How to Cancel YouTube Red (YouTube Premium)

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By Victor Ashiedu

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This Itechguide teaches you how to cancel YouTube red. The guide covers steps to cancel YouTube red from a PC (YouTube.com) or Android.

You can cancel YouTube Red (or Premium) during the trial period. You could also cancel at any time during your subscription.

Option 1: Cancel YouTube Premium from YouTube App for Android

To cancel your YouTube Premium subscription from the YouTube App on your android phone, follow the steps below:

  • Open the YouTube App on your phone. Then at the top right corner of the App, click your profile icon. See the highlighted portion of the image below.
How to Cancel  YouTube Red from YouTube App for Android
  • At the pop down options, click Paid memberships.
How to Cancel  YouTube Red from YouTube App for Android
  • When your Membership screen opens, click to open your membership details (highlighted in the image below)…
  • Finally, click DEACTIVATE. Then confirm that you wish to cancel your subscription

Option 2: Cancel YouTube Red from a Browser (YouTube.com)

You can also cancel YouTube Premium subscription from your PC or Mac browser.

Here are the steps…

  • Open YouTube.com from a browser. When you click the link, it will open on a new browser tab.
  • Then click your user profile icon (highlighted below)
How to Cancel YouTube Red from a Browser (YouTube.com)
  • From the pop down options window that is displayed, click Paid memberships.
  • When your Memberships page opens, beside Manage memberships click the downward pointing arrow.
  • Then, at your membership details, to stop your membership click DEACTIVATE.
  • To cancel your subscription click CONTINUE TO CANCEL.
As you can see from the image below, YouTube offers you the option to Pause your subscription instead of cancelling it. I strongly recommend that you cancel instead of pausing your membership. It is safer this way as you can reactivate it whenever you wish.
  • Finally, select the reason for your cancellation. Then click NEXT.
  • It shouldn’t surprise you that YouTube is offering you another “opportunity” to change your mind! To completely to cancel YouTube red, click YES, CANCEL.
  • You will receive a confirmation that your membership has been cancelled.

It is this easy to cancel YouTube red (Premium)!

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Victor is the founder of InfoPress Media, publishers of Ilifeguides and Itechguides. With 20+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, his expertise spans Windows, Linux, and DevOps. Explore his contributions on Itechguides.com for insightful how-to guides and product reviews.

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