How to Cancel Spotify Family Plan in 2026 (Address Verification Crackdown)

Updated February 2026 • 7 min read

Spotify Family costs $16.99/month ($204/year) for up to 6 accounts. But Spotify now verifies that all members live at the same address using GPS location checks. If your "family" is actually friends, you're about to get kicked off. Here's how to handle the transition.

⚠️ The Address Crackdown

Spotify periodically asks Family members to verify their address via GPS
Members who can't verify get removed from the plan
The plan owner gets notified but no refund for removed members
Repeat violations can result in plan termination

How to Cancel Spotify Family

Go to spotify.com/account
Click Manage your plan
Click Cancel plan (or Change plan to downgrade to Individual)
All family members lose Premium when the billing period ends
Everyone keeps their playlists, saved songs, and listening history on free tier

What Everyone Keeps After Canceling

All playlists — saved and created playlists remain
Saved songs/albums — your library is untouched
Listening history — Wrapped data, play counts preserved
Followers — playlist followers and social connections stay

What you lose: Ad-free listening, offline downloads, unlimited skips, high-quality audio, Spotify DJ.

Cheaper Alternatives

Spotify Individual — $11.99/month. If only 1-2 people in the "family" actually use it, individual plans cost less total.
Spotify Duo — $16.99/month for 2 people at the same address. Same price as Family but only needs 2 verified addresses.
YouTube Music Family — $22.99/month (includes YouTube Premium). If you watch YouTube, this is better value despite higher price.
Apple Music Family — $16.99/month for 6 people. No address verification (uses Family Sharing). Better for Apple households.
Spotify Free — Ad-supported but unlimited listening. Shuffle-only on mobile was removed — you can now pick songs.
YouTube Music Free — Ad-supported. Full catalog. Background play on mobile with Premium only.

💡 The Individual Plan Math

Family plan: $16.99/month for 6 people = $2.83/person. But if only 3 people actively use it, that's $5.66/person. At that point, 3 individual plans at $11.99 each ($35.97) vs. one Family ($16.99) — Family still wins. But if it's really just 2 of you, Duo at $16.99 or two Individual plans at $23.98 are the honest options.

🔍 See Your Total Streaming Spend

Spotify + Apple Music + Netflix + Disney+ — how many streaming subscriptions overlap? Upload your bank statement to JustCancel and see every entertainment charge at once.

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Quick Cancel Guide: Spotify Family Detailed

Direct cancel link + step-by-step instructions