Is it time to cancel Spotify? Maybe you don’t use it often enough, or you’ve switch to another music streaming service that doesn’t try and force podcasts in your face when you’re trying to listen to some tunes.
Whatever you’re reasoning, you might need to cancel that recurring Spotify Premium susbscription and save yourself the $10 per month. We’ll show you just how to do that in this guide, so keep reading.
Cancel Spotify Premium
Spotify generally makes this process pretty simple. Since the service is prepaid, you’re not locked into any contracts or anything, but you do want to remember to nix the subscription before your payment date so you don’t get charged any extra after you’ve stopped paying.
- The first thing you’ll want to do is log into Spotify’s account page. Don’t remember your password for this? Definitely follow their instructions to reset that first.
- Once you’re logged in, you’ll need to scroll down just a bit to see the “Your Plan” section. This will show you exactly what plan you’re on, whether that’s a regular streaming plan, family plan, or anything else that might be offered. Click that box that says “CHANGE PLAN.”
- Scroll down to “Spotify Free” and you’ll see a box that says “CANCEL PREMIUM“. You guessed it, that’s what we’re looking for to cancel Spotify Premium. Click that plan and follow through with the confirmation prompts.
- Once you get through those prompts, you’re all set. You’ll keep your Premium plan until the end of your billing cycle, but after that it’s back to the free-tier. You can still listen to music, but you will lose some features.
What does Spotify Premium do?
If you’re on the free version of Spotify, you’re probably already familiar with how the service works. You’ll get ad-supported music, and you can only play music in shuffle mode. That limits your ability to pick and choose specific songs, or listen to albums.
If you are willing to sign up for Premium, you’ll get a few more features.
- Choose your music, even on mobile
- No ads
- Unlimited skips
- Build a premium library of music
- Download for offline playback, including on Samsung Galaxy Watch
How much does Spotify cost?
Spotify has a few different pricing options, and you can pick and choose the best option based on your circumstances.
The free tier is totally ad-supported, and limits some features like higher audio quality.
A regular Spotify Premium account costs $9.99 per month. If you’re wanting to set up a family account, you can do that, too, and save some cash in the process. The family tier is $14.99 and covers up to six accounts, while there’s a discounted Duo plan for two premium accounts that even offers a curated playlist for both listeners. That’s much less than the $9.99 per account on the individual plan, but you’ll obviously have to sign up in a group for these plans.
Lastly, Spotify offers a student plan at a nice discount. For just $4.99 you get all of the benefits of Spotify Premium, plus an ad-supported Hulu account and SHOWTIME. Considering ad-supported Hulu is more than $4.99 by itself, this makes a ton of sense if you’re enrolled in an eligible school.
Unfortunately, Spotify’s HiFi tier is still MIA, so you won’t get lossless streaming on any of these plans (yet).
You can sign up here.
What if Spotify didn’t cancel?
If you don’t see the option to cancel Spotify Premium with this guide, that could mean a few things. You might already be on the free plan, so there’s nothing to cancel; additionally, you could be paying for Spotify through another account, like iTunes, PlayStation, or your cell phone carrier.
In those cases, you’ll have to go through the other account to stop paying. In the case of your phone carrier you might not really be able to “cancel” that since it’s just baked in to the bill. Might as well enjoy the music at that point.
Spotify Alternatives
If you’re looking for something to switch to, there are plenty of other options in the proverbial sea. Everything is priced fairly similarly these days, but different services have key points to help them differentiate.
YouTube Music
If you’re already invested in Google’s ecosystem, YouTube Music might be a good fit for you. You’ll get pretty much all of the same features as Spotify, but with a huge tie-in to YouTube and all of the music, remixes, and other songs that it offers.
You can also pay for the upper tier that includes ad-free YouTube Premium, which I personally prefer to both Hulu and SHOWTIME.
Apple Music
For a music collector, or someone that’s not really interested in videos or social playlists, Apple Music has quietly become one of the best streaming options for Android users. It does offer HiFi music streaming in its base $9.99 plan, and still includes tons of custom-made playlists for music discovery.
