How To Cancel Audible Membership In 2026: Spend Your Credits First
David Roberts
Founder and CEO
04.10.2026
Short answer: spend your unused credits first, then sign in at audible.com in a web browser (not the app), select your name, then Membership details, then Cancel membership, and confirm. Do it before your next billing date. If Apple or Google bills you, cancel in iPhone Settings or the Google Play Store instead.
Cancelling Audible takes about two minutes, but the two minutes are the easy part. The expensive mistake is cancelling with credits still in your account, because Audible deletes them when the membership ends. The second most common mistake is looking for a cancel button in the Audible app, where there is none.
This guide covers every route: the website, Apple and Google billing, cancelling a free trial, pausing instead of quitting, what happens to your library afterwards, and the narrow situations where you can get money or a credit back.
First, Check Who Is Billing You
Where you cancel depends on where you signed up. Look at the charge on your bank or card statement before you do anything else.
What your statement says
Who bills you
Where to cancel
A charge naming Audible
Audible directly
audible.com in a web browser, under Membership details
APPLE.COM/BILL
Apple App Store
iPhone Settings, then your name, then Subscriptions
GOOGLE *Audible
Google Play
Play Store, then Payments and subscriptions
No Audible charge you can find
A second Audible or Amazon login, or a gift membership
Sign in to each account you own and check Membership details
Audible’s help centre is explicit that memberships billed through Apple or Google cannot be cancelled on the Audible website. If Membership details does not show a Cancel membership link, an app store is almost certainly the biller.
Audible reshuffled its plans in March 2026. It launched a cheaper Standard plan, renamed Premium Plus to simply Premium, and closed Audible Plus to new members. The US prices Audible lists are below. Promotions and app store pricing can differ, so the figure on your own Membership details page is the one that counts.
Plan
US price
What you get
What happens to titles after cancelling
Standard
$8.99 a month
1 audiobook selection a month from the full catalogue, no credits
Monthly selections lock
Premium (formerly Premium Plus), 1 credit
$14.95 a month
1 credit a month plus unlimited listening in the Plus Catalog
Credit purchases are yours to keep; Plus Catalog titles lock
Premium, 2 credits
$22.95 a month
2 credits a month plus the Plus Catalog
Same as above
Premium annual, 12 credits
$149.50 a year
All 12 credits up front
Same as above
Premium annual, 24 credits
$229.50 a year
All 24 credits up front
Same as above
Audible Plus (existing members only)
$7.95 a month
Unlimited listening in the Plus Catalog, no credits
Plus Catalog titles lock
Free trial
$0 for 30 days
Plan benefits for the trial period
Converts to a paid plan automatically
Every plan auto-renews. Audible also runs promotions, such as a $0.99 a month introductory offer for Prime members, that roll into the full price when the offer period ends unless you cancel.
Spend Your Credits Before You Cancel
This is the part most people search for after it is too late. Audible’s terms say credits expire immediately when the membership is cancelled or terminated, unless you use them first. The help centre puts it plainly: unused credits are lost along with your other membership benefits. A credit on the $14.95 plan is worth about $15, and on an annual plan you could be sitting on several of them.
Check your balance first. Your credit count shows next to your name on the website and on the Membership details page.
Redeem every credit. Anything you buy with a credit is yours to keep after you cancel, so a credit spent today is a book you own forever.
Credits expire anyway after 12 months. Even on an active membership, a credit lapses 12 months after it is issued, so old credits are the first ones to use.
App store credits are the exception. Audible says credits bought through the App Store or Google Play do not expire and stay in your account after cancellation.
Standard plan selections do not roll over. If you have not picked this month’s audiobook, pick it, but remember it locks when you leave.
Not ready to spend them? Pausing keeps your credits in place for up to 90 days. See the pause section below.
When To Cancel So You Are Not Charged Again
Audible’s terms say a recurring membership continues automatically unless you tell Audible before the charge that you want to cancel. In practice that means cancelling before your next billing date, which is shown on the Membership details page. Audible publishes no fixed cutoff, so do not leave it to the last evening.
