Cance off Amazon Prime: Process, costs and deadlines (2025)

How can you cancel Amazon Prime? (Image: Boliviainteligente, Unsplash)

You know that sure: Amazon Prime might just wanted to test briefly – and Zack, the subscription continues and puts a strain on the account.

So that this does not happen to you, we will show you here vivid and understandablehow you can end your prime membership in a few minutes.

Cancel Amazon Prime via the Amazon website (desktop)

The easiest way to do is on the desktop or laptop via the Amazon website.

Proceed as follows:

1. Register: Open www.amazon.de And register with your Amazon account. At the top right you will see “account and lists”. Move the mouse over it and click on “My Prime membership”.

2. Manage Prime membership: You get to one side with your Prime Infos. There you will find an area on the right “Management of your prime membership”. Click on “Update, quit and more”.

3. End membership: A small menu or a new page opens. Scroll down and choose “End membership – waive advantages” out of.

4. Confirm termination: Amazon now asks again. Click on “Continue with termination”. You may have to confirm that you are safe (“I do without my prime advantages“). Finally, you can see a button with the date on which your termination becomes effective – click on it too.

5. Complete!: Your Prime membership is terminated. You will receive a confirmation by email. Important: You keep all Prime advantages (shipping, video, music etc.) Until the end of the paid period. Only then does membership end automatically.

In this way, end Prime directly via the Amazon account. No note, no mail – everything online with a few clicks. Her Amazon account It remains to be preserved; Only the Prime subscription is really ended.

A notice: Amazon automatically extends a Prime subscription (monthly monthly, annual annual subscription).

So terminate in good time before expiry (Usually at least 48 hours before the end of the month or about 14 days before the end of the annual subscription), otherwise it will continue. Prime can be ended at any time in the current month or year; You then pay Only until the official end of the current term And continue to use the advantages until then. If you have Prime as a free trial month, the subscription ends automatically after the process – so no fee is due.

In all cases, the following applies: If Prime was hardly used during the term, Amazon usually reimburses the contribution – see last chapter below.

Cancel Amazon Prime via the Amazon app (iOS & Android)

If you want to cancel Prime conveniently from the smartphone or tablet, it is just as easy. Open the Amazon app (Android or iOS) and follow these steps:

• Open menu: Tap the bottom right (iOS) or at the top left (Android) on the Menu symbol ☰ and choose “My account” or directly the area “Amazon Prime”. There is also a category below on many smartphones “Prime” (with star symbol) that you can tap.

• Call up Prime settings: Scroll in the account menu “My Prime membership” or “Manage Prime membership”. Tap on it.

• Start termination: In the Prime Settings you will see the option “End membership and advantages”. Tap on this.

• Diploma: Confirm the termination as on the website: Follow the instructions (“I do without my Prime advantages”, “Continue with termination”etc.), until you see and tap the final button with the termination date.

Done – Prime was also ended via the app. Your Prime subscription remains active Up to the date displayed in the button, then it ends automatically. As usual, you can continue to use the advantages in the app. Your regular Amazon account remains naturally; Only the Prime subscription is ended.

Amazon Prime via Amazon Fire TV

Many questions whether you can unsubscribe from Fire TV (Fire TV Stick, Smart TV, etc.) directly on the Fire TV. In fact, the Fire TV menu offers No separate prime termination optionas you know it from the website. How to proceed:

• Call up settings: Go to the far right of the Fire TV menu or up to the top Rogue symbol “Settings” and choose “My account” (or “account settings” or similar).

• Manage Prime membership: Under “My Account” you can see your linked Amazon accounts (first select the right one for several profiles). Sometimes there is the point “Manage Amazon Prime membership”. If it is displayed, select it-the device opens a browser (or shows you instructions) through which you are logged into your Amazon account and forwarded to Prime Administration.

• Call online: If no direct link appears, simply write down your Amazon login and register later via PC or smartphone on Amazon.de. Then carry out the steps as described above under point 1 (website).

Danger: Cance off or unsubscribe on the Fire TV deletes Prime not immediately And does not deactivate your account directly.

You only lose access to Prime advantages (shipping, video, music) after the end of the term. Your Amazon account remains active. The Fire TV stick itself continues to work normally-you can continue to use it with other accounts or apps. In short: it is best to cancel the Prime membership via the Amazon website or app, not via the Fire TV remote control.

Cancel Amazon Prime via third -party providers (Apple, Telekom, Vodafone etc.)

