Since Amazon since Twitch is king in the live-streaming game.
One of the new services that came up because of this acquisition was Twitch Prime. Launched in 2016, this feature allows s to enjoy both the benefits of Twitch and Amazon Prime. But what if you want to opt-out of the service? Well, you can find the step-by-step on how to do it right here.
But First, What Is Twitch Prime?
In order to integrate the massive market of Twitch into the services that Amazon provides, Twitch Prime was created. It's a feature that offers all kinds of benefits to s of both the Twitch and Amazon streaming platforms.
Within these platforms is the ability to subscribe to any of your favorite streamers on Twitch without additional cost, getting up to two months of stream storage, and having complete access to Prime Video and Amazon Prime for “free.” All of this effectively unites two seemingly different audience and consumer types into one market.
The Reason You Want To Cancel
Maybe you got bored with the service, maybe you just wanted to check it out, or maybe it wasn’t necessarily what you needed. Whatever may be the reason you want to cancel Twitch on Prime, it's your right to do so.
Probably, as is in the case of most people, you wanted to get those free video games that activating the 7-day free trial of a Twitch Prime subscription gets you. No shame about that. As a matter of fact, that’s one of the primary reasons people want to cancel. And yes, you can still do this, despite that.
Get Those Free Games!
Before we begin, make sure to get those free games that come with having a Twitch Prime subscription. As a marketing strategy, Amazon allows you to these games without any cost, a strategy that all online game retailers have used.
These games change every month and can be claimed by active s. To do this, simply go to twitch.com and look for the little crown at the top of the page. Click on it and scroll until you see the game you want. , you’ll need to install the Twitch Desktop App to get to your games.
Step 1: Check How Many Days You Have Of Free Trial
If you are already past the 7-day free trial period, you can skip this step. For all of you that still have hope, here’s what you have to do: access your Amazon and go to “Twitch Settings”. Here, you will be able to see how much time you have before the service starts charging you up.
Now, for those of you who decided to keep the service beyond the 7-day trial, and now don’t want it anymore, don’t worry, the following steps still apply to you.
Step 2: Go To Amazon.com
So, you have your games and you have already checked out the other features Twitch Prime had to offer. It’s time to go. First, you will have to go to Amazon.com. Yes, even if the service is mostly experienced through Twitch, the managing of subscriptions is through Amazon.
The following step will also allow you, if you want, to terminate your Amazon Prime subscription. Since Twitch Prime can come bundled with Amazon Prime, by canceling the second one, you cancel the first one automatically.
Step 3: Go To “Your Prime hip”
As soon as you are on the Amazon home page, go to the small tab at the top of the page named “ & Lists”, then click on “Sign In.” Here, you'll enter the credentials of the Amazon tied to the subscription.
The page will reload but with you signed in. Now you can go again to “ & Lists” and, in the right column (the column), look for the option called “Your Prime hip.” Here is where you can see all the information regarding all your subscriptions with Amazon.
Step 4: Click On “End hip”
This is where you end it, but Amazon it’s not going to make it easy since they don’t want you to leave. On your Prime hip page, look for the tab at the top called “hip” and click on it. A dropdown menu will appear and the last option will say “End hip.” Click here.
You’ll be sent to the next page. Look for “Prime Video” and click “End My Benefits,” found below it. It will send you to another page, yet again, where you have to click on “Continue To Cancel.” And then you’ll get to the final page where you’ll hit “End Now.” Phew!
Step 5: (Optional) Just Cancel Your Twitch Prime Subscription
The method above showcased the steps to cancel your subscription from Amazon Prime since the service is attached to Twitch Prime, but, what if you want to keep your Amazon Prime and Prime Video s? In this case, we will have to follow a different method.
At first, it is the same. Go to Amazon.com and sign in. Then, hover over “ & Lists” and look for “My ” in the dropdown menu. Here, you’ll find several options to change your .
Step 6: (Optional) Unlink Your Twitch
Now that you are on your Amazon ’s main page, look for a box full of hyperlinks called “Digital Content and Devices”. Inside it, there should be an option called “Twitch Settings”. Click here.
You will be redirected to Twitch, where you will see a list of all your Twitch s. Look for the one you would like to cancel, under “Your Twitch s.” Once you find it, click on the button to the right - the one that says “Unlink ” - and then click again when it asks for confirmation. There you go!
Conclusion
Twitch s everywhere have had had issues trying to cancel their subscription on Twitch Prime (especially those who just wanted to take advantage of the free trial), but the reality is that it is not that difficult, it just takes a little bit of digging.
The best part is that you can always link your Twitch . If your an avid live-stream watcher and also enjoy the services that Amazon provides, Twitch Prime proves to be the perfect service for you and the creators you follow.