paid membership immediately and get a refund, get in touch with the YouTube support team.",
   "supports": "immediate cancel with refund through support"
  },
  {
   "id": "s12",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/15968883?hl=en",
   "title": "Get a Premium Lite membership on YouTube",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Premium Lite is a new, lower-priced YouTube Premium membership that offers fewer interruptions so you can watch most YouTube and YouTube Kids videos ad-free, offline, and in the background.",
   "supports": "the cheaper Premium Lite plan"
  },
  {
   "id": "s13",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9158808?hl=en",
   "title": "Get a student discount for YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "You'll get the same benefits at a discounted rate.",
   "supports": "the student discount"
  },
  {
   "id": "s14",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9927383?hl=en",
   "title": "Sign up for YouTube Premium through a YouTube partner provider",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "You can buy and pay for your YouTube Premium membership through some providers who have partnered with YouTube to offer premium memberships.",
   "supports": "partner billing exists"
  },
  {
   "id": "s15",
   "url": "https://www.verizon.com/support/youtube-premium-perk-faqs/",
   "title": "YouTube Premium perk FAQs (Verizon)",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "The perk renews automatically each month until you cancel it. You can cancel your perk subscription anytime in My Verizon.",
   "supports": "where to cancel the Verizon perk"
  },
  {
   "id": "s16",
   "url": "https://www.verizon.com/support/youtube-premium-perk-faqs/",
   "title": "YouTube Premium perk FAQs (Verizon)",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "you can use your perk until the end of the perk subscription period. The $12/month for that month isn't refunded or prorated.",
   "supports": "Verizon perk access and refund"
  },
  {
   "id": "s17",
   "url": "https://www.verizon.com/support/youtube-premium-perk-faqs/",
   "title": "YouTube Premium perk FAQs (Verizon)",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "Only Account Owners and Account Managers can add and remove perks.",
   "supports": "who can cancel the Verizon perk"
  },
  {
   "id": "s18",
   "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428",
   "title": "Cancel a subscription from Apple",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "In Settings, tap your name. Tap Subscriptions. Tap the subscription. Tap Cancel Subscription.",
   "supports": "the Apple steps"
  },
  {
   "id": "s19",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7018481",
   "title": "Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "On your computer, go to subscriptions in Google Play. For the subscription you want to cancel, click Manage. Click Cancel subscription.",
   "supports": "the Google Play steps"
  },
  {
   "id": "s20",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11417260?hl=en",
   "title": "Sign up for a YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium annual plan",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Premium annual plans are pre-paid, non-recurring memberships.",
   "supports": "annual plans don't renew"
  },
  {
   "id": "s21",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12014038?hl=en",
   "title": "Request a refund for YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "With Google Play billing, you won't be able to pause your membership. Instead, you can cancel your membership and sign up again at any time.",
   "supports": "Google Play-billed memberships can't be paused"
  },
  {
   "id": "s22",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12014038?hl=en",
   "title": "Request a refund for YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "YouTube purchases made through the Apple store require authorization from Apple and are subject to Apple's refund policies.",
   "supports": "Apple-billed refunds follow Apple's policies"
  },
  {
   "id": "s23",
   "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428",
   "title": "Cancel a subscription from Apple",
   "publisher": "platform",
   "quote": "If you signed up for a trial subscription and you don't want to renew it, cancel it at least 24 hours before the trial ends.",
   "supports": "Apple trials must be cancelled at least 24 hours before they end"
  },
  {
   "id": "s24",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11950175?hl=en",
   "title": "Pause or resume YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships. Click Manage membership. Click Deactivate. Click Pause instead.",
   "supports": "the Deactivate step also offers a pause"
  },
  {
   "id": "s25",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9158808?hl=en",
   "title": "Get a student discount for YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "would like to switch to a student membership, first cancel your existing subscription. After you cancel your existing membership, you can sign up for a YouTube student membership.",
   "supports": "switching to a student membership means cancelling first"
  },
  {
   "id": "s26",
   "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9927383?hl=en",
   "title": "Sign up for YouTube Premium through a YouTube partner provider",
   "publisher": "vendor",
   "quote": "United States Google Fi United States Verizon",
   "supports": "the US partner providers are Google Fi and Verizon"
  }
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   "Prices, including for Premium Lite, student and annual plans, aren't confirmed: youtube.com/premium couldn't be read",
   "Cancel steps for partner providers other than Verizon (for example Google Fi, or carriers outside the US) are not documented on YouTube's pages",
   "The exact My Verizon menu path for removing the perk (Verizon's how-to page was not read)",
   "What YouTube keeps after cancelling, and any export, are not documented on the pages we read"
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   "on": "2026-09-29",
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    "Pause: not available with Google Play billing either, in pay_less and tips (s21)",
    "Apple: refund follows Apple's policies (s22); cancel a trial at least 24 hours before it ends (s23)",
    "Retention step: Deactivate also offers Pause instead (s24)",
    "Student: cancel your current membership before switching (s25)",
    "Partner route: named Google Fi as the other US provider (s26)"
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