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How to Cancel YouTube TV Subscription?

Cancel through the YouTube TV website or app: sign in, go to Settings, then Membership, and select Cancel membership. This is a completely separate product from a regular YouTube channel or a Google/YouTube account, so canceling it doesn't affect your YouTube.com login or any channel you might have.

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Step by step (website)

  1. Go to tv.youtube.com on a desktop browser and sign in.
  2. Click your profile icon in the top right.
  3. Go to Settings.
  4. Select the Membership tab.
  5. Click Cancel membership (or Pause membership if you only want a temporary break rather than fully canceling).
  6. Confirm through any retention prompts.

On the mobile app

  1. Open the YouTube TV app.
  2. Tap your profile picture.
  3. Go to SettingsMembership.
  4. Tap Cancel membership and confirm.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

Where do you cancel a YouTube TV membership?

In Settings > Membership, either on the YouTube TV website (tv.youtube.com) or in the mobile app, by selecting Cancel membership.

Does canceling YouTube TV delete recorded DVR content right away?

No, recorded content is typically kept for a limited window (often up to about a year) after canceling, rather than being deleted immediately, though this policy can change.

Is pausing YouTube TV different from canceling?

Yes. Pausing temporarily suspends billing while keeping the account and DVR library setup intact for an easier restart, while canceling ends the membership at the end of the current billing cycle.

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