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How to cancel LinkedIn Premium subscription.

On desktop, click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage, select Premium features, then click Manage subscription under Plan Details. You are taken to the LinkedIn Admin Center: click Purchases, select your active subscription, click Cancel subscription under Actions, then click Confirm cancel. LinkedIn states you need to cancel at least one day before your next scheduled billing date to avoid being charged for another cycle. Two things decide the outcome. A paid subscription stays active until the end of the current billing cycle, but LinkedIn states that if you cancel a Premium free trial, the trial ends immediately and Premium access stops right away. And if you bought Premium in the LinkedIn app on an Apple device, Apple billed you and LinkedIn states it cannot provide any billing support for those purchases.

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Instructions reviewed September 2026

In this guide

Before you start.

  • Find out who took the payment, because it changes everything. LinkedIn sells Premium directly, through the Apple App Store, and through the Google Play Store. LinkedIn states it cannot provide any billing support for Apple App Store purchases and that you must contact Apple for payment inquiries and refund requests.
  • There is a trap inside the Apple case. LinkedIn states that if you bought Premium on iOS using the mobile web, LinkedIn processes the payment, and cancellation has to be done on desktop because it is not available in the iOS app. So an iPhone purchase is not automatically an Apple purchase: how you bought it decides.
  • Cancel at least one day before your next scheduled billing date. LinkedIn states this explicitly as the way to avoid being charged for another billing cycle.
  • Think twice before cancelling a free trial early. LinkedIn states that if you cancel a Premium free trial the trial ends immediately and access stops right away, and that you will not be eligible for another free trial for at least 12 months.
  • LinkedIn states that Premium subscriptions may be refundable within 7 days from the date the subscription is charged without Premium usage, and that a previous refund may affect your eligibility.
  • Sales Navigator, Recruiter Lite, LinkedIn Learning and a Premium Company Page are separate subscriptions with their own cancellation processes. Cancelling Premium Career or Premium Business does not touch them.
  • Accumulated InMail credits do not survive. LinkedIn states that InMail message credits you have accumulated cannot be credited back, so use them before the cycle ends.
  • If you are closing your LinkedIn account entirely, LinkedIn states you need to cancel the subscription first.

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FOLLOW THE RIGHT BILLING ROUTE

Cancel LinkedIn Premium, step by step.

Cancel on the LinkedIn desktop website

This is the route for a plan bought directly from LinkedIn, and it is also the only route for a subscription bought on iOS through the mobile web.

  1. Click the Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
  2. Select Premium features from the dropdown.
  3. Click Manage subscription on the left pane under Plan Details.
  4. You are redirected to the LinkedIn Admin Center. Click Purchases on the left pane.
  5. Select your active subscription.
  6. Click Cancel subscription under Actions, then click Confirm cancel.

LinkedIn states that after cancellation your plan expires at the end of the current billing cycle and your account returns to a Basic free plan. It also states that downgrading to a different Premium plan instead of cancelling is available on the desktop website only.

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Cancel a subscription bought through the Apple App Store

Apple took the payment for an in-app purchase on an Apple device, so Apple controls the renewal and the refund.

  1. Open the LinkedIn app on your Apple device and tap your profile photo.
  2. Tap Premium features.
  3. Tap Manage your subscription, which opens the Manage Premium account settings page.
  4. Tap Cancel subscription and follow the prompts.
  5. If the app is gone from the device, open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, select LinkedIn and cancel there instead.

LinkedIn states that the subscription is cancelled at the end of the current billing cycle and that you need to wait for this cycle to finish before purchasing a new Premium subscription. It also states it cannot provide any billing support for Apple App Store purchases, so refunds go to Apple.

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Cancel a subscription bought through Google Play

LinkedIn gives more routes here than for Apple: a Play-billed Premium can be cancelled in several places.

  1. On desktop, click the Me icon, select Premium features, click Subscription details on the left pane under Resources, then in the LinkedIn Admin Center click Purchases, select your active subscription, click Cancel subscription under Actions and click Confirm cancel.
  2. Or in the LinkedIn mobile app, tap your profile photo, tap Premium features, tap Manage your subscription, tap Cancel subscription and follow the prompts.
  3. Or cancel in Google Play: open the Play Store, tap your profile icon, then Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions, select LinkedIn and tap Cancel subscription.
  4. Check the subscription shows as cancelled with an end date.

LinkedIn states it cannot provide purchase history for subscriptions through Google and points you to your Google order history page instead.

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Cancel without signing in

LinkedIn documents a route for people locked out of the account being charged, but only in some places.

