How to View and Cancel Your Google Play Store Subscriptions

If you signed up for an app on an Android phone, the billing almost certainly runs through Google Play, and every plan you have is gathered in one list. You can cancel from your phone or from any web browser in about thirty seconds once you know where to look.

The fast answer

As of mid-2026, from the Google Play Store app on Android:

1. Open the Play Store and tap your profile icon in the top right.
2. Tap Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions.
3. Tap the subscription you want to end.
4. Tap Cancel subscription and follow the prompts to confirm.

From a computer or phone browser, go to play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions, select the plan, and click Cancel subscription.

The trap almost everyone falls for

Deleting the app does not cancel the subscription. This is the single most common reason people keep getting charged for something they thought they were done with. The app icon disappearing from your home screen has nothing to do with the billing agreement, which lives in your Google account. You have to cancel through Google Play itself, in the app or on the web, for the charges to stop.

Pause instead of cancel

Google Play offers a middle option that many people miss. If you are not ready to walk away but want a break, you can pause a subscription for a set stretch of time instead of canceling outright.

As of mid-2026, open the subscription in the Play Store app or on play.google.com, tap Manage, then Pause payments, and choose how long the pause should last. The pause begins at the end of your current billing period, and the plan resumes automatically when the time is up. One caveat: not every app supports pausing. If you do not see the option, the app's developer has not enabled it, and canceling is your route.

What happens to your access

Canceling never cuts you off early. You keep using the subscription for the full time you already paid for, and then it lapses. For example, if you buy a one year plan in January and cancel in July, you keep access through the end of December and simply are not charged again the following January. There is no benefit to waiting until the last day to cancel; doing it early just makes sure you do not forget.

Refunds

Google's refund window on subscriptions is short and worth knowing before you need it.

• Within 48 hours of the charge, you can request a refund directly from Google. Go to play.google.com, find the purchase in your order history, and submit the request there.
• After 48 hours, Google generally points you to the app's developer, who sets their own refund terms.

Because the window is tight, the moment you notice a charge you did not intend to keep is the moment to act. Cancel first so it does not renew again, then file the refund request.

When the biller name looks unfamiliar

If a charge on your statement reads as Google rather than the app you remember, that is expected for anything bought through Play. Your Subscriptions list is the dependable place to match a charge to the app behind it, so you are never guessing.

Get a heads up before the next charge

Google Play makes canceling and pausing genuinely easy, but it will not warn you that a renewal is about to hit. That reminder is the piece it leaves to you, and it is exactly what TryMyCompany handles. Track your trials and subscriptions here, and a reminder arrives before each renewal, so nothing surprises you and every decision to keep or drop a plan happens on your terms.