YouTube TV offers an excellent service at a great price, but there’s a chance its channel lineup or even lack of Amazon Fire TV support makes it a no-go for you. If that’s the case, you may be wondering how to cancel your YouTube TV subscription. This short guide will show you how to cancel YouTube TV.
How to cancel your YouTube TV subscription
You can easily cancel your YouTube TV subscription from any device, but we recommend doing it from a desktop or laptop computer, as apps sometimes offer a limited view of your subscription settings.
1. Go to your settings (top right corner profile pic) and click “Settings”
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2. Under “YouTube TV” select “Deactivate account”
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3. Optional: Select a “pause” period for your account instead of canceling
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4. To fully cancel, select “CANCEL MEMBERSHIP” at the bottom
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5. Finally, select a reason for cancellation
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Can I restart my YouTube TV subscription later?
YouTube TV lets you pause your account for between 4 weeks to 6 months, or cancel completely. If you chose to pause, you won’t be charged during the pause period and can choose to unpause at any point. If you choose to cancel, you will need to reactivate your account, but you can finish out the month you’ve already paid for.
Are there are any good YouTube TV alternatives?
YouTube TV has a fairly extensive channel package, but it may lack some of the channels that you want or need most. In that case, you may want to consider other similar skinny bundle internet TV services, such as Fubo, Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV, Philo, or DirecTV Stream.
Not sure what YouTube TV alternatives fit your needs? Try Cord Cutter Express!
You may be on the lookout for specific channels that YouTube TV doesn’t provide. If so, we recommend our Cord Cutter Express tool, which will let you filter for the channels you want to see which services match your needs.
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Sam Cook is a full-time content strategist by day, a part-time freelance content writer since 2015. In another life, he was a high school English teacher for nearly a decade. Based in sunny New Orleans, he writes long-form educational content on technology, including Insurtech, Fintech, HRtech, and content streaming.
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