You have Prime Not directly at Amazonbut completed via another provider?

This is possible with actions or bundle of Apple, Telekom, Vodafone & Co. In these cases:

• Apple (iTunes/App Store): If you have booked Prime on the iPhone or iPad, it appears as an app subscription in the Apple account. Call down: Open the Settings On the iPhone, tap your name at the top of your name (Apple ID) and choose “Subscription”. Find that there Amazon Prime– or Prime video-Bo and tap on “Display subscription”. Follow the instructions. The subscription does not continue afterwards.

• Google (Android): When graduating via the Google Play Store subscription (e.g. Amazon app on Android), open the Google Play Store, tap links on the menu or on the right on the profile symbol, go to “Payments and subscriptions”> “ABOS”. Find your Prime subscription there, tap “Terminate subscription” and confirm the termination.

• Telekom, Vodafone & Co.: Some mobile phone or internet tariffs (e.g. MagentaMobil contract, GigATV, entertainment packages) include Amazon Prime. In this case manages not Amazonbut the provider your subscription. To terminate Prime, log into Customer portal of your provider (Telekom customer center, Meinvodafone, etc.) or call the customer service. Prime is often terminated automatically if you cancel or change the mobile phone or TV contract. You can find out exactly how this works with your tariff in the help of your provider. For example, look for “Prime Terminigen Telekom” or “Deactivate Prime Vodafone”. Usually there is an option in the contract or subscription settings.

If Prime runs through a third -party contract, you usually have to End the provider directly.

So check your contract documents or ask customer service how Prime is managed at your tariff. On the other hand, it works on Apple and Google devices via the app subscriptions as described above.

Is there a notice period at Amazon Prime?

You can get your Prime membership terminate at any time – There are no classic four weeks as with many other contracts. Nevertheless, you should pay attention to the time:
So that your subscription is not automatically extended and money is debited again, the termination must be made at least 48 hours before the next billing time – No matter whether you pay monthly or annually.

If you cancel too late, the next post (depending on the subscription model) will be due as normal-even if you end immediately afterwards. The Prime advantages then simply continue until the end of this new term. An immediate termination with money-back guarantee? Is only available if you still have used no advantages at all -for example with pure “test registrations”.

Special case trial month: The following also applies here: at the latest terminate two days before the expiryotherwise it will automatically become a paid subscription. Sounds banal, but is the classic for many users: inside – “I’ll quit later” suddenly becomes expensive.

After the Amazon termination: what you should know

Cancellation is one – but what happens afterwards?

Many of them are now thinking: Prime is deactivated, the advantages are gone, done. But it doesn’t work quite so abruptly.

There are a few things that you should definitely know so that you do not give away any advantages, don’t pay a cent too much – and know what happens to your account.

• Stop automatic extension: Amazon automatically extends Prime (usually annually or monthly). So you should terminate in time – at latest 48 hours before the end of the month (at monthly subscription) or about 2 weeks before the end of an annual subscription. If you do that, the next debit is omitted. If you quit too late, pay the next fee, but will remain a Prime member until the new term of the term.

• Remaining term remains: Your Prime advantages remain Active until the official end of the billing period. That means: If you have an annual subscription, for example, use Prime (shipping, Prime Video, Music etc.) until the day of the next payment due. Only then is the service finally ended. So you don’t lose anything just because you have quit. Amazon even expressly points out that they can use Prime by the last day – as if nothing would be.

• Money back? If you can hardly use Prime during the term (e.g. you only watched instead of watching films), you can have one refund receive. Amazon usually reimburses the full membership feeif Prime was not used in the current period (monthly or annually). Of course, if you cancel within the free trial month, you don’t pay anything. For example, if you cancel after a few days in the free month, Prime simply ends after the 30 days – and no cent is calculated.

• Prime Day & Actions: A little tip on the side: Before the termination, think about whether a big action (e.g. the Prime Day, November offers) will be due soon. It can be worthwhile to leave the subscription a little if you saved a lot. Then simply quit as described.

• Account remains: The termination concerns Only prime membership. Your normal Amazon account remains active-all your orders, reviews and account details are retained. You can book Prime again at any time at any time if you miss it. Until then, your account simply remains a free basic account.

In summary: The Prime subscription ends as desiredif you cancel it. You save costs, but continue to use the advantages by the end of the term. All important links to instructions and customer service can be found below.