How to Cancel PlayStation Plus (2026)

PlayStation Plus now has three tiers and the pricing is confusing enough that many people aren't sure which one they're actually paying for. Essential, Extra, Deluxe. Monthly, quarterly, annual. It adds up fast, especially after Sony's April 2025 price hike. Here's how to check what you're on, cancel entirely, or downgrade to a cheaper tier.

Current pricing (AUD)

Australia gets "Deluxe" instead of "Premium" because Sony doesn't offer cloud streaming here. Here's what each tier costs after the April 2025 price increase:

Essential gives you online multiplayer and monthly games. Extra adds a catalogue of hundreds of downloadable PS4 and PS5 games. Deluxe adds classic PS1/PS2/PSP games and time-limited game trials.

If you're on Extra or Deluxe and don't use the game catalogue much, downgrading to Essential saves you $8-$11 per month and you still get online multiplayer. More on that below.

Cancel on PS5

1. Go to Settings (gear icon, top right of home screen)
2. Select Users and Accounts
3. Go to Account > Payment and Subscriptions > Subscriptions
4. Select PlayStation Plus
5. Choose Cancel Subscription

Your access continues until the end of your current billing period.

Cancel on PS4

1. Go to PlayStation Plus from the home screen
2. Select Manage Membership
3. Select Subscription
4. Choose Cancel Subscription

Cancel via web browser

This is the quickest method if you're not near your console.

1. Sign in at playstation.com/acct/management
2. Select Subscription from the left menu
3. Click Cancel Subscription next to PlayStation Plus

Cancel via the PS App

1. Open the PlayStation App on your phone
2. Tap the menu icon (top right)
3. Select Subscriptions Management
4. Tap Cancel under PlayStation Plus

All four methods do the same thing: they turn off auto-renewal. Your subscription stays active until the current period ends, then it lapses.

The "free games" trap

This is the most important thing to understand before you cancel.

This catches a lot of people off guard. Sony technically tells you this in the fine print, but the language around "free games" makes it feel like you're building a permanent library. You're not. You're renting access for as long as you keep paying. If you ever resubscribe, those games unlock again, but that's cold comfort if you cancelled to save money.

Consider downgrading instead

If you're on Extra ($20.95/mo) or Deluxe ($23.95/mo) and mainly play online multiplayer with friends, you can downgrade to Essential ($12.95/mo) instead of cancelling outright.

1. Go to Settings > Users and Accounts > Account > PlayStation Subscriptions on your PS5
2. Select your PlayStation Plus subscription and choose Change
3. Pick the lower tier and your preferred billing cycle

The downgrade takes effect at your next billing date. You keep the higher tier's benefits until then. Once it switches, you lose access to the Extra/Deluxe game catalogue, but you keep online multiplayer and the monthly games.

For someone on Deluxe annual ($214.95/yr), switching to Essential annual ($102.95/yr) saves over $110 a year.

Refund policy

Sony's refund window is tight. You have 14 days from purchase to request a refund, and even then, Sony may reduce the refund based on how much you've used the service (played online, claimed games, used cloud saves). After 14 days, there are no refunds on unused months.

If you're on an annual plan and you're six months in, you cannot get those remaining six months back. All you can do is turn off auto-renewal to stop the next charge.

To request a refund within that 14-day window, you need to contact PlayStation Support directly. There's no self-service refund option.