YouTube Premium is a paid version app of ad-free videos without any overlaid ads. By subscribing to the premium version, you save yourself from the trouble of clicking skip now on the commercial ads. It also allows you to play the video or YouTube music in the background even if you minimize the app. With free access to YouTube Music, you can create your station and save them in a folder. Let us know more detail about ‘About YouTube Premium’.
About YouTube Premium
It also offers an option like Shazam, that helps you search the song you don’t remember the name of. YouTube Premium also has an option of enabling location, which allows the app to track your local area and play songs according to the surrounding. With the premium access, you can download any number of videos to stream offline and watch original content that features celebrities.
The price of the paid subscription per month is $11.99 with one month of a free trial. If you choose to pay extra and add five members of your family to the account, the price is $6 per month. For a family member of more than 5, you can choose to pay $17.99 per month and enjoy the paid membership with the rest of the above age 13. The annual plan is for $119.99 and pays for straight 12 months and gets a discount on it. Android users can apply for the annual plan from the app and the rest of them can apply using the web.
Does YouTube premium give a refund?
Yes. You can cancel your membership at any time before the next billing and still have access until the billing date without being charged further. You won’t be refunded between the period where you cancel and your membership ends. Paid users get to choose to pause, or resume the payment process if they are unsure about canceling the subscription. However, the pause and resume policy does not apply to Apple users. Refunds are not applicable on partially used annual plans. To cancel an annual plan and get a refund, you may have to get in touch with YouTube support.
How to request a refund?
- Go to the website youtube.com/refund/premium
- Or click on Request Refund through the Google Help Center website
- Click on the premium subscription and continue to request the refund
- Select the reasons for requesting a refund
- Tap on request refund
To check the status of your refund,
- Go to your Google Payment Account and check the status.
- If it appears that it has been refunded, check for the amount credited to your account
- If it appears canceled, your order was not charged and you will not receive the refund
How to cancel the paid membership?
For PC users, YouTube premium gives a refund if you had subscribed in Jan 2022. If you signed up post the date, you may have to request a refund through Google Play.
- Go to the official website of YouTube paid memberships
- Click on manage subscription
- Choose deactivate
- Click cancel and select your reason
- Tap on the cancel option
For iOS users, if you pay and subscribe to the premium version through the iOS device, you may have to get in touch with Apple support and request a refund. You can cancel your trial membership and still have access without being charged.
To cancel the paid subscription on iOS,
- Click on your profile picture
- Go to the paid membership section
- Tap on the one you want to cancel
- Click on Manage Apple Subscription
- Tap on the membership and click cancel
For Android users,
If you subscribe from Google Play Account,
- Click on your profile picture
- Go to the paid membership section
- Tap on continue to cancel the membership
- Select your reason
- Tap again on cancel
Is there a premium plan especially for students?
Yes, there is. Youtube premium has a separate student plan, which applies only to university students. Youtube premium offers a student discount of $6.99 per month after one month’s free trial. The student plan includes ad-free youtube, youtube music, and downloading offline with the paid membership.
- To verify yourself, you can go to the website youtube.com/premium/student
- Choose your country, university name, and legal name on the verify status page
- Verify your school credentials by going to the school’s official portal or upload a proof of your enrollment (attach a copy of your student ID, school-issued document and hide confidential information and social security number) in a JPEG, PDF, GIF, PNG format
- Click Submit and wait for 48 hours to receive their email
- Once it is verified that you are eligible, click on finish sign up through the website
- Add up your payment method for a monthly bill by choosing credit or debit card, or PayPal and do
Conclusion
If you are tired of skipping ads and overlays while binging your favorite music online, the youtube premium plan is the best way to go. It saves you the trouble and allows you to download and watch videos and listen to your favorite music offline for up to 30 days without any internet connection. I hope this article cleared all your doubts and helped you understand different plans and their benefits.
