How to cancel a subscription

You can cancel a Pocket Casts Plus or Patron membership (subscription) at any time, and you will still have access to Plus or Patron member functionality until the end of the period for which you have currently paid.

It’s important to note that uninstalling the app on your mobile devices will not cancel your subscription. You must cancel the subscription on the same platform from which you purchased it.

If the subscription period has ended without renewing or resubscribing, your account will automatically convert to a regular, free Pocket Casts sync account. You can upgrade a regular account to a Pocket Casts Plus or Patron account on any platform, at any time. If your canceled subscription still has paid time left, see Can I resubscribe before my canceled subscription ends?

After canceling your Plus or Patron subscription, you can check out your refund options here: Subscription Refunds.

If you purchased your subscription on your Android device through the Google Play Store, follow these steps to cancel.

1. On your phone or tablet, open the Google Play Store app and check that you’re signed in to the Google Account you used to subscribe
2. Tap your profile icon in the top right corner
3. Tap Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions
4. Tap Pocket Casts
5. Tap Cancel subscription and follow the prompts

You can also open your Google Play subscriptions directly, on your phone or in a web browser, at play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions.

For the most up-to-date instructions on cancelling your subscription, you can refer to the following documentation from the Google Play Store: Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play.

If you purchased your subscription on your iOS device through the Apple App Store, follow these steps to cancel.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Settings app
2. Tap your name at the top of the screen
3. Tap Subscriptions
4. Tap Pocket Casts
5. Tap Cancel Subscription, then confirm

For the most up-to-date instructions on cancelling your subscription, you can refer to the following documentation from the Apple App Store: If you want to cancel a subscription from Apple.

If you purchased your subscription on our website, follow these steps to cancel.

1. Log in to the web player or desktop app
2. Click on the Profile icon in the upper-right corner
3. Click on your email address to access the Profile screen
4. Click on the Cancel Subscription link
5. Follow the prompts

We appreciate your support of Pocket Casts by subscribing to the Plus or Patron plan. Your support allows us to continue developing Pocket Casts. However, we understand if there are circumstances in which you may not wish to continue subscribing.

If you do not renew your subscription, the following will happen at the end of your current billing period:

• Your account will automatically convert to a regular, free Pocket Casts sync account. You can continue to use Pocket Casts sync across multiple mobile devices.
• Files uploaded to your Pocket Casts cloud are kept for at least 30 days after your subscription ends and may be deleted after that. Downloaded files on your mobile devices will remain.
• Your folders will disappear and your bookmarks will no longer be accessible. Neither is deleted — both become available again as soon as you resubscribe to a paid plan.

You’ll continue to have access until the end of your current subscription period. Once the subscription expires, your folders are hidden, not deleted, and the podcasts in them appear on your Podcasts screen.

Your folders come back as soon as you sign up for another Plus or Patron subscription.

You don’t need to do anything until your paid period ends. A canceled Plus or Patron subscription keeps working until its end date.

If you click Renew Subscription on your Profile page in the web player while a canceled subscription still has paid time left, you’ll be asked to confirm first. The confirmation shows when your current subscription ends and how many days are left:

• Wait until it expires keeps your remaining paid days. Nothing is charged, and you can resubscribe after your current period ends.
• Start a new subscription starts a new subscription and billing today. The remaining days of your canceled subscription are forfeited and are not added to the new subscription.