Amazon Prime is for many people a cool and useful service. For $119 per year, you enjoy a range of benefits, from free two-day shipping on most products to a vast lineup of streaming movies and TV shows via Amazon Video.
But what if you decide a Prime membership is no longer for you? Perhaps it’s no longer in the budget, or you signed up just for Prime Day and want to ditch the service. The time has come to say farewell to Prime.
First, let’s just review the features offered by Prime. Beyond the free two-day shipping and Prime Video, Prime kicks in unlimited access to millions of songs via Prime Music, a Kindle e-book lending library, free two-hour delivery on groceries and other items in certain cities, free one-hour delivery from many restaurants in certain cities, early access to special Lightning deals, free access to Audible audio series, and a host of other features. Sounds like quite a package.
Still want to put the kibosh on your account? Okay, let’s go through the process for quitting Prime. If you’re a paid member who hasn’t used your benefit, you’re eligible for a full refund of the current membership period that will get processed in three to five business days.
First, sign in to the Amazon website with your username and password. You can do this by hovering over the Account & Lists section in the upper-right corner and clicking on the Sign In button.
After you log in, hover over Account & Lists and select Your Prime Membership
Or click Accounts & Lists and select Prime
On the left, you’ll see End Membership and Benefits.
Amazon then flashes a page asking if you’re sure you want to end your membership. If you are sure, then click the button to End My Benefits.
Amazon then tries one last-ditch effort to keep you onboard with another page asking you to consider switching to monthly payments. If you’re still resolute in your quest to cancel, click on the End Membership button, and you’ll finally sever the cord with your Prime account.