How to cancel Amazon Prime (and why it might be a good idea)

Whether you've had the free trial, are looking to cut back on subscriptions or are planning to stop using Amazon, getting rid of Prime is really easy to do.
In this video I'll share step by step how to cancel your Amazon Prime membership.
Plus, why Amazon Prime might not actually be saving you the money you think it is!
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A B O U T A N D Y
Andy Webb is a money blogger and journalist. He runs the award-winning website Be Clever With Your Cash, hosts the Cash Chats podcast, presented Channel 5’s Shop Smart Save Money and writes every month for Reader's Digest. Andy also founded the community ukmoneybloggers.com.
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Content in these videos does not constitute regulated financial advice. Any offers mentioned were correct at the time of filming.

[@yevpt]

I’ll also be cancelling. We need to stop feeding this big companies that ultimately will avoid tax and use profits for eccentric stuff like space rockets. Support local good people

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Good to hear!

[@kungfury6410]

My packages started taking over a week to arrive even though a warehouse is 20 mins away. I gave Amazon Prime das boot. I can get slow shipping elsewhere without the annual fee.

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

True! And hopefully it'll mean you spend less overall as you'll buy less things. It's certainly been the case for me

[@itninja9503]

The way amazon is handling it's videos... I am really leaning hard towards canceling.

[@colleenmeyers5529]

Beautifully explained.Thank you Andy!

[@violamartini2108]

Thank you! You made it so easy!!

[@lanaholloway5471]

Thank you, brilliant and explanatory, really appreciate it 👍

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ml8727]

I accidentally clicked prime and wasn't realized until I see monthly charge. I requested cancel right away only few minutes after. I saw it saying canceled, but actually 14.99 is nonrefundable for one month.

[@lenakvasniuk3707]

Thank you so much!🙏🏻

[@worldwidehealingllc9313]

I just cancel it. I will pay what I need to pay but I really want to stop shopping on amazon it goes high quickly.

[@RCRoads]

Thanks for sharing. I just wonder what's the difference of suspending or cancelling a membership. Is there any advantage to just suspending the account?

[@boblindawarren109]

We have been boycotting Amazon for some time now for ethical reasons. It is becoming more difficult to find anything on line that isn't sold through Amazon so recently my husband ordered something there. When he finished the transaction a message appeared that said we were being "given" (quotation marks arae mine) a free month trial of Prime. We did not request it and never gave a preference of a monthly or yearly membership but now it is showing Prime membership under our account information with the same message of a free month of Prime. Are we to assume that we have inadvertently signed up for the free month membership?

[@jjohanesson9139]

Went to return a phone and realised that I've been paying Amazon Prime for a year and only ordered three goods! I didn't even know I could watch films on Amazon Prime.

[@bigmeany1184]

🤦‍♂️

[@mildredmagwenzi2392]

same applies with me. I forgot to cancel after free trial, only to realise money has been taken out of my account

[@kiank3559]

I really like your videos and also the quality is really good. Keep up the hard and good work. Also could you do a monthly update Children’s bank accounts like current accounts, savings, jisa?

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Thanks Kian, I'll include children's savings updates in my monthly savings update videos!

[@darkssideofthemoon]

Thank you, that made it easier than navigate so many options!

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Glad it helped!

[@togetherchristiansmedia3437]

Thank you brother God bless you

[@rubberplantsandwich]

One thing - when you cancel do they bill you for the postage you saved during membership? They do this during the trial period.

[@monicamiles7560]

I was in the UK until March 2022, now back in Australia. Im finding it hard to cancel my uk prime account from Australia. The steps you have shown on the video don't work here, I'm getting so frustrated as I am paying for a service I don't want anymore, is this me or is there a problem?

[@jackdoyle7214]

How do I cancel it if after I click on member ship it only comes up with manage your household

[@ADOBY_RTV]

did u find a way around ?

[@vinayaktiwari4383]

Simple rule of thumb, if any business offers free goodies via marketing and forcing ads all over...its time to run ... businesses are built to generate profit! Always say no if unsure.

[@olaskidt6421]

Thanks you

[@otakunutz9544]

Does cancelling my Amazon prime membership stop deducting my money in the future?

[@ibrahimegal7186]

Hi cheers buddy important info

[@bazza2974]

We share subscriptions across the family. Whenever I want something from Amazon I ask my sister who has prime and just transfer her the money.

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

That's a good way to cut the cost!

[@kramnull8962]

Be very careful with this. Say your sister has a sub for PRIME. And she cancels the membership, but keeps her account. Amazon can always charge your card for her membership. This happens if she still has Autopay checked in her preferences. A little hidden scheme/scam Amazon uses to draft money from any card they want...

