How to Cancel Google Gemini Advanced in 2026

Updated February 2026 • Difficulty: Easy • $19.99/month

⚠️ Gemini Advanced is bundled with Google One AI Premium ($19.99/month). Cancelling Gemini means cancelling your Google One AI Premium plan. You'll also lose the 2TB Google One storage that comes with it.

How to Cancel

Go to one.google.com
Sign in with your Google account
Click Settings (gear icon)
Click Cancel membership or Manage plan
Select Cancel Google One
Confirm — access continues until end of billing period

Cancel Through iPhone/Android

If you subscribed through the app stores:

iPhone: Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions → Google One → Cancel
Android: Play Store → Profile → Payments & subscriptions → Google One → Cancel

What You Lose

Gemini Advanced (Gemini 1.5 Pro model) → falls back to free Gemini
2TB Google One storage → falls back to free 15GB (check your usage first!)
Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Sheets → loses AI features in Workspace apps
Google VPN → no longer included

🚨 Storage warning: If you're using more than 15GB of Google storage (Drive, Photos, Gmail combined), you won't lose your files — but you won't be able to upload new ones until you free up space or resubscribe. Check your storage at one.google.com/storage.

Free AI Alternatives

Gemini Free — still very capable, just uses the smaller model
ChatGPT Free — GPT-4o mini, excellent for most tasks
Claude Free — strong for writing, analysis, and coding
Perplexity Free — AI search with citations, great for research
Microsoft Copilot Free — GPT-4 access through Bing, no subscription needed

The AI Subscription Stack Problem

Many people now pay for multiple AI tools: Gemini Advanced ($20), ChatGPT Plus ($20), Claude Pro ($20), Copilot Pro ($20). That's $80/month ($960/year) for AI chatbots. In reality, one paid plan plus free tiers of the others covers 95% of use cases. Pick your favorite and cancel the rest.

💰 Quick Math

Gemini Advanced alone: $19.99/month = $239.88/year
All four AI subs: $80/month = $960/year
One AI sub + free tiers: $20/month = $240/year (saving $720)

💡 Storage alternative: If you mainly need the 2TB storage, Google One Basic (100GB) is $1.99/month and Google One Standard (2TB without AI) is $9.99/month. You may not need the $20 AI Premium tier just for storage.