How do you cancel Spotify Premium?

If Spotify bills you directly, cancel from your account page by opening Your plan or Manage your plan and selecting Cancel plan, then continuing until Spotify shows a confirmation message. That is the standard route for Premium Individual and for Family or Duo if you are the plan manager.

Cancellation usually stops the next renewal rather than ending Premium immediately. Spotify says Premium stays active until the next billing date, then the account drops to the free tier. The main exception is a zero-priced trial: if you cancel during that period, Spotify says the account switches to free straight away.

Canceling Premium does not wipe your library. Spotify says you keep your playlists and saved music after the account returns to free, but paid benefits such as ad-free listening and offline music downloads end with the paid period.

The first thing to check is whether you are canceling the right account and the right billing route. Spotify's own support pages say that if there is no option to cancel or change plan inside Spotify, the subscription is usually attached to a partner company. In that case Spotify cannot end the billing for you, because the partner controls the charge.

Family and Duo plans add another common source of confusion. If you are the plan manager, canceling the plan ends Premium benefits for the plan on the next payment date. If you are only a member, leaving the plan removes your account from it, but it does not cancel the plan itself because you are not the person paying the bill.

It is also worth separating canceling Premium from closing a Spotify account altogether. Canceling Premium only changes the subscription level. It does not automatically delete the account, the playlists, or the saved library. That matters because some people cancel expecting a clean exit, while others panic unnecessarily because they think they will lose their listening history.

The safest habit after canceling is to check the account page again and make sure the billing date and plan status now reflect the downgrade you expected. If the page still looks wrong, or if you are being charged even though Spotify shows Free, Spotify's own help pages suggest checking whether Premium is attached to a different account or a partner billing route.

Source: Official: How to cancel Premium plans