[@Warmsunset26]

andy, as I have a kindle, but minus the bluetooth option, sadly. Yet in my commute to work, I use my mobile phone. There fore '' audio '' kindle is a serious option. As all my books ARE kindle. am not THAT partial to paying a monthly fee '' for something that is not PHYSICALLY TANGIBLE ''.

[@davidmeadowcroft7626]

Really thought provoking video here Andy as Amazon has become a service we all have for FOMO reasons. If you stop and look at it objectively then your words make sense. It’s convenient and a lazy way to shop. I’m going to switch to monthly sub only when I need it moving forwards. Cheers again

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Thanks David. Really keen to see how your monthly on/off experience goes!

[@eirini9419]

Amazon only really allows one type of membership with two ways to pay it. The monthly membership is still an annual membership. You will find that you will still be charged the monthly membership fee (here in the UK it's £7.99) I know because I've done it! If you're a student and you meet certain criteria, you can get a 6 month sub.

[@lippydalips4537]

Really Enjoyed Prime but as they got rid of Futurama And Bobs Burgers and now South Park is leaving I really don't see the point in having it anymore, thanks for the video😁🇬🇧👍🏻

[@EnvyValkk]

I just refund my membership instantly due I never made purchase, due I get my money back tomorrow or later ? Plz answer

[@danyalex2472]

If I bought amazon prime from my to and cancelled it will money be taken?

[@reggieheath5399]

Thanks for the video Andy, in my situation I have found Amazon to be excellent. Shielding for what seems like forever, I’m in the at risk category and having not been in a shop since July last year it is totally essential along with home food deliveries from Tesco etc. Maybe it’s something to consider in the future though.

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Hi Reggie. Yes definitely. It's so important to do what makes life easiest during shielding!

[@stevo728822]

Nice clear video.

[@Dg-zj6jo]

just cancel it 99 now

[@edgar1013]

Just cancelled mine. Thank you for the tutorial.

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Glad it helped

[@RAHHicecream]

I want to cancel bc I spend too much money on there unnecessarily. I need to go back to the old days, when you want something you make a trip to go get it. Then I won’t be buying everything I want just bc it’s two clicks of my thumb

[@jacobwilson9031]

Amazon just charged me 7.99 even though it said free trial and when i go to cancel as you did the cancel button doesnt work everything else works except the cancel button and i dont know what to do

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Hmm, that's strange. Get on the live chat within the Amazon help section and see what they say. If you tell them you tried to cancel they will hopefully refund you - as long as you've not used any Prime services since the trial ended.

[@abidaliglg2]

hellow sir my quation is why amazon bussiness prime ordered cencel ?

[@mochikinzy4912]

So I had a free 6 month membership for prime because im a student. One day I tried making a new account for amazon japan because they have good things, and i added my payment method, then the account and my other account got locked. I think its because both of them had the same payment method? anyways, I still have the 6 month trial, but i cant even cancel it. Will it charge me for the membership still? or will it not since the account is locked (and possibly my card use for amazon is locked) pls help

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Are you able to get hold of their support team at all? I think you're better off checking with them.

[@mochikinzy4912]

@@BeCleverWithYourCash I will try. hopefully it will work

[@skelly7987]

Not sure if you mentioned it in the video but students can get it for £3.99 or £39 for the year. Bargain at that price. :)

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Yes! I mention it in the screen record as that's what I was paying thanks to an old and sadly now closed loophole. It's a big reason why I kept with it over the last few years, but made the call to cancel despite the discount!

[@mildredmagwenzi2392]

I have cancelled my Amazon membership, does this automatically cancel my prime membership fee or I still got to visit the prime membership page

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Hmm not sure. It's best to check your account just to be sure!

[@alansharples9520]

Andy , I am getting £7.99 monthly deductions but I am not a member of Prime >I cant cancel something I am not a member of !

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

This could be something extra like Audible, Kindle Unlimited or Amazon Music. Try this section in your Amazon account www.amazon.co.uk/hz5/yourmembershipsandsubscriptions I'd get on to a live chat with Amazon from your account to work out what it is, stop it, and find out why you've been paying it. If you haven't used this service I'd certainly make the case that you didn't know about it and that you'd like a refund.

[@togethergameplaymedia9598]

Thank you brother I have been loosing money from Amazon without buying anything they just taking my money that's made me angry

[@StarRestless]

I filled in your survey from your blog but it didn't ask for any contact details?

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

The email address field is right at the end... I can't see one where this is blank - did you hit submit?

