How to Cancel Pandora Plus or Premium in 2026 (Free Pandora Still Works)

Pandora has two paid tiers — Plus ($4.99/month) and Premium ($10.99/month). The free ad-supported tier still works for radio-style listening. Here's how to cancel through every platform.

Cancel via Pandora Website

1. Go to pandora.com/account/settings
2. Click Subscription
3. Click Cancel or Downgrade to Free
4. Confirm cancellation

Cancel via App Store

• iPhone: Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions → Pandora → Cancel
• Android: Google Play → Payments & subscriptions → Pandora → Cancel

Pandora Plus vs Premium — What's the Difference?

• Free: Radio stations only, ads, limited skips, no on-demand
• Plus ($4.99/month): Ad-free radio, unlimited skips, offline stations, higher quality audio
• Premium ($10.99/month): Everything in Plus + on-demand listening (play any song), create playlists, offline albums

What You Keep on Free

• Unlimited radio stations — Pandora's core feature, still works
• Thumbs up/down — personalization continues
• Station history — all your stations are saved
• Limited skips — 6 skips per hour per station
• Ads — audio and visual ads between songs

Free Alternatives

• Spotify Free — on-demand with ads (shuffle mode on mobile), better discovery
• YouTube Music Free — full catalog with ads, includes music videos
• Amazon Music Free — ad-supported streaming, no Prime needed
• Free Pandora — if you just want radio, the free tier does that
• iHeartRadio (free) — live radio + custom stations

Is Pandora Still Relevant in 2026?

Pandora was the pioneer of music streaming but has been eclipsed by Spotify and Apple Music. Honest assessment:

• Pandora's strength: Radio-style discovery. The Music Genome Project still creates excellent personalized radio.
• Pandora's weakness: Smaller library, fewer social features, less podcast content than Spotify
• If you mainly use radio, free Pandora or Spotify Free both work well
• If you want on-demand, Spotify Premium or Apple Music are better at the same $10.99 price