Cancel, pause, or alter a subscription on Google Play

Subscriptions on Google Play are for an indefinite term, and you'll be charged at the beginning of each billing cycle according to your subscription terms (for example, weekly, annually, or another period), unless y'all unsubscribe.

Make sure to sign in to the Google Account that has your subscriptions.

Manage your subscriptions on Google Play

Abolish a subscription on the Google Play app

Important: When you uninstall the app, your subscription won't cancel.

  1. On your Android device, get to your subscriptions in Google Play.
  2. Select the subscription you want to cancel.
  3. Tap Abolish subscription.
  4. Follow the instructions.

Tip: If yous take a subscription with an app and the app gets removed from Google Play, your future subscription volition be canceled. Your past subscriptions can't be refunded, with some exceptions as specified in this commodity or in Google Play's refund policies.

Restart or resubscribe to a subscription

If your subscription is canceled, just still active

  1. Open the Google Play app Google Play.
  2. At the top right, tap the profile icon.
  3. Tap Payments & subscriptions and then  Subscriptions.
  4. Select the subscription you want to restart.
  5. Tap Resubscribe.
  6. Follow the instructions.

If your subscription is canceled, but has expired

If you cancel your subscription and the remaining time on your subscription has expired, prepare upwardly your subscription again.

Tip: Some subscriptions may not be bachelor to resubscribe.

Become a refund on subscriptions

Pause a subscription

Restart payments for a paused subscription

You can resume your subscription anytime.

  1. Open the Google Play app Google Play.
  2. At the elevation right, tap the profile icon.
  3. Tap Payments & subscriptions and then Subscriptions.
  4. Select the subscription you lot want to restart.
  5. Tap Resume.
  6. Follow the instructions.

Change the payment method for a subscription

The same payment method you lot used to buy the subscription will be charged when your subscription renews. Renewals may start 24 hours before each subscription period starts.

To change or update the payment method used:

  1. Open the Google Play app Google Play.
  2. At the top right, tap the profile icon.
  3. Tap Payments & subscriptionsand thenSubscriptions.
  4. Select the subscription you want to update.
  5. Tap Manageand then Update.
  6. Follow the instructions to update your payment method.

 If your payment method is declined or has bereft funds, your subscription may be canceled. Add a backup payment method or fix up your subscription again.

Change between subscriptions & prepaid plans

If the app developers permit, you lot can switch from a prepaid plan to a recurring subscription or from a recurring subscription to a prepaid program.

When you switch, payments are processed immediately. Any days left on active subscriptions or plans are added on to the new subscription.

Tip: You lot can check if your subscription is recurring or a prepaid programme when you sign in to Subscriptions.

To alter a prepaid subscription plan if immune by developers:

  1. Open the Google Play app Google Play.
  2. Make sure y'all're signed in to the correct Google Account.
  3. Find and open the app that offers to upgrade from a prepaid program to a subscription or downgrade from a subscription to a prepaid plan.
  4. Tap Manage subscription.
  5. Select the new programme you want to change to.
  6. Select a supported payment method.
  7. Tap Purchase or Subscribe.

Bank check your subscriptions & their billing dates

  1. Get to your subscriptions.
  2. Under "Subscriptions," check the list of subscriptions for expired subscriptions or subscriptions with declined payment methods.

What happens afterwards you cancel

When you lot cancel a subscription y'all'll still exist able to use your subscription for the time you've already paid.

For example, if you buy a one-twelvemonth subscription on Jan 1 for $x and decide to abolish your subscription on July ane:

  • You'll have admission to the subscription until December 31.
  • You won't exist charged another yearly subscription of $10 the following January 1.

What happens afterward you abolish Play Pass?

Any apps you installed from Play Pass and their data will remain on your device.

For content you obtained via Play Laissez passer:

  • Paid apps will prompt you to buy the app or subscribe to Play Laissez passer.
  • In-app purchases will be removed, but bachelor for individual purchase.
  • Ads will reappear in apps where they were removed.
  • If you join Play Laissez passer again, all this content will be unlocked once again.

What happens when I cancel a prepaid programme?

Prepaid plans last for a limited time, so you don't need to cancel them. Information technology'll automatically expire at the end of the billing menstruation.

If your prepaid plan hasn't been used, you can request a refund for it. Learn more about refunds on Google Play.

To cancel an unused prepaid subscription plan:

  1. Open up the Google Play app Google Play.
  2. At the top right, tap the profile icon.
  3. Tap Payments & subscriptions and then Subscriptions.
  4. Select the subscription or prepaid plan you lot want to abolish.
  5. Tap Cancel subscription.
  6. Follow the instructions.

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