How to Manage Your Google Play Subscriptions on Android

Gone are the days, at least for the most part, when you would pay for an app once and never have to worry about it again. Many applications have switched to a subscription model, and this is found on both iOS and Android. As the transition began, there was a convoluted process for trying to manage Google Play subscriptions on Android. That process has been streamlined and now it’s easier than ever.

How to manage Google Play subscriptions

Before you dive right in, it’s important to note that there are a few different options available when it comes to managing your Google Play subscriptions. You can either cancel the subscription altogether, or you can actually pause the subscription. Here’s how you can do both from your Android phone.

How to pause subscriptions

For those who don’t want to straight-up cancel your subscription, you can actually pause it. Whether it’s because you want to try something else out or you need to change up your connected debit card, pausing your subscription is a handy way to handle your Google Play subscriptions.

1. Open the Google Play Store app on your Android phone.
2. Tap the Menu button in the top left-hand corner.
3. Select Subscriptions from the pop-out menu.
4. Locate the subscription you want to cancel.
5. Tap on the subscription.
6. Select Manage.
7. If offered, you will see an option for Pause Payments.
8. Select Pause payments.
9. Confirm.

It’s important to note that your subscription will resume after the time frame that you selected throughout the pausing process. This is just something to be reminded of so you aren’t surprised by a subscription popping back up.

How to cancel subscriptions

If you don’t care about paying for a subscription anymore, and you just want it to be canceled, it’s easy to do so. Here’s what you need to do if you want to cancel your subscription from your Android phone:

1. Open the Google Play Store app on your Android phone.
2. Tap the Menu button in the top left-hand corner.
3. Select Subscriptions from the pop-out menu.
4. Locate the subscription you want to cancel.
5. Tap on the subscription.
6. Select Cancel subscription.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions.
8. If prompted, select a reason for the cancellation.
9. Tap Cancel subscription to confirm.

Manage Google Play subscriptions from your computer

Google has made some real strides to ease the process for managing Google Play subscriptions across all of your devices. While many of us will rely on doing so from our smartphones or tablets, you can perform the same tasks from your computer.

How to pause subscriptions

1. Navigate to play.google.com from your browser.
2. Double-check to make sure you are signed in to the right Google account.
3. On the left-hand side, click on My subscriptions.
4. Choose the subscription you wish to pause.
5. Tap on Manage.
6. Select Pause Payments.
7. Choose how long you want the payments to be paused.
8. Click Confirm.

How to cancel subscriptions

1. Navigate to play.google.com from your browser.
2. Double-check to make sure you are signed in to the right Google account.
3. On the left-hand side, click on My subscriptions.
4. Choose the subscription you wish to cancel.
5. Tap on Manage.
6. Select Cancel Subscription.
7. Tap Yes to confirm.