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How to cancel ESPN

The steps depend on WHERE you subscribed — directly, through your phone, internet or TV provider, or in an app store. Below are all the ways this service is sold and how to end each one.

Canceling

ESPN has no contract: you pay monthly or for a year up front, and you can cancel any time. Cancel where you’re billed — in your ESPN account if you bought from ESPN, or with Apple, Google, Roku or another partner if you bought there.

Monthly or annual

Access lasts to the end of the billing cycle; no refunds or credits for partial periods.

Through a TV provider or app store

Manage and cancel with the partner that bills you.

Your ESPN account stays

Canceling doesn’t delete your ESPN account — you can still sign in and use the free parts of the app.

Seven steps

  1. Log in to your ESPN account in a computer or mobile browser.
  2. Hover over (web) or select (mobile browser) your profile picture in the upper right corner.
  3. Select Account under the Manage My Account section.
  4. Select Manage Subscription.
  5. Click on the subscription under Plans & Billing.
  6. Select the plan you want to cancel.
  7. Select Cancel and confirm — the cancellation takes effect at the end of your billing cycle.

Billed by Apple, Google, Roku or another partner

Cancel through that partner’s website or subscription settings — ESPN.com can’t manage those subscriptions.

What happens after you cancel

You keep access until the end of your current billing cycle and won’t be charged again. ESPN doesn’t offer refunds or credits for partially used billing periods. Your ESPN account isn’t deleted: you can still sign in and use the ESPN app without a subscription.

If you got ESPN Unlimited free for a month with an MLB.TV purchase, you can remove it during that month to avoid being charged — but you lose ESPN access immediately, and MLB.TV stays unless you cancel it too.

Downgrade instead of canceling

Moving from Unlimited to Select takes effect on your next billing date, and you keep the ESPN+ content. Moving from an annual to a monthly plan also takes effect on your next billing date.

Facts checked 2026-11-11

FAQ

No. You keep access until the end of your current billing cycle.

ESPN doesn’t offer refunds or credits for partially used billing periods.

No. You can still sign in and use the ESPN app without a subscription.

Through the provider. If you cancel or leave an eligible TV plan, your ESPN access through it is canceled too.