  1. Check whether you are covered: LinkedIn states that in certain jurisdictions such as Germany and the United States it is possible to cancel a Premium subscription without logging in.
  2. Use the cancellation form LinkedIn links from its Premium cancellation help pages.
  3. Supply the details of the account and the charge as the form asks.
  4. If the form does not apply to you, contact LinkedIn customer support about the billing issue instead.
  5. Remember this does not help with an Apple-billed subscription, which only Apple can stop.
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What happens next?

  • A paid plan runs to the end of the cycle. LinkedIn states the plan expires at the end of the current billing cycle and that you keep Premium features until then. A cancelled free trial is the opposite: LinkedIn states access stops right away.
  • Your account becomes Basic. LinkedIn states you keep your profile, connections and other data, and lose the Premium features.
  • LinkedIn lists what goes: accumulated InMail message credits, which it states cannot be credited back, additional insights on job postings, Premium insights on LinkedIn Pages, the full Who's viewed your profile list with viewer details, access to LinkedIn Learning, and unlimited people browsing, after which you may encounter the commercial use limit.
  • A discount does not come back. LinkedIn states that if you cancel a promotion or a plan that is no longer offered you lose the discounted price and cannot repurchase it, and that changing billing frequency, upgrading or downgrading while a promotional offer is applied forfeits the offer.
  • LinkedIn states you can delete your payment method at the end of the billing cycle, but not while a paid subscription is still active.
  • A cancelled trial locks you out of another one. LinkedIn states you will not be eligible to sign up for a free trial again for at least 12 months.

WHEN IT DOES NOT WORK

If you get stuck.

I cancelled on the website but Apple kept charging me

Then Apple, not LinkedIn, sold you the subscription. LinkedIn states that a Premium subscription bought on an Apple device through the App Store is cancelled using the LinkedIn mobile app on an Apple device, or in your Apple subscription settings, and that LinkedIn cannot provide any billing support for those purchases. Cancelling on the LinkedIn website has no effect on an Apple-billed plan.

There is no cancel option in the LinkedIn iOS app

That points to a mobile web purchase rather than an in-app one. LinkedIn states that if you bought Premium on iOS using the mobile web, LinkedIn processes the payment and cancellation is not available in the iOS app, so you have to use LinkedIn on desktop. The same purchase on the same phone can go either way depending on whether you paid inside the app.

I cancelled my free trial and lost access the same day

That is the documented behaviour rather than a fault. LinkedIn states that if you cancel a Premium free trial the trial ends immediately and Premium access stops right away, which is different from a paid plan that runs to the end of the cycle. If you want the full trial, wait and cancel one day before the billing date instead.

I was charged after my trial even though I meant to cancel

LinkedIn states you must cancel at least one day before your next scheduled billing date. A cancellation on the billing day itself is often too late. LinkedIn states Premium subscriptions may be refundable within 7 days from the date the subscription is charged without Premium usage, so raise a refund request quickly and stop using Premium features while you wait.

I cancelled Premium but I am still paying LinkedIn

Check which product the charge names. Sales Navigator, Recruiter Lite, LinkedIn Learning and a Premium Company Page are separate subscriptions with their own cancellation processes, and LinkedIn documents each one separately. Cancelling Premium Career or Premium Business leaves all of them running.

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GOOD TO KNOW

Questions, answered.

How do I cancel LinkedIn Premium?

On desktop, click the Me icon, select Premium features, click Manage subscription under Plan Details, then in the LinkedIn Admin Center click Purchases, select your active subscription, click Cancel subscription under Actions and click Confirm cancel.

Will I get a refund for LinkedIn Premium?

LinkedIn states that Premium subscriptions may be refundable within 7 days from the date the subscription is charged without Premium usage, and that a previous refund may affect eligibility. It states that citizens of the European Union are entitled to a full refund during the 14 days after the subscription begins, and that in Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany it cancels with one month's notice and refunds the remaining part of the subscription period, excluding the first year of an annual subscription in Germany. Apple-billed charges are refunded by Apple only.

Does cancelling LinkedIn Premium delete my profile?

No. LinkedIn states that after cancellation your account returns to a Basic free plan and you retain your profile, connections and other data. Closing the account is a separate action, and LinkedIn states you have to cancel an active subscription before doing it.

What happens to my InMail credits when I cancel?

They expire with the plan. LinkedIn states that InMail message credits you have accumulated cannot be credited back and that all Premium features end at the end of your billing cycle, so send them before the cycle closes.

Can I downgrade LinkedIn Premium instead of cancelling?

Yes. LinkedIn states you can downgrade from your existing plan to one that suits you better, and that this is available on the LinkedIn desktop website only. Note that doing so while a promotional offer is applied forfeits the offer.

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