[@mrdando]

Last 12 months or so delivery been slower, yes I’m disabled it’s useful, but I’m cancelling this year,

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

They've done well reaching so many people (and made huge sales as a result) over the last year, but there are alternatives that hopefully won't be more than a small inconvenience - as long as we all plan ahead we don't need next day delivery!

[@deim]

I've thought about this, but won't this actually be bad for smaller companies? A smaller company can sell on amazon without much investment, but creating and running an ecommerce store and then doing all the advertising would be quite expensive for many. And going to local stores, they'll stock items from bigger distribution brands, not smaller companies. Even if it's the corner shop, they'll still sell items from better known brands. Amazon isn't perfect, but I'm not sure that cutting amazon would be that helpful for many independent brands.

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

It’s worth looking to see if the third party traders on Amazon have other online outlets. Often they do, from their own website to eBay. Going direct can actually be cheaper (Prime often isn’t available) and they get to keep more of their profits. It won’t work every time, but it’s worth trying

[@deim]

@kaleido scope many smaller companies don’t have a website of their own. I think many users don’t really understand how Amazon works. For many, Amazon storefront is the only place where they sell. Just like many creators only sell on Etsy or eBay.

[@reillybt]

thanks for sharing but i got it on my phone how to delete it on the app of prime video thanks again

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Hi Brendan, just go to Amazon using your phone’s browser and follow the same steps

[@ThatFinanceShow]

I find it’s more effective to find ways to boost income than trim expenses of life’s pleasures. Amazon has been a lifesaver in lockdown.

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

For me it’s an ethical rather than money saving decision, but I do think it’s worth thinking about - you can still get almost all those life’s pleasures elsewhere for a similar amount of cash and minor if any inconvenience. Though I will struggle with my “year without Amazon” when it comes to Premier League matches next December!!

[@ThatFinanceShow]

@@BeCleverWithYourCash totally understand that. For Christmas I vowed to only use little independents and nothing from Amazon but it was actually very hard to do.

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

@@ThatFinanceShow I found the price difference on books the biggest shock (and hardest to stomach as a devout deal hunter!). But other places it wasn't too bad.

[@Katy-ye1zr]

@@BeCleverWithYourCash I live rural- doing without Amazon prime isn't a possibility for me. With the economy and covid- no way at this time (also I require items that aren't in my area even in 2 hour commute at this time soooo I guess I'm just griping :-/ Amazon is its own browser btw. I accidentally thought I was putting yahoo email app on a tablet but ended up with AMAZONYAHOOMAIL no kidding (which I cannot even find url for again so I can get rid of it (more tracking of me. sigh)

[@anthonysoto2923]

They keep charging me 8.99 a month. I've never signed up for it so why am I getting charged? Going on 4 months now. Even phoned them up still happening

[@Wil_Dsense]

Dude that sux bro. Try and remove your cards and billing methods… I’m yet to do the same. Hope it works and thats bullshit yo…

[@falconeer1808]

Amazon have always payment decline to some customers that is why most are cancelling, amazon videos are not worth it, movies are not that good, netflix have bigger library, documentaries are found on other streaming sites, deliveries nowadays are late

[@coachtripleb5121]

Just looked at my account with them & they put the subs price up again it’s no longer £7.99 but rather £8.99

[@bruceclark4983]

Thank you that made it nice and easy to cancel my prime membership. I noticed the payment on my Credit Card.. Stop that Toot Sweet!!

[@andybuckland3976]

Even away from Covid times I rarely physically shop, so Amazon Prime Is worth every penny for me just for the deliveries.

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Yeah, delivery services have been so essential for so many, and if you are ordering a lot because you can’t get out the £79 pass can work out well. But I do think it’s easy to rely too much on Amazon because we think we can’t get the same service or price - but often you can.

[@andybuckland3976]

@@BeCleverWithYourCash It's not I can't get out of it, have had it a few years so easy to cancel, just find it more than pays for itself.

[@paulhudson563]

More often han not, my delivery does not come the next day...

[@Katy-ye1zr]

Nope. delays. also purchasing for items to come on the same day- leads to BREAKAGE. I've lost dog food, had cocoa break all over other items, jars of sauces broken- big mess because of the way they pack using lengths of brown paper just tossed in as an afterhought as packing material, put in boxes that are TOO LARGE. I have to try to order so items DO come on different days. Getting worse in recent years (started before covid)

[@DineYazhi]

I ended my Amazon prime membership but they still bill me on it. I don't know what to do.

[@AllThingsBread]

Thats a real pain in the ass. You tried contacting them?

