How To Cancel Paramount Plus In 2026: Every Billing Route Explained
David Roberts
Founder and CEO
10.11.2026
Short answer: sign in at paramountplus.com, open your profile menu, choose Account, scroll down and select Cancel Subscription, then confirm. Do it before your next billing date, ideally a day or two early. If there is no Cancel Subscription option, Apple, Google, Roku, Amazon, Walmart+, T-Mobile or a TV provider is billing you, and you cancel with them instead.
Paramount+ is simple to cancel once you know who holds the subscription, and that is exactly where most people get stuck. A large share of Paramount+ subscribers never paid Paramount directly: they signed up through an Amazon Prime Video channel, a Roku, an iPhone, a Walmart+ membership or a mobile or cable plan. In each of those cases the Paramount+ website cannot end the plan for you.
This guide covers every route, the 2026 prices for the Essential and Premium plans after the January price rise, why the free trial no longer works the way it used to, what happens to an annual plan, and the difference between cancelling and deleting your account.
First, Check Who Is Billing You
Look at the charge on your bank or card statement before you do anything else. The merchant name tells you where the cancel button lives.
What your statement says
Who bills you
Where to cancel
PARAMOUNT+ or PARAMOUNT PLUS
Paramount directly
paramountplus.com, then Account
APPLE.COM/BILL
Apple App Store or Apple TV channels
iPhone Settings, then your name, then Subscriptions
GOOGLE *Paramount
Google Play
Play Store, then Payments and subscriptions
ROKU
Roku
my.roku.com, or the Roku home screen
AMAZON, PRIME VIDEO or AMZN Digital
Amazon (Prime Video Channels or Appstore)
Amazon, then Memberships and Subscriptions
WALMART+ (no separate Paramount charge)
Walmart+ streaming benefit
Walmart+ account, benefits section
T-MOBILE (no separate Paramount charge)
T-Mobile add-on
T-Life app or T-Mobile.com, Manage add-ons
XFINITY, SPECTRUM, DIRECTV or another provider
Your TV or internet provider
Your provider’s account page or support line
If you see no Paramount+ charge anywhere but still have access, you are almost certainly on a bundle such as Walmart+, T-Mobile or a TV package. Ending it means changing that bundle, not cancelling Paramount+.
Paramount+ raised its US prices in mid January 2026, the second increase in under two years. There are now two plans. Essential is the cheaper plan with ads. Premium is the plan that used to be sold as Paramount+ with Showtime: it removes ads from on-demand content and adds the Showtime library, your live local CBS station and downloads for offline viewing.
Plan
Monthly
Annual
Effective monthly on annual
What you get
Paramount+ Essential
$8.99
$89.99
About $7.50
Full on-demand library with ads, live sports such as NFL on CBS and UFC events
Paramount+ Premium (formerly with Showtime)
$13.99
$139.99
About $11.67
Ad-free on demand, Showtime titles, live local CBS, downloads
Before January 2026
$7.99 / $12.99
$59.99 / $119.99
n/a
Old Essential / Premium prices
The annual Essential plan rose by 50 percent, from $59.99 to $89.99, which is the change most likely to surprise you at renewal. Student and military discounts continue at a reduced rate. Prices through Amazon, Roku, Apple, Google and partners can differ slightly, so the figure on your own receipt or account page is the one that counts.
If the price rise is your reason for leaving, consider whether a plan switch does the job first. Dropping from Premium to Essential saves $5 a month and keeps your watchlist and profiles.
When To Cancel So You Are Not Charged Again
Paramount’s terms say your subscription renews automatically at the end of each period unless you cancel before the end of the current one, and that the renewal is charged at the rate in effect at that time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the billing period you have already paid for.
Find your next billing date first. It is on the Account page at paramountplus.com, or in the subscription screen of whichever company bills you.
Cancel at least a day early. Renewals can process in the early hours of the billing date, and app stores sometimes charge up to 24 hours ahead. Cancelling on the billing date itself is a gamble.
You keep watching until the end date. There is no benefit to waiting until the last minute, because cancelling early does not cut your access short.
