How to Cancel Pandora Plus/Premium in 2026 (Keep Free Radio)

Updated February 2026 · 3 min read

Pandora Plus costs $4.99/month and Premium costs $10.99/month. Since Pandora's free tier still offers unlimited personalized radio stations (the thing Pandora is actually good at), paying for the premium tiers rarely makes sense when Spotify and Apple Music exist.

Cancel on Pandora.com

1. Go to pandora.com/account/settings
2. Sign in to your account
3. Under Subscription, click Cancel
4. Confirm cancellation
5. You revert to the free tier when your billing period ends

Cancel via Apple (iPhone/iPad)

1. Open Settings → tap your name → Subscriptions
2. Find Pandora → Cancel Subscription

Cancel via Google Play (Android)

1. Open Google Play Store
2. Profile → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions
3. Find Pandora → Cancel

Free vs Plus vs Premium

• Free (keep): Unlimited radio stations, thumbs up/down, limited skips, ads
• Plus ($4.99): Ad-free, unlimited skips, offline stations, higher quality audio
• Premium ($10.99): Everything in Plus + on-demand music, custom playlists

At $10.99/month for on-demand music, Pandora Premium competes directly with Spotify and Apple Music — both of which have significantly larger catalogs and better apps. Pandora's strength has always been its radio algorithm, which works perfectly on the free tier.

Your Stations Are Safe

Cancelling does not delete your Pandora account or stations. All your thumbed tracks, custom stations, and listening history stay intact. You just lose the premium features and get ads again. If you resubscribe later, everything is exactly where you left it.

Free Alternatives

• Pandora Free: Keep using it — the radio algorithm still works great
• Spotify Free: Ad-supported on-demand + personalized playlists
• YouTube Music Free: Huge catalog, ad-supported
• Amazon Music Free: Ad-supported stations and playlists