Spotify: cancel, pause or downgrade?
Cancelling isn't always the only choice. Here is what each option does to your account, from Spotify's own help pages. Applies in: United States.
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| Topic | Cancel Available | Pause Not offered in the help pages we checked | Downgrade Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it does | Cancel Premium from Manage your plan on your account page. Your account then moves to the free, ad-supported service. | Spotify's help pages for cancelling and changing Premium plans do not describe a way to pause Premium. | Switch to a different Premium plan from your account page, or cancel Premium to move to the free plan at your next billing date. If your plan is billed through a partner, such as a phone or internet provider, you must cancel before you can change. |
| What you keep |
| Not stated |
|
| What stops or goes |
| Not stated |
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| Billing | Premium stays until your next billing date, then the account switches to free. If you cancel during a zero-priced free trial, the account switches to free right away. | Not stated | Individual and Student plan changes update right away. When you move from a Family or Duo plan to a smaller plan, you are charged the new plan price on the day the credit for your old plan runs out, and that day becomes your new billing date. |
| Coming back | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Source | How to cancel Premium plansSpotify. Reviewed | How to cancel Premium plansSpotify. Reviewed | How to change Premium plansSpotify. Reviewed |
Cancel
Available- What it does
- Cancel Premium from Manage your plan on your account page. Your account then moves to the free, ad-supported service.
- What you keep
- Playlists
- Saved music
- You can still log in and listen with ads
- What stops or goes
- Premium, after your next billing date
- Family and Duo plan members lose Premium benefits from the next payment date
- Billing
- Premium stays until your next billing date, then the account switches to free. If you cancel during a zero-priced free trial, the account switches to free right away.
- Coming back
- Not stated
How to cancel Premium plansSpotify. Reviewed
Pause
Not offered in the help pages we checked- What it does
- Spotify's help pages for cancelling and changing Premium plans do not describe a way to pause Premium.
- What you keep
- Not stated
- What stops or goes
- Not stated
- Billing
- Not stated
- Coming back
- Not stated
How to cancel Premium plansSpotify. Reviewed
Downgrade
Available- What it does
- Switch to a different Premium plan from your account page, or cancel Premium to move to the free plan at your next billing date. If your plan is billed through a partner, such as a phone or internet provider, you must cancel before you can change.
- What you keep
- Playlists
- Saved music
- Settings
- What stops or goes
- On a Family or Duo downgrade, members you don't select move to Spotify Free on your next billing date
- Billing
- Individual and Student plan changes update right away. When you move from a Family or Duo plan to a smaller plan, you are charged the new plan price on the day the credit for your old plan runs out, and that day becomes your new billing date.
- Coming back
- Not stated
How to change Premium plansSpotify. Reviewed
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