How to Cancel Sling TV

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Sign in at sling.com/account in a web browser

   Open sling.com/account in a browser on a computer or phone and sign in with the email you subscribed with. Sling's help sends every cancellation through this page, and deleting the Sling app doesn't cancel anything. A Product Expert on Google's TV forum says the Sling app on a Sony TV can't cancel either. If you don't remember the email, Sling's forgot-email page (sling.com/sign-in/forgot-username) finds the account tied to your card. If Apple, Google Play or Amazon bills you, skip to that step below.

2. 2

   Select Manage next to your plan, then Cancel

   Your active plan is listed on the account page. Select Manage next to it, then Cancel; you may need to scroll down to find it. Sling's terms say cancellations aren't accepted by email, so this page or a chat agent are the only ways to do it. If the page hangs or a button won't respond, Sling suggests a private or incognito window, or clearing your browser cache.

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   Decline the offers and finish cancelling

   Members describe the next screen as a "Before you go..." offer of a lower price for a few months, and one was offered Pause Extra when they went to cancel. Neither one cancels your plan. Decline each offer and carry on until Sling confirms the cancellation. One member says the page showed the date their access would end before they confirmed.

   Heads up: The "Before you go..." deal is a retention offer. One member who accepted it said the credit never showed up and support told them the offer had ended, while another said the first month of theirs was honored. If you take it, screenshot the offer. Pause Extra isn't a cancel either: it bills a $5 monthly deposit, and your plan restarts on its own when the break ends.

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   Check for the email and the Expiring soon label

   Sling says it emails a confirmation, and your plan shows as Expiring soon on the account page until the date listed. You can keep watching until the date of your next regular bill, and Sling won't charge you again. Keep the email: a member billed again weeks after cancelling had theirs as proof when they took it to their bank. If your plan still shows as active with no Expiring soon label, the cancel didn't go through, so select Manage and Cancel again.

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   If this applies to you

   If you paid in advance for a 3-month or other prepay deal

   Sling's terms say a promotion that made you prepay for a minimum period (they give 3 months as the example) can't be cancelled early: the cancellation takes effect when the prepaid period ends, and Sling's help says it doesn't refund prepaid months. Cancel anyway if you don't want to stay. Sling's billing page says that once the prepaid months run out, the plan carries on at the regular monthly rate until you cancel, and its Blue page lists the 3-month prepay as "then starting at $45.99/mo". Prepay deals can't be paused.

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   If this applies to you

   If you only want a break: Pause and Pause Extra

   Under Manage, See pause options offers two kinds of break. Sling's pause article says a standard pause lasts up to 6 months (its billing page says up to 3), and Pause Extra runs for 1, 2 or 3 months for a $5 monthly deposit that lets you keep watching your recordings and Paramount+ with Showtime. The deposit is credited back when your plan restarts, but not if you cancel during Pause Extra. A pause starts on your next bill date, Sling keeps your recordings, and at the end of the break your plan restarts automatically, billing included. Pause isn't available on prepay deals or free trials, on accounts paid only by gift card or BitPay, or with Apple Pay, Google Pay or other third-party billing. You can cancel while paused: sign in, scroll down and select Cancel.

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   If this applies to you

   If you're leaving over the price

   Where Sling streams a local ABC, FOX or NBC station, Select, Blue and the two bundles cost more than the headline price: Select is $24.99 or $29.99 a month instead of $19.99, and Blue $49.99 or $54.99 instead of $45.99, depending on how many locals you get. A Sling statement quoted by Cord Cutters News in January 2026 says the Blue local-channel charge went up then and reached existing subscribers from their first bill after February 20, 2026. Members say there's no way to opt out of the locals. Essentials ($19.99, with ESPN) and Orange ($45.99) never carry the charge. To switch, select Manage, choose the plan, then Switch or Upgrade and Confirm. Sling's billing page says moving to a cheaper single plan takes effect at once with a prorated credit, while leaving Orange & Blue or Essentials & Select takes effect at the end of the billing cycle. Extras come off under Your plan, then Remove and Confirm: there's no refund, and you keep them until the billing cycle ends.

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   If this applies to you

   If Apple, Google Play, Amazon or Roku bills you

   Sling's terms and gift-card help name Amazon, Roku, Apple and Google as companies that can bill a Sling plan. To see who bills you, check the merchant on your card statement or the subscription list in each account. Apple: on an iPhone or iPad, open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions, Sling and Cancel Subscription. Google Play: in the Play Store, tap your profile icon, then Payments & subscriptions, Subscriptions, Sling TV and Cancel subscription. Amazon: on amazon.com, open Your Memberships and Subscriptions, find Sling, select Manage Subscription, then Cancel Subscription under Advanced Controls. Roku works the other way: Roku's help says Sling manages the plan even when Roku bills you, so cancel at sling.com/account or contact Sling (Roku lists 888-394-6698), then check my.roku.com/subscriptions. Members say Sling couldn't help with plans billed through Google Play (by chat) or Apple (by phone), and Sling doesn't offer Pause on third-party billing.

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   If this applies to you

   If you bought a day pass, or only use Freestream

   Sling says a 1, 3 or 7 Day Pass never charges beyond what you paid once it expires, so there's nothing to cancel, and that a Sling account used only for the free Freestream channels isn't charged at all. Check that you really got a pass, though. Several members say buying a pass signed them up for a monthly plan instead, and one saw the app change their pass's end date to a month later before charging the card. If your account shows a monthly plan, cancel it as above. Sling's day-pass page now says passes are no longer available.

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    If this applies to you

    If you're still charged after cancelling

    Sign in and check the plan: no active subscriptions, or a plan marked Expiring soon, means the cancel worked. If it still shows as active, select Manage and Cancel. Next, check for a second account: Sling's forgot-email page finds the email tied to the card being charged, so sign in with it and cancel there too. If no account turns up, or you don't recognise the email, Sling says to tell its chatbot; for a charge you didn't authorise, change your password, sign out of all devices and choose Billing Issues in the chat. Members describe the chatbot as hard to get past. Also check Apple, Google Play and Amazon (see above). sling.com refused our connection when we checked from outside the US, and a member who moved to Japan couldn't reach the site or app to cancel, so cancel before you leave the country.