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The manager handles plan cancellation or payment-method changes.\n\nIts ordinary route is **Manage your plan → Cancel subscription**. For manager cancellation, paid Premium continues until the next billing date; a zero-priced trial switches to free immediately and cannot be reactivated. Playlists and saved music remain.\n\nUnder **No option to change plan?**, partner billing uses the contact link under **Manage your plan → Payment**. Establish that partner’s process before predicting cancellation.\n\nUnder **Account on Spotify free?**, that account has no Premium to cancel; an unexplained charge may belong to another account. A free account display does not settle the charge.\n\n## Handoff\n\nReturn the identified account role, biller, intended effect and unresolved timing to the owner. This prepares a decision; it establishes no cancellation, refund or personal entitlement.\n\n**Evidence:** Official source read **2026-10-06T02:03:41.687826+00:00**; no page update date established. 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