How to cancel The New York Times— and check you're not still being charged
The Times starts cheap and jumps to full price after the intro period, a classic silent price hike.
Steps to cancel The New York Times
- 1Sign in at myaccount.nytimes.com.
- 2Select Subscription Overview.
- 3In the Manage Subscription section, select Cancel your Subscription.
- 4Follow the on-screen instructions to confirm.
- 5If your plan shows no cancel option, use the Contact us chat button on the Cancel Your Subscription help article, or call 866-273-3612 (7 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday to Friday).
- 6If you subscribed through Apple or Google Play, cancel there instead — Settings app > your name > Subscriptions > Cancel Subscription. The Times cannot stop third-party charges.
- 7Cancel The Athletic separately at nytimes.com/athletic/settings using Cancel Subscription.
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Cancelling your New York Times subscription does not cancel The Athletic — the Times bills it separately and you have to cancel it again from The Athletic account settings page. Only eligible digital and some Home Delivery plans can be cancelled in Account; if yours isn't eligible the online option simply won't appear and you have to use chat or phone.
Will The New York Times still charge you after you cancel?
Cancelling only stops future charges: it takes effect at the end of your current billing period and you keep access until then, except during a free trial, where cancellation is immediate. After it lapses you drop to limited access to NYTimes content.
Refunds: The Terms of Sale state that all charges are nonrefundable and cancelling stops future charges rather than refunding the current period; the exception is a prepaid non-monthly print-plus-digital plan, which is refunded pro rata for undelivered copies.
The New York Times runs $4.25–$25/mo — 6% more than the average news & reading subscription we track (~$14/mo across the news & reading services we track). Before you cancel, check whether you're also still paying for Audible, Scribd (Everand) — a common overlap in the same category.
The only way to be sure a cancellation stuck is to look at your statement. Finletix reads a CSV, PDF, or screenshot and flags every recurring charge — including The New York Times, duplicates, and silent price hikes — without ever touching your bank login.
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These steps were checked against The New York Times's own help and policy pages. Cancellation flows change — if a label below no longer matches what you see, trust the live page.
Prices are general guidance for US customers as of 2026 and may change. Finletix is not affiliated with The New York Times.