How to Cancel LinkedIn Premium

A 11-step walkthrough with real screenshots from the live cancel flow.

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Quick answer

Sign in at linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/manage-premium, click Cancel subscription, then Continue to cancel past the benefits comparison and reason survey, and finish with Confirm cancellation — skip the 50% off offer if it appears. A paid plan keeps Premium until the end of the current billing cycle. Cancel a free trial and Premium stops immediately.

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Step-by-step instructions

1

Sign in and open Manage Premium

Open linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/manage-premium in a desktop browser and sign in. You can also click Me, then Settings, and open Manage Premium account — or Me, then Premium features, then Manage subscription. LinkedIn-billed cancellations work on desktop or the Android app, not in the iOS app.

2

Click Cancel subscription

On Manage Premium account you'll see your plan name and whether you're on a trial or a paid cycle. Click Cancel subscription. Switch plans and Manage payment methods do not stop renewal.

LinkedIn Settings Manage Premium account page for Premium Career on a free trial until September 22, 2022, 9:32 AM, with Switch plans, Cancel subscription, and Manage payment methods links
3

Skip the benefits comparison

LinkedIn shows "Premium benefits you'll lose when your subscription ends" — Career (Current plan) versus Free LinkedIn (After cancelling), covering InMail, Who's viewed your profile, Open Profile, job insights, Learning, and interview tools. Click Continue to cancel, not Keep Premium.

LinkedIn Premium benefits you'll lose comparison with Career marked Current plan versus Free LinkedIn After cancelling, Keep Premium on the left and Continue to cancel on the right
4

Ignore Switch plan and Customer support

Below the comparison, Additional options to consider offers Switch plan ("see all the plans we offer") and Customer support. Neither one cancels billing. Stay on Continue to cancel.

Scrolled cancel page showing Additional options to consider with Switch plan and Customer support links under the Keep Premium and Continue to cancel buttons
5

Pick a cancellation reason

The next screen is "We value your feedback. Why are you cancelling?" with radios: This is temporary, I want to change subscription, It's too expensive, I don't understand how to use LinkedIn Premium, I accomplished my goal, and Other. Continue to cancel stays disabled until you pick one.

LinkedIn Why are you cancelling survey with six unselected radios and Continue to cancel disabled beside Keep Premium, plus Switch plan and Customer support below
6

Click Continue to cancel

After a reason is selected, Continue to cancel turns on. Click it. Keep Premium is still sitting next to it if you want to abort.

Why are you cancelling survey with This is temporary selected and Continue to cancel enabled beside Keep Premium
7

Skip the 50% off offer

A modal may appear: "We'd love to make Premium work for you. Get 50% off your next 2 months on us!" with Claim offer and Confirm cancellation. Click Confirm cancellation. The small print says after the promotional period you return to the original price unless you choose to cancel. If the modal does not appear, you should already be on the confirmation screen.

LinkedIn save-offer modal reading Get 50% off your next 2 months on us, with Claim offer and Confirm cancellation buttons and a note that the price returns to the original after the promotional period
8

Verify your cancellation

You should see a screen like "[your first name], your subscription has been cancelled" and that you will no longer be billed. On a paid plan, Premium continues until the end date shown (the current billing cycle). If you canceled a free trial, LinkedIn's current help center says Premium stops immediately — even if an older confirmation screen still listed a date. Click Done.

LinkedIn confirmation reading John, your subscription has been cancelled, with access until 9/22/2022 and a Done button. John is a generic persona in this 2022 screenshot, not the reader's name
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If this applies to you

If you signed up through Apple, Google, or iOS mobile web

App Store purchases: cancel in the LinkedIn iOS app (profile photo → Premium features → Manage your subscription → Cancel subscription) or in Apple Settings → your name → Subscriptions. LinkedIn cannot refund Apple charges — that goes through Apple. Google Play purchases: cancel on LinkedIn desktop (Me → Premium features → Subscription details → Purchases → Cancel subscription → Confirm cancel), in the LinkedIn app, or in Google Play subscriptions. If you bought Premium on iOS using mobile Safari/Chrome, LinkedIn bills you — cancel on desktop, not in the iOS app.

