How to Cancel Duolingo Super in 2026 - Keep Your Progress

To cancel Duolingo Super, go to duolingo.com, click your username in the top right, select Settings, scroll to the Super Duolingo section, and click the cancel option. If you subscribed through your phone's app store, you need to cancel through Apple or Google instead - the Duolingo website cannot process app store cancellations. At $12.99/month or $59.99/year, Duolingo Super removes ads, gives you unlimited hearts (lives), adds a mastery quiz feature, and lets you use the app offline. The critical thing most people miss: deleting the Duolingo app does not cancel your subscription. You will keep getting charged until you explicitly cancel through the platform where you signed up. Many people discover months of unwanted charges because they assumed uninstalling the app was enough. Your learning progress, streak, XP, and completed lessons are tied to your Duolingo account, not your subscription tier. Everything you have learned stays intact after cancelling Super. The free tier still gives you full access to all courses with ads between lessons and a limited number of hearts per day.

Duolingo Super Plans and Pricing (2026)

Duolingo Super was previously called Duolingo Plus - the name changed but the features are the same. The annual plan saves over 60% compared to monthly billing. Duolingo also offers a Family plan that covers up to 6 members for $89.99/year, which works out to about $15/person/year if you fill all 6 slots. Pricing varies slightly when subscribed through Apple or Google, as those platforms take a commission that Duolingo sometimes passes on.

How to Cancel Duolingo Super on Web

1. 1Go to duolingo.com and sign in
2. 2Click your username or profile icon in the top right
3. 3Select Settings
4. 4Scroll down to the Super Duolingo section
5. 5Click the cancel or manage subscription option
6. 6Confirm the cancellation when prompted

The web cancellation only works if you subscribed directly through Duolingo's website. If you subscribed through Apple or Google, the cancel option may not appear on the web and you must use the methods below.

How to Cancel Duolingo Super on iPhone (iOS)

1. 1Open Settings on your iPhone
2. 2Tap your Apple ID name at the top
3. 3Tap Subscriptions (or View Apple ID - Subscriptions on older iOS versions)
4. 4Find Duolingo and tap it
5. 5Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm

How to Cancel Duolingo Super on Android

1. 1Open Google Play Store on your Android device
2. 2Tap your profile icon and go to Payments & subscriptions
3. 3Tap Subscriptions
4. 4Find Duolingo and tap it
5. 5Tap Cancel subscription and follow the prompts

What Happens After You Cancel Duolingo Super?

Your Super features remain active until the end of your current billing period. After that, you revert to the free tier. Your streak, XP, completed lessons, league position, and all learning progress are fully preserved. Nothing about your course progress changes. What you lose is unlimited hearts (you go back to 5 hearts that regenerate over time), ad-free experience (ads appear between lessons), offline access (downloaded lessons become unavailable), mastery quiz, and the Super badge on your profile. The free tier is still fully functional for learning - you get access to every course and every lesson. The hearts system is the biggest difference, as running out of hearts means waiting for them to regenerate or practicing earlier lessons to earn more. Duolingo occasionally offers discounted rates to returning Super subscribers, so check your email for win-back offers if you want to resubscribe later at a lower price.

Duolingo Free vs Super - What You Actually Lose

The free tier gives you complete access to all language courses, lessons, stories, and podcasts. The heart system limits how many mistakes you can make per session (5 hearts, each wrong answer costs one), but you can earn hearts back by practicing earlier lessons. Ads appear between lessons and take about 5-10 seconds each. Super removes these friction points entirely. For casual learners doing one lesson per day, the free tier is perfectly usable. Super becomes more valuable if you study intensively for 30+ minutes daily, where running out of hearts and watching ads becomes genuinely disruptive to your learning flow.

Duolingo Super in India - Key Notes

Duolingo does not offer India-specific pricing in INR on the web. If you subscribe through the website, you are charged in USD. However, subscribing through Google Play or Apple's App Store may show pricing in INR. Google Play pricing for Duolingo Super in India has historically been lower than the US dollar equivalent, making app store subscription the better deal for Indian users. At current exchange rates, $12.99/month converts to roughly Rs 1,090/month, while the annual plan at $59.99/year is about Rs 5,030/year. Duolingo is popular in India for learning English, Hindi, and other languages. The free tier is particularly generous for Indian users since all courses are fully accessible without payment.

Alternatives to Duolingo Super

Duolingo's free tier is already the most popular language learning app, so the first alternative is simply using Duolingo without paying. Beyond that, Babbel ($13.95/month) offers more grammar-focused lessons for European languages. Busuu ($9.99/month) includes community feedback from native speakers. Memrise (free tier available) focuses on vocabulary with spaced repetition and video clips of native speakers. For free options, Anki (flashcard app) is extremely effective for vocabulary building, and YouTube has thousands of hours of free language instruction. Tandem and HelloTalk connect you with native speakers for free conversation practice. If you use multiple language learning subscriptions, track them all with RecurStop to get renewal alerts and see your total spending on language apps in one dashboard.