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Pause vs. cancel — a useful distinction: YouTube TV lets members pause their membership for up to a set number of months (useful for travel or a temporary break) instead of fully canceling, which keeps the account and channel/DVR setup intact for an easier restart later. Fully canceling removes access at the end of the billing period and any recorded DVR content is generally kept for a limited window (typically up to about a year) rather than deleted immediately, though this can change.
What happens after canceling: access continues until the end of the current billing cycle already paid for — there's no prorated refund for the unused portion, and canceling doesn't happen instantly.
Don't confuse this with: canceling a YouTube Premium subscription (the ad-free YouTube.com/app plan) or deleting a YouTube channel — those are managed in entirely different settings menus and don't affect a YouTube TV membership or vice versa.
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