How to cancel The New York Times
Opens The New York Times's own cancellation page. You will need to be signed in to your The New York Times account.
How are you billed?
The New York Times can be cancelled direct, Apple and Google Play — and the steps are completely different. Check the last charge on your statement if you are not sure.
Cancelling The New York Times directly
About 20 minutes · Very hard
Sign in at nytimes.com
Open Account, then Subscription overview
Select Cancel subscription
Complete the chat handoff if the web flow refuses
- Notice period
- None — cancelling takes effect straight away. Some regions still require a live chat or phone call; the web flow may only offer a pause.
- How you will know it worked
- Support ticket reply.
- What happens after you cancel
- Expect the website to hand you to a chat agent rather than finishing the job itself, and expect that conversation to be a series of offers. Persisting is the whole trick — the cancellation is not done until you have confirmation in writing, so keep the transcript or the email. Access continues to the end of the period already paid for, and no refund is normally due for the time remaining. Print-and-digital subscriptions billed in advance are the exception: papers that were never delivered are refundable, and it is worth asking.
- How we checked
- Checked against The New York Times's published instructions on 1 September 2026.Nobody has walked this flow, so treat the steps as their account of it rather than ours.
Cancelling The New York Times through Apple
About 3 minutes · Easy
Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad, then tap your name
On the web, go to apps.apple.com/account/subscriptions
Tap Subscriptions
Select the subscription, then Cancel Subscription
- Notice period
- At least 1 day before your renewal date. Apple requires cancellation at least 24 hours before the renewal date.
- How you will know it worked
- Confirmation email.
- What happens after you cancel
- You keep access until the end of the period you have already paid for — Apple does not refund the unused part, and cancelling early does not end it sooner. The subscription disappears from your Apple subscriptions list on that date. Two things this does not do: it does not close your account with the service, so anything stored there stays where it is, and it does not get you a refund. Refunds for Apple-billed subscriptions are asked for at reportaproblem.apple.com, not from the merchant, who genuinely cannot issue one.
- How we checked
- Checked against The New York Times's published instructions on 1 September 2026.Nobody has walked this flow, so treat the steps as their account of it rather than ours.
Cancelling The New York Times through Google Play
About 3 minutes · Easy
Open the Play Store, tap your profile, then Payments & subscriptions
Tap Subscriptions and select the app
Tap Cancel subscription and confirm
- Notice period
- None — cancelling takes effect straight away.
- How you will know it worked
- Confirmation email.
- What happens after you cancel
- You keep access until the end of the period you have already paid for. Google Play does not refund the remainder, and the subscription shows as cancelled with its end date until then. Cancelling here stops Google charging you; it does not close your account with the service or delete anything in it. A refund, if you want one, is requested through Google Play — and only within a short window, after which Google sends you to the developer.
- How we checked
- Checked against The New York Times's published instructions on 1 September 2026.Nobody has walked this flow, so treat the steps as their account of it rather than ours.
What else are you paying for?
Find possible recurring subscriptions in your bank statement. Cancel OS reads a statement export you give it and flags the charges that look recurring, for you to confirm.