Pause or resume YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium
YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscribers can pause, resume, or cancel, at any point during their paid membership.
Hit the button below to view and manage your paid membership. Then, follow the steps in this article to pause or resume a YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium membership.
Note: Annual plans cannot be paused. Pausing and resuming your paid membership is not available to users who are billed through Apple.
How to pause your paid membership
- Tap your profile picture 👁 and then
Paid memberships. - Click Manage membership.
- Click Deactivate.
- Click Pause instead.
- Select how many months you want to pause your membership for using the slider, then tap Pause membership.
When you pause your membership:
- You can choose the length of this paused state, from 1 to 6 months.
- Your membership will be paused after the end of your current billing cycle.
- While your membership is paused, you (and any family members on your plan) won’t have access to any YouTube Premium or YouTube Music Premium benefits.
- You can cancel your membership at any time during the paused state.
- If you have a YouTube Premium subscription, any videos or music you've downloaded will be retained. You can't access them until you resume your membership.
- If you have a YouTube Music Premium subscription, any music you've downloaded will be retained. You can't access them until you resume your membership.
- If your membership is currently paused, you won’t be charged until you’ve resumed your membership. You’ll be billed at the new price when you resume your membership. We’ll notify you via email at least 30 days ahead of a price increase in your country/territory.
- You can un-pause and resume your membership at any time before your scheduled resume date by visiting YouTube. You can also use a web browser or the YouTube app.
How to resume your membership
- Tap your profile picture 👁 and then
Paid memberships. - Tap on the membership you want to resume.
- Tap Resume.
- Tap Resume again.
If you receive YouTube Premium through a subscription to Pixel Pass, you can learn more about your current subscription here.
Starting in 2022, new YouTube Premium and Music Premium subscribers who signed up on Android will be billed via Google Play. Existing subscribers are not affected by this change. You can visit payments.google.com to see recent charges and check how you are billed. To request a refund for a Google Play purchase, follow the steps outlined here.
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