How to Cancel Spotify Premium

Step by step · checked against the official help page in October 2026

Short answer: Log in at spotify.com/account, choose Change plan, scroll to Spotify Free and select Cancel Premium. Your playlists stay.

Cancel on the website

Log in at spotify.com/account in a web browser.
Under Your plan, select Change plan.
Scroll to Spotify Free and select Cancel Premium.

Special cases

Through your phone or internet company: find their contact link on your account page under Payment and cancel with them.
Family or Duo member: these steps only remove you from the plan. The plan manager has to cancel it.

What happens after you cancel

Premium stays until your next billing date, then your account switches to Spotify Free (with ads).
Your playlists and saved music stay.
Cancelling during a free trial switches you to the free version right away.

Before you cancel: save money

Paying for more than one person? A Duo or Family plan can cost less per person than separate Premium plans.

Cheaper or free options

Spotify Free
Keep using Spotify with ads at no cost.

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Source: Spotify Premium help page. Services change their menus from time to time; if a step looks different, the help page has the latest version.

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