How to Cancel YouTube TV

Step-by-step instructions

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   Open YouTube TV in a web browser

   Go to tv.youtube.com in a browser on a computer or phone and sign in with the Google account that pays for YouTube TV. In a family group that's the family manager: YouTube says only the manager can change the subscription. YouTube's help for iPhone and iPad sends you to a web browser, and a Product Expert on Google's forum confirms the iOS app can't cancel. On Android, YouTube's help says the app's Settings menu works as well as the website.

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   Go to Settings, then Membership, and click Manage

   Select your profile photo in the top right, then Settings, then Membership. The direct address is tv.youtube.com/settings/subscriptions, and the Cancel now button in YouTube's help links to tv.youtube.com/cancel. Click Manage next to your plan. The panel that opens has a slider to pause your membership for 4 weeks to 6 months, and the Cancel membership link.

   Heads up: YouTube puts the pause slider on the same panel as the cancel link, and its help pages push it too ("Pause your membership instead"). A pause bills you again automatically, at the normal monthly price, the day it ends. If you want the charges to stop, leave the slider alone.

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   Click Cancel membership, then Cancel

   YouTube's help names two clicks: Cancel membership, then Cancel. Members report an "Are you sure?" step that asks why you're leaving, and some were offered a discount there. Turn it down and click Cancel to finish. Cancelling the plan also cancels every add-on on it, such as 4K Plus, Entertainment Plus or NFL RedZone with Sports Plus.

   Heads up: The discount screen comes from members' reports; YouTube's help doesn't mention it, so it may not appear for everyone. Members describe it as a retention offer for a limited time, after which the regular rate comes back. Take it only if you'd stay at the discounted price anyway.

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   Check the Access until date

   Back on the Membership page, your plan should now read Access until, followed by a date. A Diamond Product Expert on Google's YouTube TV forum says that date is the confirmation, and that YouTube TV doesn't send an email confirming a cancellation. Take a screenshot of the page for your records. You can keep watching until that date. After it, your recordings are kept for 21 more days and then expire.

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   If this applies to you

   If you have NFL Sunday Ticket

   The NFL Sunday Ticket add-on needs an active YouTube TV plan. YouTube's own fine print says "If you cancel YouTube TV, you will lose access to NFL Sunday Ticket" and "No refunds". Its help says a Season Pass can't be cancelled or refunded for the current season once it has renewed, "even if you cancel your YouTube TV membership", and that monthly installments are a full-season commitment you can't stop mid-season. A Month-to-Month plan can be removed any time under Your Add-ons (Remove, then Yes, Cancel). Cancelling YouTube TV also cancels the Season Pass auto-renewal for next season, but you can't cancel that renewal while YouTube TV is paused. Sunday Ticket bought as a standalone Primetime Channel on YouTube is a separate purchase that doesn't depend on YouTube TV, and it's managed at youtube.com/paid_memberships.

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   If this applies to you

   Pause is a break, not a cancel

   If you only want time off between sports seasons, Pause holds the membership for 4 weeks to 6 months. It starts when your current billing cycle ends. While paused you can't watch or record, your existing recordings are kept until the pause ends (still subject to YouTube TV's standard 9-month expiry), and when it ends YouTube charges your normal monthly price automatically and that becomes your new billing date. A pause can't be extended, though you can resume early and pause again. Pause isn't available if a mobile carrier, an internet provider or Google Play bills you.

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   If this applies to you

   If you'd rather pay less than leave

   Since February 2026 YouTube TV has sold cheaper genre plans next to the main plan ($82.99 a month), such as Entertainment at $54.99 or Sports at $64.99 a month. Switch under Settings, then Membership; YouTube says plan switching isn't available in the iOS or Android apps. The new plan starts at once and that day becomes your billing date, add-ons carry over, and YouTube's help says moving to a cheaper plan earns a credit for the difference on your next payment. Check that it appears, since one member reported support wouldn't apply it. Two more catches: switching ends any promotional price you're on, and recordings from channels the new plan drops leave your library unless you switch back within 21 days.

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   If this applies to you

   If a carrier, internet provider or Google Play bills you

   Settings, then Billing shows how you pay. If a mobile carrier or internet provider bills you (YouTube's help mentions Verizon, Frontier and WOW!), YouTube's help points you to the same cancel steps, but you can't pause, YouTube can't refund that bill, and plan changes go through the provider. If the cancel option isn't there, cancel with the provider. Should you sign up again later, Google bills you directly instead. If Google Play bills you, you can't pause either: on Android, open Subscriptions in Google Play, select YouTube TV, tap Cancel subscription and follow the prompts. Play's refund rules apply.

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   If this applies to you

   If you want a refund, or want access to end now

   YouTube TV doesn't refund or credit partial billing periods. Its refund form at youtube.com/refund/tv is for features that are defective or don't perform as stated, and for a free trial that turned into a charge you meant to avoid. If a refund is granted, you lose access straight away. To cancel and lose access immediately, YouTube's help says to contact its support team through support.google.com/youtubetv/gethelp, which leads to a chat or a call back. For a charge you don't recognise at all, YouTube asks you to report it to Google within 120 days of the transaction.

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    If this applies to you

    If you're still charged after cancelling

    Product Experts on Google's YouTube TV forum name two usual causes: the membership is on a different Google account from the one you cancelled on, or someone else bills it (Google Play, a carrier or an internet provider). A Sunday Ticket Season Pass also keeps billing its installments after YouTube TV ends (see above). Removing your card isn't a cancel: one member who did that was still billed every month a year after cancelling. Contact support through support.google.com/youtubetv/gethelp, where an agent should be able to find the account from your card. Don't search the web for a YouTube TV phone number: a Product Expert warns that the results often lead to scammers who don't work for Google.