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If this applies to you

Use leftover InMail and Learning before they expire

On a paid cancel you keep InMail credits, LinkedIn Learning, profile insights, the Premium badge, and advanced search until the billing cycle ends — then InMail goes to zero and those features drop. If you are ending a free trial, use what you need before you click Confirm cancellation, because trial access stops right away. Unused InMail is not given back if you rejoin; you get a fresh allotment instead.

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If this applies to you

Do not close your LinkedIn account to stop the bill

Closing the account does not replace a cancel. LinkedIn says to cancel the subscription first if you also want to close the account. Help center mentions a cancel form for some US and German members at linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/PREMIUM-CANCEL — that page still asked for a sign-in when checked, so treat it as a support ticket, not a guaranteed login-free exit. After a trial, you typically cannot start another free trial for at least 12 months. Canceling a promotional price forfeits that discount; you cannot buy the same offer back.

Frequently Asked Questions

Not if the cancel registered. LinkedIn will not start another billing cycle. Cancel at least one day before your next scheduled billing date or the next charge can still go through. On a paid plan you keep Premium until that cycle ends — that is not a new charge. A free-trial cancel stops Premium immediately and should stop the conversion to a paid plan if you finish before the trial billing date.

LinkedIn may refund Premium Career (and other Premium subscriptions) within 7 days of the charge if you have not used Premium features; a previous refund can block the next one. That is a support request, not an automatic credit at cancel. EU consumers get a 14-day withdrawal from the day the subscription (or trial) starts — if you only used a trial, there is usually nothing to refund. Denmark, the Netherlands, and Germany have a one-month notice rule with a refund of the unused remainder (Germany excludes the first year of an annual plan). India withholding-tax refunds have a 180-day window. SEPA direct-debit refunds go through your bank within eight weeks. Apple App Store charges must be refunded by Apple, not LinkedIn. Everyone else keeps access until period end rather than getting cash back.

Your LinkedIn account, connections, messages, and profile stay. At the end of a paid cycle — or immediately on a trial cancel — you lose InMail credits (the balance goes to zero and is not credited back), LinkedIn Learning, the Premium badge, Open Profile, the full Who's viewed your profile list, job and company insights, and unlimited people browsing (the commercial-use limit can return). If you reactivate later, unused InMail from the old plan is not restored; you get a new monthly allotment.

Cancel where billing lives. Apple: LinkedIn iOS app (Premium features → Manage your subscription → Cancel subscription) or iPhone Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions. LinkedIn cannot issue Apple refunds. Google Play: LinkedIn desktop (Me → Premium features → Subscription details → Purchases), the LinkedIn app, or play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions. If you subscribed on iOS through mobile web, LinkedIn — not Apple — processes payment, and you must cancel on desktop. Uninstalling the app does not stop billing.

Yes, and you should finish at least one day before the trial billing date if you want to avoid a paid conversion. The click path is the same: Manage Premium → Cancel subscription → Continue to cancel → Confirm cancellation. Ending a trial early drops Premium immediately — there is no remaining-trial grace period in the current help center. After you use or cancel a trial, you typically cannot start another free trial on that profile for at least 12 months.

Yes. LinkedIn keeps your account; go back to Premium (Settings → Subscriptions & payments, or a Retry Premium Free prompt on the homepage) and pick a plan. You should not need to re-enter billing details. Unused InMail from before the cancel is gone. If you canceled a promotional price, that discount is void and cannot be restored. After a trial, expect the 12-month wait before another free trial — paid plans are still available. If you canceled an Apple App Store plan, wait until that billing cycle ends before buying again through LinkedIn or Apple.
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