To cancel Apple TV+ before the next billing date, open Settings on your iPhone, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, tap Apple TV, then tap Cancel Subscription. That is the whole job.
The subscription lives on your Apple Account, not inside the Apple TV app, so no app review screen, support chat, or third-party “cancel for you” service can end it. Only Apple’s own subscription settings can, or the store that bills you if that store is not Apple.
One naming note first. Apple’s support pages now say Apple TV+ is simply called Apple TV, so the line you are looking for in your subscription list reads “Apple TV”, not “Apple TV+”.
The steps below cover iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows and tv.apple.com, because Apple documents each route separately. If Google Play, Amazon or a phone carrier bills you instead of Apple, Settings will not show a cancel option at all; jump to the table further down to see where your cancel button actually lives.
Cancel on iPhone or iPad in four taps
Apple’s steps for iPhone and iPad are identical. In Settings, tap your name at the top. Tap Subscriptions. Tap Apple TV. Tap Cancel Subscription, scrolling down if the button is not visible.
If there is no Cancel button, or you see an expiration date in red text, Apple says the subscription is already canceled. That red date is also your answer to “when does it stop”: access runs until that day.
Deleting the Apple TV app changes nothing. Billing is tied to the account, so the charge keeps coming until you cancel in Settings.
Video: Apple Support
Cancel on a Mac, a Windows PC, or the web
On a Mac, open the App Store, click your name at the bottom of the sidebar, click Subscriptions, click Apple TV, then Cancel Subscription. If your name is missing, click Sign In first.
On the web, go to tv.apple.com and sign in. Click the account icon at the top, choose Settings, scroll to Subscriptions, click Manage, then Cancel Subscription. Apple says if the web route fails, fall back to Settings on your iPhone.
On Windows, use the Apple TV app or the Apple Music app. Click your name in the sidebar, choose View My Account, scroll to Settings, click Manage next to Subscriptions, click Edit on Apple TV, then Cancel Subscription.
Who bills you decides where the cancel button is
This is where most guides go wrong. If Apple does not charge your card, Apple cannot cancel the plan, and the Settings route shows nothing. Check a receipt or your card statement to see who bills you, then use the matching row below.
| You pay through | Where the cancel button is | Works from |
|---|---|---|
| Apple (iPhone, iPad, Mac, web) | Settings, your name, Subscriptions | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro, Mac App Store, tv.apple.com, Windows app |
| Google Play (Android) | Apple TV app on Android or play.google.com | Android only, not Apple Settings |
| Amazon | Amazon’s subscription management | Amazon only |
| Wireless carrier or another provider | That carrier or provider | Contact them directly |
| A family member’s Apple Account | That family member’s device | You cannot cancel someone else’s subscription |
Source: Apple Support articles 118428 (Cancel a subscription from Apple) and 118398 (How to cancel Apple TV).
The same “who bills you” logic applies to other services on a streaming box. If you set up Disney Plus on a Roku and paid through Roku, Disney’s own site cannot cancel it either.
What happens to downloads and access after you cancel
Apple’s terms say that when a subscription ends you lose access to any content that requires it. For Apple TV that means the Originals catalog stops streaming on the expiry date, on every device, including a Roku running the Apple TV app or a Fire TV Stick.
Downloads are the part people misjudge. Apple only allows Apple TV downloads on iPhone, iPad and Mac. A set-top box, a smart TV and the web stream only. And downloaded titles already carry their own clock: Apple says some expire 48 hours after you start playing them, or 30 days after downloading, whichever comes first.
So do not plan on a stockpile of downloaded episodes carrying you past the cancel date. Watch what you have before the red date arrives.
Timing the cancel so you are not charged again
Apple’s terms say your card is charged no more than 24 hours before a new subscription period starts. Cancelling the day before renewal is cutting it close. The safer habit is to cancel the moment you decide, since you keep access until the period runs out anyway.
Free trials follow the same rule. Apple tells you to cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, and once you cancel a trial you cannot restart it.
If a remote is dead and you cannot even open the app, that is a hardware issue, not a billing one. Sort the remote that stopped working separately; the subscription still cancels from your phone.
Frequently asked questions
Can I get a refund after cancelling Apple TV?
Cancelling stops the next charge, it does not refund the current one. A refund is a separate request: sign in at reportaproblem.apple.com, choose “I’d like to”, then “Request a refund”, pick the subscription and submit. Apple says to allow 24 to 48 hours for an answer, and approval is not guaranteed.
Why does my Subscriptions list not show Apple TV at all?
Either Google Play, Amazon or a wireless carrier bills you instead of Apple, or the plan sits on a different Apple Account from the one you are signed into. Apple suggests searching your email for “receipt from Apple” or “invoice from Apple”, then checking which account the receipt names and signing in with that one.
Does cancelling Apple TV affect an Apple One bundle?
There is no separate Apple TV line to cancel once you are on Apple One. Apple says any individual subscription included in the bundle is cancelled automatically when Apple One is first billed, with a prorated refund. To stop Apple TV inside the bundle, cancel Apple One itself from the same Subscriptions screen.
