Do it yourself
Cancel Discovery+ yourself
TLDR: Cancel discovery+ a day before the next billing date, on discoveryplus.com if discovery+ bills you, or with the store or TV provider that bills you. You get an email, and you can keep streaming until the billing period ends. DIRECTV is the exception discovery+ states: access ends immediately, and you may get a prorated credit on the next DIRECTV bill. discovery+ does not publish a general refund rule for a plan it bills itself.
Cancel when discovery+ bills you
discovery+ bills the subscription.
- 01Sign in at discoveryplus.com.
- 02Choose your profile, or the Settings icon on a TV, then Subscription.
- 03In the Subscription section, choose Cancel.
If Cancel is missing, an app store or TV package bills you. Another discovery+ help article says the button is Cancel Your Subscription, after your profile and then Subscription. You get a confirmation email.
Cancel an Amazon Appstore plan
Amazon bills discovery+.
- 01Sign in at amazon.com/appstoresubscriptions.
- 02In Your Subscriptions, find discovery+ and turn off auto-renewal.
Amazon emails a confirmation. You can stream until the billing period ends.
Cancel a Prime Video Channel
Prime Video bills discovery+.
- 01Go to Manage Your Prime Video Channels and sign in if asked.
- 02Find discovery+ under Your Channels.
- 03Choose Cancel Channel and confirm.
Cancel an App Store plan
Apple bills discovery+.
- 01On iPhone or iPad, open Settings. On Apple TV, use Manage subscriptions.
- 02Choose your name, then Subscriptions. Sign in with your Apple ID if asked.
- 03Choose discovery+, then Cancel Subscription.
If you do not see it, discovery+ says to check that you are in the right Apple ID. Apple emails a confirmation. You can stream until the billing period ends.
Cancel a Google Play plan
Google bills discovery+.
- 01On the Android phone or tablet where you subscribed, open the Play Store app.
- 02Choose your profile icon, then Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions.
- 03Choose discovery+, then Cancel subscription.
On a computer, discovery+ points to Google's article on cancelling a Play subscription. Google Play emails a confirmation. You can stream until the billing period ends.
Cancel a Roku plan
Roku bills discovery+.
- 01Sign in at my.roku.com/subscriptions.
- 02Find discovery+ in Active Subscriptions.
- 03Choose Manage subscription, turn off auto-renew, and confirm.
You should get a confirmation email. You can stream until the billing period ends.
Cancel a Samsung plan
Samsung bills discovery+.
- 01Go to samsungcheckout.com and sign in.
- 02From Purchase History, choose Subscriptions.
- 03Find discovery+ and choose Unsubscribe.
Samsung should email a confirmation. You can stream until the billing period ends. For a Samsung TV, discovery+ points to Samsung's own cancel article and does not reprint those steps.
Cancel a Verizon plan
Verizon bills discovery+.
- 01Cancel in the My Verizon website or the My Verizon app.
discovery+ does not print the Verizon clicks. It links to Verizon's own cancel pages.
Cancel an Xfinity plan
Xfinity bills discovery+.
- 01Sign in at discoveryplus.com.
- 02Choose your profile at the upper right, then Account.
- 03Choose Cancel Subscription.
You can stream until the billing period ends.
Cancel a DIRECTV plan
DIRECTV or DIRECTV STREAM bills discovery+.
- 01Cancel the premium add-on in your DIRECTV or DIRECTV STREAM account.
discovery+ points to DIRECTV's add-or-remove channels article and does not reprint those steps. Access ends immediately. DIRECTV emails a confirmation. You may get a prorated credit on the next DIRECTV bill for time left, if that applies.
Cancel a DISH plan
DISH bills discovery+ On Demand.
- 01Sign in at my.dish.com/login and manage the subscription there.
discovery+ does not print the DISH clicks. Help is at my.dish.com/support/contact.
Cancel a Sling add-on
Sling bills the discovery+ add-on channel.
- 01Sign in at sling.com/my-account and manage the add-on there.
discovery+ does not print the Sling clicks. Help is at sling.com/help.
Cancel a Vizio plan
Vizio bills discovery+.
- 01Sign in at vizio.com and manage the subscription there.
discovery+ does not print the Vizio clicks. Help is at support.vizio.com.
Email a price-change cancellation
You still have a discovery+ student subscription and Discovery notified you of a change, or you still have a military offer and Discovery notified you of a price change.
- 01Cancel before the new period using the cancellation steps in the discovery+ Visitor Agreement, or email cancel@discoveryplus.com before the change takes effect.
Those offers stopped being sold on June 1, 2023. The terms still apply to people who have them. They point to the Cancellation section of the discovery+ Visitor Agreement and also accept email at cancel@discoveryplus.com.
How to know it worked
- When discovery+ bills you, you get an email confirming the cancellation.
- You can keep streaming until the subscription expires at the end of the billing period.
- Apple, Google Play, Amazon, and Roku also send a confirmation email. Samsung should too.
- DIRECTV ends access immediately and emails a confirmation.
Watch out for
- The subscription renews until you cancel it. Cancel a day before the next billing date to avoid another charge.
- Deleting the discovery+ app does not cancel.
- To see who bills you, sign in at discoveryplus.com, choose your profile or the TV Settings icon, then Subscription. The biller is at the top. You can also search email for discovery+.
- A student subscription that is still active converts, after the verified year, to the then-current ad-lite monthly price. The student terms, last updated June 1, 2023, list that price as $4.99 a month.
- A military offer still in force can change price. Discovery gives notice, and the new price starts no earlier than 30 days later.
- Gift codes are not refundable except where the law requires it. They are for the United States and are issued by Discovery Digital Ventures LLC.
- You can subscribe again later on discoveryplus.com or in the app.
Discovery+ refunds
- The cancel article does not state a refund for a subscription discovery+ bills itself. It says you keep streaming until the billing period ends.
- If DIRECTV bills you, access ends immediately, and you may get a prorated credit on the next DIRECTV bill for time remaining, if that applies.
- Gift codes are not refundable for cash, except where the law requires it. If Discovery cancels a gift code without cause, it refunds or credits the remaining balance, minus anything you owe.
