How To Change Your Spotify Plan

This guide explains how to change your Spotify plan using the account website. You can upgrade, downgrade, or switch plans without losing playlists, saved music, or settings. Plan changes can’t be made inside the mobile app. Billing behavior depends on how your subscription is managed. The steps apply to phone and desktop browsers and cover Individual, Student, Duo, and Family plans. This page also explains when changes take effect and what to do if the option to change plans isn’t available.

How To Change Your Spotify Plan (Step-by-Step)

These steps apply to web browsers only on phone or desktop. You can’t change plans inside the mobile app for Spotify.

1. Go to spotify.com/account and sign in.
2. Scroll to the Your Plan section.
3. Select Change Plan.
4. Choose the plan you want.
5. Confirm the change (and payment, if prompted).

Upgrades start right away. Downgrades switch at your next billing date. Your playlists, saved music, and settings won’t change. If Change Plan isn’t showing, jump to the troubleshooting section for the exact fix.

Changing Spotify Plans for Family, Duo, and Student Accounts

Family, Duo, and Student plans follow a few extra rules, so the steps can look different depending on your role.

If you’re the Family or Duo plan manager, you can change plans from spotify.com/account. If you downgrade or cancel, anyone on your plan keeps Premium until the end of the current billing period, then their accounts move to Free. Remove members first if you don’t want them impacted.

If you’re a Family or Duo member, you can’t change the subscription from your account. Leave the plan (or ask the manager to remove you). Once your account is no longer tied to the shared plan, you can pick a new plan from the account page.

If you’re on Student, you can switch plans like an Individual account. Spotify may ask you to verify student status again when you change or renew.

For Family and Duo, Spotify may also ask for address verification. Everyone on the plan must live at the same address.

What If Your Spotify Plan Is Billed Through Apple, Google, or a Partner?

If you pay for Spotify through Apple, Google, or a bundle partner, you usually can’t switch plans on spotify.com.

If your plan is billed through Apple ID or Google Play, Spotify won’t let you change it on their website. Cancel it in your Apple/Google subscriptions first. When your billing period ends and your account drops to Free, sign in at spotify.com/account and choose the plan you want.

If your Premium comes from a partner (for example, a phone carrier or internet provider), you’ll need to cancel through that company. Let the paid period end, then go to spotify.com/account and select a new Spotify plan.

If Change Plan isn’t showing on your account page, your subscription is almost always managed outside Spotify.

Why You Can’t Change Your Spotify Plan

If you can’t find the option to switch plans, one of the reasons below is usually the cause. Match your situation and use the fix.

You’re billed through Apple or Google

If your subscription is paid through Apple ID or Google Play, Spotify won’t let you change plans on the account page. Check where your billing is managed. If it’s Apple or Google, cancel the subscription there first. When your current billing period ends, go back to spotify.com/account and pick the plan you want.

You’re on a Family or Duo plan as a member

Only the plan manager can change plans. If you’re a member, you won’t see the option. Ask the manager to remove you, or leave the plan from your account. Once you’re no longer on the shared plan, you can switch plans from spotify.com/account.

The “Change Plan” option isn’t showing

This usually means you’re using the Spotify app or you’re signed into a different account than the one being billed. Open spotify.com/account in a web browser and confirm the email on the page is the one tied to your subscription. If you can’t access the correct account, reset your login first, here’s how to change your Spotify password. Then scroll to Your Plan and look for Change Plan again.

There’s a payment or account issue

Billing problems can block plan changes. If your card has expired or failed, update your payment details first, here’s how to change your credit card on Spotify before trying again.

If none of these match what you’re seeing, move to the next section on canceling and what happens after your billing period ends.

What Happens If You Cancel Your Spotify Plan

Canceling your plan doesn’t cut off access right away. What happens next depends on where you are in your billing cycle.

• Access after cancellation: You keep Premium access until the end of your current billing period. Nothing changes immediately.
• Premium features: Ads, unlimited skips, downloads, and higher audio quality stay active until the billing cycle ends. If offline listening is the main reason you upgraded, this explains how album downloads work on Spotify before your plan changes.
• Playlists and saved music: Your playlists and saved songs remain in your account. Downloaded music is removed once the plan switches to Free. If you still want limited offline access after downgrading, here are a few ways to download music on Spotify without Premium.
• What your account switches to: After the billing period ends, your account moves to the Free plan. Your account is not deleted.
• Switching plans later: You don’t need to cancel to switch plans unless your subscription is billed through Apple or Google. In those cases, cancellation is required before choosing a new plan.

The FAQs below cover common follow-up questions about plan changes and billing.

FAQs about changing your Spotify plan