[@DineYazhi]

@@AllThingsBread I did contact them which they told me that they will refund me my money but it has been three weeks now that I have gotten anything back.

[@RajR96]

£80 for unlimited next day delivery + prime video is worth it for a year

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

The video is the one I'll miss the most this year, but I'm finding not having the delivery included not much of an issue. Planning ahead is the key though!

[@SpookyBaron]

@@BeCleverWithYourCash plenty of ways to get your fill, I subscribe to a plex server service £50 a year and includes all content from all on demand services and more..

[@Sparky-ov1ot]

Like you say it's a choice, but if you opt for free delivery at a later date you get the item you are looking for at the price you have chosen without Prime, yes there is always the danger of not getting the best price but that is another choice. Good video and explanation.

[@q6rmmm]

am from qatar. i lived in the uk for a while. i canceled it 2 times. and everytime it stops for 2 months and active again and took their 14.99 $ so it happened again naw minutes before i writing this comment 💔💔💔💔💔

[@SpookyBaron]

Cancelling at £40 a Year? I pay nearly £100, and now is the time to cancel :D

[@kathleensteeves488]

I’m in Canada I think our Amazon is different 😮

[@monami5658]

When I log into Amazon… it doesn’t come up like this… I’m frustrated

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

They do change design from time to time. Try to find the contact section and use that to have a live chat

[@Karlm01]

I love Amazon Prime Video its worth the £7.99 for me at least i know how easy it is to cancel

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Would you consider a few Amazon "holidays" where you cancel for the odd month or two? It might be worth a try to see how it impacts your overall spending! Also, did you know that you can get just Prime Video for £5.99 a month? It's only £2 on the monthly fee, but if as a result you buy less you could save more cash

[@Karlm01]

@@BeCleverWithYourCash Thanks i never knew about just getting prime video

[@nakoawarrior3186]

I'm with you,...keep your money in your pocket. So around last august to november I bought some things they gave me amazon prime free,.....didn't want it,.....cause every where else has free delivery no charge,...prime ain't free its a grift. So I go on you tube to find out how to stop prime,.....and did it and they were telling me in april I owed them I said I stopped it last fall. So oops they applied it to other accounts,...that I can't access,... cause I don't have a cell phone? I talked to 4 people in 4 days about an order they could care less,.....I'd recommend shopping else where. They added a delivery charge and tax and my debit was $3.00 short and they didn't care,....they can stick prime. So I had to buy my metal detector at Optic Planet. I couldn't access my account to change anything.

[@karenkhan9638]

How do you cancel on android

[@Killua_Ace]

somebody helppp i cannot end my trial i only have the option to share with household plsss help me anybodyyy my payment history not started yet is it because of that i cant cancle or what please help quick

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Find the live chat option in your account and talk to their helpdesk directly

[@Killua_Ace]

@@BeCleverWithYourCash ive done it thank you so much

[@markpaterson2053]

This doesnt matter--it doesn't matter what you do to cancel the service; they just attach it to your account again after a few weeks, or even a few days

[@kramnull8962]

Did you still have autopay checked? They can charge any card attached to your account they want, if you have auto pay checked. Even if the card isn't connected to Prime.

[@markpaterson2053]

@@kramnull8962 No, I now scrutinize everything when on Amazon.

[@markpaterson2053]

@@kramnull8962 Shit, I'll watch out for that, thanks mate.👍

[@maitlandju]

You know if you just paid you can just cancel and you don’t have to paid until the end of the month

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Yes, and it’s good practice for any service you think you might forget to cancel!

[@Step_Dawg]

I don't have prime but they are charging me $15 monthly , anyone know why?

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Hmm. Get on the live chat to Amazon and see what they say

[@lmvath211]

This is torture. I hate all things Amazon and just want this garage to stop with out having to update psw I do t know and never wanted, way to long to get to the point. They evil and make it impossible to bail with out give more secure info.

[@Cheytac408x]

Jump to 5:13 to get to it

[@MRAROCKERDUDE]

Around half of all products on Amazon are sold by small businesses. They’re relying on Amazon as a platform for their business. I get the opposition to Amazon working conditions etc. but a lot of the time you are supporting small business when shopping on Amazon. Especially if you’re choosing them over larger, high street retailers.

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Though I’m doing a year without Amazon in 2021, I would often check if I could go direct with the third party sellers listen on Amazon. Often I could, and often it was cheaper or the same amount - but crucially they’ll have kept more of the profit

[@MRAROCKERDUDE]

@@BeCleverWithYourCash A lot of the time I've found that third party sellers have no website or untrustworthy-looking sites. If there's ever a problem with an Amazon order, you can go direct and Amazon will side with the customer the vast majority of the time (instant refund from them etc.). So there's that added layer of protection with Amazon, making me more confident shopping with smaller online sellers.