Give yourself a few days of margin. Use your credits, cancel, then check the confirmation email arrived. Fees already paid are not refunded when you cancel, so there is no advantage in waiting until the last minute either.
How To Cancel Audible Membership On The Website
This is the route for most members, whose membership is billed directly by Audible. It works on a computer or in the web browser on your phone.
Sign in at audible.com in a browser. In the US this is usually your Amazon email and password. On a phone, use Safari or Chrome, not the Audible app.
Select your name. On a computer it is in the top navigation. On a phone, open the main menu first, then tap your name.
Choose Membership details. Note your next billing date and your credit balance on this page.
Select Cancel membership. If the link is missing, Apple or Google bills you; skip to those sections.
Work through the offer screens. Audible typically shows alternatives first, such as pausing, switching plans or a discounted rate. Taking an offer keeps you subscribed. Keep choosing to continue with the cancellation.
Pick a reason if asked, and continue.
Confirm the cancellation. Stop only when you see a confirmation that your membership has been cancelled.
Screenshot it and keep the email. Audible sends a confirmation to the email on your account.
Once it is done, reopen Membership details. It should show an end date, not a renewal date.
Why You Cannot Cancel In The Audible App
The Audible app for iPhone and Android does not have a cancel option for memberships billed by Audible. Audible’s own instructions only cover the desktop and mobile websites, and its help centre adds a warning worth repeating: deleting the Audible app does not cancel a membership.
So if you have been tapping through the app’s Profile and Settings screens looking for a button, stop. Open a browser, go to audible.com and follow the website steps above. The only time cancelling happens on your phone without the website is when Apple or Google bills you, and then it happens in the phone’s subscription settings, not in the Audible app.
How To Cancel Audible On iPhone When Apple Bills You
If you subscribed through an in-app purchase on iOS, Apple holds the subscription and Audible cannot end it. The tell is a charge reading APPLE.COM/BILL.
Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
Tap your name at the top, then Subscriptions.
Select Audible.
Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm.
Apple subscriptions run to the end of the paid period, and Apple, not Audible, handles any refund request for the membership fee. If you are on an iPhone but Audible is not listed under Subscriptions, Audible bills you directly, and you need the website route in Safari.
How To Cancel Audible On Android Through Google Play
The same logic applies on Android when the membership was bought through Google Play.
Open the Google Play Store app.
Tap your profile icon, then Payments and subscriptions, then Subscriptions.
Select Audible.
Tap Cancel subscription and follow the prompts.
One upside of app store billing: Audible says credits bought this way do not expire on cancellation. Most Android users are billed by Audible directly, though, so if Audible is not in your Play subscriptions, use the website.
Cancelling Audible Through Your Amazon Account
Audible is an Amazon company, and in the US you normally sign in to Audible with your Amazon email and password. That causes two kinds of confusion.
The cancellation still happens on audible.com. You use your Amazon login, but the Cancel membership link lives on Audible’s Membership details page. Signing in on audible.com with the same Amazon credentials gets you there.
Cancelling Prime does not cancel Audible. They are separate subscriptions. Ending one leaves the other running, and the same applies the other way round. See our guide on how to cancel Amazon Prime if you want to end both.
Kindle Unlimited is also separate. Audiobooks that come with Kindle Unlimited are not an Audible membership, and cancelling one does not touch the other.
More than one Amazon login means more than one possible Audible account. If you are still being charged, sign in with every Amazon email you have used and check each one.
How To Cancel The Audible Free Trial
The Audible free trial lasts 30 days, and Audible says you can cancel any time before it ends and you will not be charged. If you do nothing, the membership continues and the first monthly fee is taken.
Use the trial credit first. On Premium trials, an audiobook you pick with the trial credit is yours to keep after you cancel. An unused trial credit is lost.
Check the end date. It is on the Membership details page. Read it there rather than counting 30 days yourself, since promotional trials vary.