How To Cancel Paramount Plus On The Website
This is the route for anyone billed by Paramount directly, which usually means you signed up on paramountplus.com with a card or PayPal. Use a web browser on a computer or phone; the TV apps do not offer a cancel option for direct subscribers.
Sign in at paramountplus.com. Use the email address on the subscription. If you have more than one email, check which one received the receipts.
Open the profile menu. Select your profile icon or name at the top right.
Choose Account. This page shows your plan, price and next billing date. Note the date.
Scroll down and select Cancel Subscription. If you only see a message pointing you to Apple, Google, Roku, Amazon or a partner, skip to that section below.
Work through the retention screens. Paramount may offer a discount or a cheaper plan. Decline them if you want to leave.
Confirm the cancellation. Do not close the tab until you see a confirmation that shows the date your access ends.
Check your email for the cancellation confirmation and keep it.
Afterwards, reload the Account page. It should show the end date of your access rather than a next billing date. If it still shows a renewal, the cancellation did not go through.
How To Cancel Paramount+ On iPhone Or Apple TV
If you subscribed inside the Paramount+ iPhone or iPad app, or added Paramount+ as a channel in the Apple TV app, Apple holds the subscription. 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 Paramount+. It may be listed as a Paramount+ channel if you subscribed through the Apple TV app.
Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm. Apple shows the date your access ends.
On an Apple TV box, go to Settings, then Users and Accounts, then your account, then Subscriptions. On a Mac, open the App Store, click your name, then Account Settings and Manage next to Subscriptions. Apple, not Paramount, handles any refund request for these charges.
How To Cancel Paramount+ On Android
Subscriptions bought inside the Android app or on a Google TV device are billed by Google Play.
Open the Google Play Store app while signed in to the Google account that bought the subscription.
Tap your profile icon, then Payments and subscriptions, then Subscriptions.
Select Paramount+.
Tap Cancel subscription and follow the prompts.
Uninstalling the app does not cancel anything. If Paramount+ is not in your Play subscriptions, you were probably billed directly by Paramount or through a partner.
How To Cancel Paramount+ On Roku
If you started Paramount+ from your Roku, Roku bills you and the charge shows as ROKU. You can cancel on the TV or online.
On the TV: press Home on the Roku remote, highlight the Paramount+ channel tile and press the star button.
Select Manage subscription, then Cancel subscription, and confirm.
Online instead: sign in at my.roku.com, open Manage your subscriptions, find Paramount+ and choose Cancel subscription or turn off renewal.
Check the status on the same page. It should show an expiry date rather than a renewal date.
Do not just remove the channel from your home screen. Roku asks whether you also want to cancel, but removing the tile alone leaves the subscription running.
How To Cancel Paramount+ On Amazon Prime Video
Paramount+ sold as a Prime Video channel is one of the most common reasons people cannot find the cancel button on paramountplus.com. Amazon bills it, so you cancel it at Amazon. The same applies if you subscribed through the Paramount+ app on a Fire TV using Amazon billing.
Sign in to Amazon in a browser and open Account, then Memberships and Subscriptions.
Find Paramount+. Channels are listed under Prime Video Channels; app purchases appear as Appstore subscriptions.
Select Cancel Channel or Cancel subscription, or turn off auto-renewal, and confirm.
On a Fire TV, you can also go to Settings, then Account and Profile Settings, then Subscriptions.
Cancelling Amazon Prime does not automatically cancel a Paramount+ channel; channels can carry on as separate charges. If you are ending Prime too, our guide on how to cancel Amazon Prime covers that side.
Walmart+, T-Mobile, Xfinity And Other Bundles
Bundled Paramount+ does not cancel like a normal subscription, because you are not paying for it on its own. You change the bundle instead.
Bundle
Plan you get
How to end it
Walmart+
Paramount+ Essential, or Peacock Premium instead
Switch to Peacock in your Walmart+ benefits (once every 90 days), or cancel Walmart+. Access ends with the membership.
T-Mobile (Paramount+ on Us)
Paramount+ Essential on eligible plans such as All-In Home Internet
T-Life app or T-Mobile.com, Manage add-ons, deselect Paramount+. It ends at the close of your T-Mobile bill cycle.
