How to Cancel App Store Subscriptions (2026)

Any app you subscribed to through the App Store (whether on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV) is billed by Apple, not the app developer. That means you cancel through Apple too, regardless of which device you used to sign up.

Cancel on Mac

1. Open the App Store
2. Click your name in the bottom left corner
3. Click Account Settings
4. Scroll to Subscriptions and click Manage
5. Click Edit next to the subscription you want to cancel
6. Click Cancel Subscription

Alternatively: System Settings > click your Apple Account at the top > Media & Purchases > Manage next to Subscriptions.

Cancel on iPad

1. Open Settings
2. Tap your name at the top
3. Tap Subscriptions
4. Tap the subscription you want to cancel
5. Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm

Cancel on iPhone

Same as iPad: Settings > your name > Subscriptions > tap the app > Cancel Subscription.

Cancel on Apple TV

1. Open Settings
2. Select Users & Accounts
3. Select your account
4. Select Subscriptions
5. Choose the subscription and select Cancel

Cancel from any browser

If you don't have an Apple device handy:

1. Go to account.apple.com
2. Sign in with your Apple ID
3. Click Subscriptions in the sidebar
4. Find the subscription and click Cancel

This works from any computer or phone, including Windows and Android.

"I can't find the cancel button"

If a subscription doesn't appear in your Apple subscriptions list, it wasn't billed through the App Store. Some apps (Netflix, Spotify, Amazon Prime) direct you to their website to pay instead of going through Apple. For those, you need to cancel on the service's own website.

Check your email for receipts from "apple.com/bill" to confirm which subscriptions are actually billed through Apple.

Subscriptions vs one-time purchases

Deleting an app does not cancel its subscription. The billing continues until you explicitly cancel through the steps above. This catches more people than you'd expect.