Spotify: refund request
Spotify gives no refunds for partial periods; partner-billed refunds go to the partner.
What does this mean?
Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 100% of 15 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.
Collect
- receipt
- plan and billing date
Steps
For Premium paid through a partner, ask the partner for a refund. Partner details are under Your plan on the account page.
For a direct-billed charge you believe is wrong, message Customer Support with the receipt.
Facts you can cite
- Policy
Spotify does "not provide refunds or credits for any partial subscription periods," unless the Terms expressly say otherwise.
Source: spotify.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
Premium payments made through a partner are handled by that partner, and Spotify says to contact the partner for refund requests. Store-bought gift cards are not refundable by Spotify.
Source: support.spotify.com, verified 2026-10-12
- Policy
Trials convert automatically: Spotify may begin charging "on the first day following the end of the Trial." The terms say "YOU MUST CANCEL BEFORE THE END OF THE TRIAL" to avoid the charge (Paid Subscription Terms, section 4).
Source: spotify.com, verified 2026-10-12
If that fails, escalate
Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.
Customer service
Written complaint
Card or bank dispute
Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)
Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)
Card dispute for charges after a cancellation.
Federal regulator
State agency
Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON:
states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).
Watch out
- Cancellation and the support message form require sign-in.
- Spotify has no phone support.
- Plans billed by a partner (mobile or internet provider, Google Play billing) must be cancelled and refunded through that partner.
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