Xfinity, Spectrum, DIRECTV and other TV providers
Usually Essential, sometimes included with a TV package
Remove the add-on in your provider account or call the provider. Changing your TV package may remove it automatically.
Paid ad-free upgrade on a bundle
Premium
Cancel the upgrade where you bought it; it renews separately from the free bundle.
Two catches. First, if you already pay Paramount+ through Apple or Google, T-Mobile tells you to cancel that and let the paid cycle end before you activate the free version, otherwise you can end up paying for both. Second, ending a bundle does not touch a separate Paramount+ plan you set up yourself, so check for both. Our guides on how to cancel Walmart+ and how to cancel Xfinity cover those memberships in full.
Why There Is No Cancel Button In Your Account
This is the single most common complaint, and it nearly always has one of four causes:
A third party bills you. The Account page then shows a note naming the biller, or simply no cancel option. Go back to the billing table at the top.
You are signed in to the wrong account. Many households have two Paramount+ accounts, one created on a TV and one on a phone. Search your inbox for Paramount+ receipts to find the email that actually pays.
The subscription is already cancelled. If the page shows an end date, you have nothing more to do; you are just using the time you paid for.
You are in a TV app. Smart TV and console apps let you watch and switch profiles but generally do not let you cancel. Use a web browser.
Paramount+ is cancelled online rather than by phone, so calling support is only worth it once you have confirmed which account and which biller you are dealing with.
How To Cancel The Paramount+ Free Trial
Does Paramount+ have a free trial? For direct sign-ups in the US, generally no longer. Paramount’s leadership said it was retiring free trials alongside the January 2026 price rise, and the long-standing seven day trial has been removed for most new direct subscribers. Trials still appear through partners, such as Amazon Prime Video Channels, Roku, TV providers and occasional promotions.
If you are on any kind of trial, cancel it exactly like a paid plan, through whichever company started it, and do it at least a day before it ends. Trials convert to the paid monthly price automatically. On most routes you keep access until the trial end date after cancelling, so there is no reason to wait.
Older advice about a 30 day trial or a free trial code usually refers to past promotions. If you were promised a trial and were charged on day one, check your receipt: you may have signed up directly after trials ended, in which case the charge was the normal monthly price.
Annual Plans And Downgrading From Premium
An annual plan cancels the same way as a monthly one, and the same rule applies: you keep access until the end of the year you paid for, and the plan simply does not renew. Paramount does not prorate or refund the unused months when you cancel mid-year.
Cancel any time before the renewal date. You lose nothing by cancelling early, and you avoid an automatic renewal at the new $89.99 or $139.99 annual price.
Watch for the renewal notice. Annual subscribers who joined at the old $59.99 Essential price face the biggest jump at renewal.
Downgrading instead of cancelling. To go from Premium to Essential, use the plan change option on the Account page (or in your app store or Roku subscription settings, where available). A downgrade normally takes effect at your next billing date.
What Happens After You Cancel
Item
After cancelling
Streaming access
Continues until the end of the period you paid for
Showtime titles and live local CBS (Premium)
End with the plan
Downloaded episodes
Stop playing once the subscription lapses
Profiles, watchlist and history
Kept with your account if you come back
Your Paramount+ account
Stays open unless you delete it
Bundled access
Ends with the bundle or add-on, on the partner’s billing cycle
Cancelling stops the renewal; it does not lock you out straight away. If you want to resubscribe later, sign in with the same email and choose a plan. If you previously paid through a third party, Paramount generally expects the old subscription to lapse before you start a new one elsewhere.
Cancel Paramount+ Or Delete Your Account?
Most people only need to cancel. Deleting the account is a separate step that erases your profiles and history.
Cancel subscription
Delete account
Stops future charges
Yes, for the biller you cancel with
Only for Paramount billing; app store and partner billing must be cancelled separately
Access to the rest of the paid period
Yes
Can end immediately
Refund of unused time
No
No; Paramount’s terms say deleting does not entitle you to a refund
Profiles, watchlist, history
Kept
Erased
Reversible
Yes, resubscribe any time
No, you would start a new account
Where to do it
Account page, or your biller
Delete option in account settings where offered, or a privacy request to Paramount
To delete a Paramount+ account safely, cancel every subscription first, let it finish, and only then delete. Paramount’s terms say that if you delete the account while a subscription is active, you are not refunded for the rest of the billing period, although you may be able to ask your app store for one. Some apps include a delete option in account settings; otherwise Paramount’s privacy page lets you submit a deletion request.