Cancel with the website steps above, or in the App Store or Google Play if that is how you signed up.
Confirm and keep the email.
On the Standard plan the trial gives you a monthly selection rather than a credit, and that selection locks when the trial ends. Treat it as a free listen during the trial, not a book you get to keep.
How To Pause Audible Membership Instead
If you only want a break, pausing is better than cancelling because your credits survive. Audible’s pause rules for 2026:
Pause rule
Detail
How long
30, 60 or 90 days at a time, up to 90 days in total every 12 months
How often
Up to 3 pauses in a rolling 12 months
Who can pause
Monthly plans only, after at least 30 days of paid membership; annual plans cannot pause
Free trial
Premium trial members can pause for 30 days only
Billing
Payments stop for the pause; no new credits or monthly selections are issued
What you keep
Existing Premium credits, purchased titles and member discounts
What locks
The Plus Catalog, included podcasts and Standard monthly selections
Go to Membership details on audible.com.
Select Pause membership. In the app, Audible says similar steps sit under Profile, then the Membership tab.
Choose 30, 60 or 90 days and confirm.
Two catches. Promotional pricing keeps counting down while you are paused, so a discount can expire during the break. And pausing for App Store or Google Play members may be restricted. Pausing is the right call if you want your credits later; cancelling is right if you have already spent them.
Annual Plans, Standard, Premium Plus And Audible Plus
Each plan behaves a little differently when you leave. Audible Premium Plus is simply the old name for Premium, and cancels the same way.
Annual Premium. You get all 12 or 24 credits at the start of the year, so check how many are left before cancelling. Fees already paid are not refunded, and annual plans cannot be paused, so the usual move is to spend the remaining credits and cancel before the renewal date.
Standard. There are no credits to lose, but every monthly selection you made locks after your final billing cycle. If there is a title you want to keep, buy it outright before you go.
Audible Plus. New sign-ups closed on 3 March 2026. Existing members can keep the plan, but because new sign-ups are closed, cancelling may mean you cannot get Plus back and would have to pick Standard or Premium.
Switching plans. Audible says you can change plans without losing existing credits, which can be a cheaper alternative to cancelling outright.
If You Cancel Audible, Do You Lose Your Books?
Not the ones you bought. It depends on how each title got into your library.
Item in your account
After you cancel
Audiobooks bought with credits
Yours to keep, with unlimited re-downloads
Audiobooks bought with cash or a card
Yours to keep
Plus Catalog titles
Locked, even if downloaded
Standard plan monthly selections
Locked
Unused credits from Audible billing
Lost
Unused credits from App Store or Google Play
Stay in your account
Member discounts and member-only sales
No longer available
Your Audible account
Stays open; you can still buy titles at full price
Locked titles show a lock icon in your library. Credits you lost when you cancelled do not come back if you rejoin later.
Cancel Audible Or Delete Your Audible Account?
These are very different actions, and in the US deleting is far more drastic than most people expect because Audible accounts are tied to Amazon.
Cancel Audible membership
Delete Audible account
Stops the monthly charge
Yes
Yes, but cancel the membership first
Keeps purchased audiobooks
Yes
No, your library goes with the account
Keeps your Amazon account
Yes
Possibly not, if Audible uses your Amazon login
Unused credits
Lost unless spent (app store credits stay)
Lost
Reversible
Yes, rejoin any time
No
Where to do it
audible.com, then Membership details
Through Audible customer service or Amazon’s account closure process
If you only want to stop paying, cancel. If you really want to delete your Audible account, contact Audible customer service first and ask what it will remove, because the self-service route for Amazon-linked accounts runs through closing the Amazon account itself, which also ends Kindle, Prime and your order history.
Can You Get An Audible Refund?
For the membership fee, usually not. Audible’s conditions of use say membership fees are non-refundable except in specific circumstances, and that if you cancel you will not receive a refund of fees already paid. Cancelling mid-month is not prorated. There are a few situations where it is still worth asking:
You were charged and have not used anything. If a trial converted or a renewal went through and you have not spent the new credit, contact Audible customer service quickly and ask. It is at their discretion, so be specific and polite.
