Cancel Audible Plus 2026: Your Library Has Free Audiobooks (Yes, the Same Ones)

Updated 2026-03-02 • 6 min read

📚 The free audiobook secret: Libby (by OverDrive) gives you access to thousands of audiobooks for free through your local library card. Same professional narrators, same quality. The only difference: you might wait a few days for popular titles. That wait saves you $96-180/year.

How to Cancel Audible

You cannot cancel Audible through the app. Amazon makes you use the website:

Go to audible.com/account (desktop browser)
Click Account Details
Under Plan Details, click Cancel membership
Amazon will offer: pause (1-3 months), downgrade, or keep with a discount
Click through all retention screens to confirm cancellation
Your credits remain usable even after canceling

✅ Your purchased audiobooks are yours forever. Even after canceling, you can listen to any audiobook you bought or redeemed with a credit. They stay in your library permanently.

Audible Plus vs. Premium Plus

Audible Plus ($7.95/mo): Stream from the Plus catalog (~12,000 titles) — no credits, can't keep books
Audible Premium Plus ($14.95/mo): 1 credit/month (any book to keep forever) + Plus catalog streaming
Audible Premium Plus 2 Credits ($22.95/mo): 2 credits/month

Free Audiobook Alternatives

Libby (OverDrive): Free with library card — vast audiobook catalog, same professional narrations
hoopla: Free with library card — instant borrows, no waitlists (smaller catalog)
Spotify: Has audiobooks now (15 hrs/month free with Premium, some free with ads)
LibriVox: Free public domain audiobooks (volunteer narrators — quality varies)
YouTube: Many full audiobooks available for free
Libro.fm: $14.99/month — supports local bookstores instead of Amazon (if you want to pay)

The Library Card Strategy

Here's the power move most people don't know about:

Get multiple library cards: Many library systems let out-of-state residents get digital cards ($20-50/year or free)
Each card = separate waitlists: If a book has a long wait at one library, check another
Brooklyn Public Library: $50/year for non-residents — enormous digital collection
Use Libby + hoopla together: Different catalogs, both free
Combined, this gives you access to more audiobooks than Audible, for $0-50/year vs. $180/year

Before You Cancel: Use Your Credits

Check your credit balance at audible.com/account
Credits expire 12 months after issue
Use all remaining credits on books you actually want before canceling
Consider the annual plan: $150/year for 12 credits = $12.50/book (vs. $15-30 to buy individually)

🎧 Audible + Kindle Unlimited + Spotify Premium + news subscriptions — content subscriptions add up to $50-100/month. Your library card replaces most of them for free. Upload your bank statement to find all your content subscriptions.

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Quick Cancel Guide: Audible Plus

Direct cancel link + step-by-step instructions