Can You Get A Paramount+ Refund?
Usually not from Paramount. Its terms state plainly that you will not be refunded for fees you have already paid, except where the law requires otherwise, and cancelling mid-period just stops the next renewal. That applies to monthly and annual plans alike. There are still a few routes worth trying:
Apple or Google billed you. Request a refund through Apple’s report a problem page or Google Play’s refund request. They decide, not Paramount, and they do sometimes approve a recent unwanted renewal.
Amazon or Roku billed you. Contact them about the charge. Unused channel charges are sometimes credited, especially if you report them quickly.
A partner billed you twice. If you were charged by a partner and directly at the same time, the duplicate is the strongest refund case. Contact whichever biller started second.
You never authorised the charge. Contact Paramount+ support with the receipt first. A card dispute is the last resort, because it can complicate access to the account.
Whatever the route, have the receipt, the account email and a screenshot of your cancellation confirmation ready.
Charged After Cancelling? Troubleshooting
Symptom
Likely cause
Fix
No Cancel Subscription option
Apple, Google, Roku, Amazon or a partner bills you
Cancel with the biller shown on your statement
Still charged after cancelling on the website
A second subscription through an app store or Amazon
Check each store’s subscription list and cancel there too
Charged on the day you cancelled
The renewal processed before the cancellation
Cancel earlier next time; ask the biller about the charge
Account page still shows a next billing date
You did not finish the final confirmation
Repeat the steps until an end date appears
Charges from an account you cannot sign in to
An old account on a different email
Search your inbox for receipts and reset that account’s password
Lost access but you want it back
A bundle or add-on ended
Resubscribe directly, or re-add it through the partner
Annual renewal at a much higher price
The January 2026 price rise
Cancel now to stop future renewals; refunds are not guaranteed
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I cancel Paramount Plus?
Sign in at paramountplus.com, open the profile menu, choose Account and select Cancel Subscription. If someone else bills you, cancel with them.
How much does Paramount Plus cost in 2026?
Essential is $8.99 a month or $89.99 a year. Premium is $13.99 a month or $139.99 a year.
What is the difference between Paramount+ Essential and Premium?
Essential has ads. Premium removes ads from on-demand titles and adds Showtime, your live local CBS station and downloads.
Does Paramount Plus have a free trial?
Not for most direct US sign-ups since early 2026. Trials still turn up through partners and promotions.
How do I cancel Paramount Plus on Amazon?
In your Amazon account, open Memberships and Subscriptions, find Paramount+ under Prime Video Channels and cancel the channel.
How do I cancel Paramount Plus on Roku?
Highlight the Paramount+ tile, press the star button and choose Manage subscription, then Cancel subscription. Or do it at my.roku.com.
Can I watch until the end of my billing period?
Yes. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the period you already paid for.
Will I get a refund for my annual plan?
Not from Paramount for unused months. If Apple, Google, Amazon or Roku billed you, ask them.
How do I delete my Paramount Plus account?
Cancel every subscription first, then use the delete option in account settings where offered or submit a deletion request through Paramount’s privacy page.
Does cancelling Walmart+ cancel Paramount+?
It ends the included Paramount+ Essential benefit, but not a separate Paramount+ plan you pay for yourself.
More Cancellation Guides
For every other service in one place, start with our guide on how to cancel subscriptions online. If you are trimming your streaming bill, these are the next ones to check:
Check your statement: PARAMOUNT means the website, APPLE.COM/BILL means iPhone Settings, GOOGLE means the Play Store, ROKU or AMAZON means cancel with them.
For direct billing, go to paramountplus.com, then Account, then Cancel Subscription.
Bundles through Walmart+, T-Mobile or a TV provider end through that partner.
Cancel at least a day before your billing date; you keep access until it.
Expect no refund from Paramount; app store charges go to Apple, Google, Amazon or Roku.
Cancel before you delete the account, then confirm the Account page shows an end date.