[@MRAROCKERDUDE]

Plus the fact that small businesses tend to stock their products in Amazon warehouses so they can ship free, next day etc. You can't usually get the same level of shipping service with third party sellers since they just don't have Amazon's logistical expertise.

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Yes, the returns process can be pretty decent with Amazon so it's one thing you might sacrifice shopping elsewhere. But it's worth remembering you don't need Prime for returns - so you can still cut Prime, which might make you buy less things, but shop occasionally at Amazon.

[@Katy-ye1zr]

YEP, supporting truck drivers, packers, SO many ppl. And for rural ppl, reducing traffic- there are many good things that online places CAN DO but only Amazon is doing them and taking over givng no real choice in the matter of how those services are exectuted; the dependence means the quality of them goes down along with consumer expectations- they are TOO big for their britches.

[@Rearda]

Amazon’s free delivery price (especially for used books) will match - the the penny - the cheapest price + P&P from the cheapest independent bookseller using Amazon as a host. This is rarely as low a price as it is from other sites, eg: Abe books or eBay.

[@abidaliglg2]

help me

[@adrianaleon7413]

Explanation till 5:22 min

[@schemeteam2954]

I had no idea it was taking 13 dollars every month from my bank account for almost a year and a half. Scummy fucking company man.

[@kingofenglandthethir]

Info you search is at 5.20. Lot of waffle.

[@byrongreen181]

All the info i have seen is the same as yours BUT Amazon have realised this and have changed their screen once again. Try as I may I still cannot find the option for cancelling. One reaching the update menu clicking does not flag up the cancel option. In my view Amazon must be contravening the trades description act.

[@echo1218]

Guy is beating around the bush just tell us

[@fsfs8064]

Get to the point

[@janetstotler399]

Sorry, I LOVE Amazon Prime!

[@janetstotler399]

@@RickMartinKZbin I intend to!

[@kxygames7785]

Just tryna make it 10 mins

[@Revfredrmarch]

you did not get to it so i did not watch aftrt 2 min

[@mathanthas124]

Skip the video to 5:24

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Or watch the whole video!

[@ronhadfield2418]

To long winded

[@lizmceachen7095]

Get to the point. Lost interest

[@wtfusheeple5383]

boycott amazon!,,one of the richest companies in the world

[@sibberiangaming6097]

WTF ALL I HAVE IS CONTINUE MEMBERSHIP NO CANCEL OPTION!!!!

[@user-or8qp4eq9o]

Stop talking so much. I don't need to hear any stories!

[@Josh95x]

Clearly the point of this video was to try and persuade people to use Amazon less; I think most people can manage cancelling a subscription on their own. So in that sense for me it felt a bit preachy, am I supposed to feel guilty for using an 'evil' company like Amazon? Personally I don't think you can blame Amazon for being a successful company, which inevitably leads to them taking away market share from other retailers. Rather than being propped up, I think struggling retailers need to either improve or fail so that the capital be put to better use. Enjoy your vids, but will have to disagree on this one

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

Thanks for this Josh. I think it clearly is a video showing people how to cancel, but there’s also some context around it. There are lots of reasons to use Amazon less. For me it’s some ethical considerations- but as I say at the start this video isn’t about that. The focus instead is on solid money saving reasons to ditch Prime that people often don’t consider - so I wanted share those before showing how to cancel.

[@kareemosman5147]

@@BeCleverWithYourCash 10 minute video on how to cancel prime and you dont think it's anything more than that? Time to unsubscribe I think.

[@BeCleverWithYourCash]

@@kareemosman5147 No worries, hope you've got something from the videos you did enjoy.

[@StarRestless]

When one company dominates the market so much there is no way for smaller retailers to compete. If you destroy all competition (like they are doing) then that will lead to total control over the market and rising prices. Amazon cuts corners (tax evasion, workers rights, health and safety, "self employed" delivery drivers, exploitation of independent sellers), so we all pay for it in some way or another at the end of the day. That's not healthy competition.

[@Josh95x]

@@StarRestless Monopolies can be a problem, but I would suggest that is for governments to solve I.e. close tax loopholes. Blame the game not the player. It's more a case of Amazon being able to undercut smaller companies. If they began rising prices then customers would start looking elsewhere and new companies would be created to fill that need

[@razachalotravel1658]

Unnecessary long video too much time wastting

[@richycairns2735]

Just wasted a little bit of my life watching that