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📰 How to cancel The New York Times

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If you've been circling The New York Times's settings looking for the cancel button, you're not the problem. Burying it works: every person who gives up "until next month" is another month of revenue. Below are the exact steps, the traps, and what to expect on refunds.

The steps that actually work

  1. Sign in at myaccount.nytimes.com in a desktop browser.
  2. Open Subscription Overview, then Manage Subscription.
  3. Click 'Cancel your Subscription' and decline the discount/pause retention offers.
  4. Keep confirming until you get the cancellation email; some legacy/print plans still force chat or a phone call.
  5. If billed via Apple/Google, cancel in that store instead.

Open The New York Times's cancel page ↗

⚠️ The trap they're counting on

Watch out: NYT now allows self-service online cancel (this changed) but buries it behind aggressive retention offers and a 'pause' that just delays billing. Closing the tab mid-flow restarts it. Cancel before your next charge.

Refund reality

No refund for the unused portion; access runs to the end of the paid period.

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