{"id":32634,"date":"2023-08-18T15:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/18\/how-to-cancel-disney-plus-and-avoid-the-price-hike-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T15:29:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:29:01","slug":"how-to-cancel-disney-plus-and-avoid-the-price-hike-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/18\/how-to-cancel-disney-plus-and-avoid-the-price-hike-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cancel Disney Plus and avoid the price hike | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"article__featured-image-wrapper breakout\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">Many subscribers are fed up with Disney+ and its price hikes.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming service <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/10\/disney-announces-another-price-hike-says-ad-supported-tier-is-coming-to-more-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> last week that it will increase the price of its ad-free plan on October 12, raising the tier by about 20% from $10.99 to $13.99 per month. The ad-free option cost <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/08\/10\/disney-is-increasing-the-price-of-its-ad-free-disney-subscription-to-10-99\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$7.99\/month<\/a> a year ago; however, it went up after Disney+ <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/12\/08\/disney-launches-its-ad-supported-tier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched<\/a> its ad-supported plan.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this is a story we\u2019ve heard again and again not only from Disney+ and its sister streaming service Hulu \u2014 which will be jumping from $14.99 to $17.99\/month \u2014 but also rivals like <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/07\/17\/peacock-is-set-to-raise-its-subscription-prices-on-august-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peacock<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/01\/12\/hbo-maxs-ad-free-monthly-subscription-price-is-increasing-by-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max<\/a> (formerly HBO Max) and <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/24\/paramount-to-increase-in-price-when-it-combines-with-showtime-on-june-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paramount<\/a>, among others. Netflix recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/07\/19\/netflix-removes-its-basic-tier-in-the-us-and-the-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">axed its basic ad-free tier<\/a>\u00a0in the U.S., the U.K. and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/06\/26\/netflix-quietly-axes-its-basic-plan-in-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another disheartening realization is that, starting in the fall, the average cable subscription ($83\/month) will be $4 cheaper than paying for all the major U.S. streaming services ($87\/month), according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/02e7e67d-8367-427e-9aa7-e66c7f7fa8a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Financial Times<\/a>. The data is notable since cord-cutters initially dropped their <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/15\/linear-tv-viewing-sinks-below-50-nielsen-july-2023-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cable TV<\/a> packages because streaming services\u2019 prices were more affordable. Ah, those were the days, huh?<\/p>\n<h2>How to cancel your Disney+ subscription<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re a Disney+ customer looking to cancel your subscription, here\u2019s how to do it.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disney+ website<\/a> and log into your account.<\/li>\n<li>Select your profile icon.<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u201cAccount\u201d in the dropdown menu.<\/li>\n<li>Select your Disney+ subscription under \u201cSubscription.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u201cCancel Subscription.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note that if you subscribed to Disney+ through another provider, you\u2019ll have to go to their website instead. For instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/04\/06\/disney-ad-supported-plan-is-now-available-on-roku-devices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roku users<\/a> can either go to the web app or use their Roku remote and select \u201cManage Your Subscription.\u201d Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/09\/01\/disney-in-app-commerce-disney-amazon-prime-bundle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon users<\/a> must navigate to \u201cAccount &amp; Lists\u201d and scroll down until they find \u201cMembership And Subscriptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even if you cancel your Disney+ subscription, your account will remain active in case you decide to renew it. Also, keep in mind that if you cancel between billing dates, you can still access content until the cancellation goes into effect during the next billing date.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/18\/how-to-cancel-disney-plus-and-avoid-the-price-hike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many subscribers are fed up with Disney+ and its price hikes. The streaming service announced last week that it will increase the price of its ad-free plan on October 12, raising the tier by about 20% from $10.99 to $13.99 per month. The ad-free option cost $7.99\/month a year ago; however, it went up after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}