You were charged after cancelling. Send your confirmation screenshot and email to customer service.
Apple or Google billed you. Refund requests go to them, not to Audible.
You live in a market with statutory rights. UK and EU consumers have cooling-off rights on new subscriptions that the US terms do not offer. Check the rules where you live.
A chargeback with your bank is the last resort. Because Audible sits on your Amazon account, a disputed charge can cause problems well beyond audiobooks.
How To Return An Audible Book
Separate from membership refunds, Audible lets Premium members return a title bought with a credit and get the credit back. This is worth doing before you cancel, because a returned credit can be spent on something you would rather keep.
Who can return: active Audible Premium members in good standing. Once you cancel, you can no longer return titles.
What can be returned: titles bought with an Audible credit, within 365 days of purchase.
What you get: 1 credit added back, which itself expires after 12 months.
Where: on the website only, not in the app.
Limits: Audible reserves the right to limit returns, and self-service returns can disappear for accounts with a heavy return history.
Sign in at audible.com in a browser.
Open Account details, then Purchase history. On a phone, open the menu first.
Find the title and select Return this title.
Confirm. The credit appears in your balance.
Then spend that credit, and only then cancel. Returning and cancelling in the wrong order is a common way to lose a credit you were entitled to.
Charged After Cancelling? Troubleshooting
Symptom
Likely cause
Fix
No cancel option anywhere in the app
The app does not offer cancellation
Use audible.com in a phone or computer browser
Cancel membership link missing on the website
Apple or Google bills you
Cancel in iPhone Settings or the Google Play Store
Membership details still shows a renewal date
You left the flow on an offer screen
Repeat the steps until you see a cancellation confirmation
Charged the day you cancelled
The renewal went through before you finished
Contact customer service with your confirmation, especially if the new credit is unused
Still charged months later
A second account under another Amazon email
Sign in with each email and check Membership details
Credits vanished after cancelling
Credits expire on cancellation
Ask customer service; next time, spend or pause first
Charged after the free trial
The trial converted to a paid plan
Cancel now and ask about a refund if the credit is unused
If none of these explains it, contact Audible customer service through the help section of audible.com and attach your confirmation screenshot.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I cancel my Audible subscription?
Sign in at audible.com in a browser, select your name, then Membership details, then Cancel membership, and confirm. If Apple or Google bills you, cancel in their subscription settings.
Can I cancel Audible in the app?
No, not when Audible bills you. Use the website in your phone’s browser. Deleting the app does not cancel the membership.
If I cancel Audible, do I lose my credits?
Yes. Unused credits are lost when the membership ends, except credits bought through the App Store or Google Play. Spend them first, or pause instead.
Do Audible credits expire?
Yes. Credits expire 12 months after they are issued, or when you cancel, whichever comes first.
If I cancel my Audible, do I lose my books?
No for books bought with credits or cash; they stay in your library. Yes for Plus Catalog titles and Standard plan monthly selections, which lock.
How much is Audible a month?
In the US, Standard is $8.99 a month and Premium (formerly Premium Plus) is $14.95 a month for one credit or $22.95 for two. Annual Premium is $149.50 or $229.50 a year.
How do I pause my Audible membership?
On audible.com, go to Membership details and select Pause membership. Monthly members can pause for up to 90 days in a 12 month period; annual plans cannot pause.
Will I be charged if I cancel the free trial?
No, as long as you cancel before the 30 day trial ends. Use the trial credit first, because a book bought with it is yours to keep.
Can I return an Audible book after cancelling?
No. Returns are only for active Premium members, within 365 days of a credit purchase, so make any returns before you cancel.
More Cancellation Guides
For a full walkthrough of finding and stopping recurring charges, see our guide on how to cancel subscriptions online. If you are working through a round of subscription cleanup, these are the services people most often pay for alongside Audible:
