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Signed up to Disney+ before 23 February 2021? Your annual bill is about to rise by £20 to £79.90 - here's all you need to know

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Sophie King

News Reporter

16 February 2022

Households who signed up for an annual subscription to Disney+ before 23 February 2021 will see their bills increase by £20 from this month. Instead of continuing to pay £59.99 a year, these customers will now be billed £79.90 a year. Below is all you need to know and what you can do about it.

Those who signed up for an annual subscription after 23 February 2021 saw the price rise take effect from 23 August 2021, while monthly subscribers' prices rose from £5.99 to £7.99 from the same date.

But those who signed up before 23 February 2021, and who are just about to roll off annual subscriptions, will now have to brace themselves for increases to £79.90 a year too. Disney+ launched in the UK in March 2020.

Worried about the price rise? Consider cancelling

If you want to cancel your Disney+ annual or monthly subscription then you can do so at any time. You'll still be able to use the service until the end of that billing cycle but you won't get a refund for any unused days or months.

To cancel your subscription, log in to your Disney+ account, select 'profile', 'account', then 'subscription' and click 'cancel subscription'.

Also consider switching

We've full info on alternatives to Disney+ – which could be cheaper or even free – in our Watch Movies & TV Online guide. We also round up free trials for you to test before you buy. See our Digital TV Deals guide for more help on finding the best packages.

If you're thinking of leaving and subscribing to another TV and film subscription service, the table below compares the best deals:

Top subscription streaming services

Service	Price	Free trial/intro offer?	What it includes
All 4+	£3.99/mth (no ads)	14-day free trial to watch without ads	100s of box sets
Amazon Prime Video*	From £5.99/mth	30-day free trial	Popular films and TV, including 'Amazon Originals' exclusives
Apple TV Plus	£4.99/mth	Seven-day free trial	Apple original film and TV series including The Morning Show and Dickinson
BBC iPlayer	Free – but you need a TV licence	N/A	TV series and films shown on the BBC, plus some online-only content
BritBox	£5.99/mth or £59.99/yr	30-day free trial	Dramas, comedies, films and documentaries from the BBC and ITV
Discovery+	£4.99/mth or £49.99/yr With Eurosport & more sports coverage: £6.99/mth or £59.99/yr	Seven-day free trial	Wide range of reality shows and documentaries
Disney+*	£7.99/mth or £79.90/yr	No free trial	More than 1,000 Disney films and TV series
ITV Hub+	£3.99/mth (no ads)	Seven-day free trial	TV series and films shown on ITV, plus preview clips of some popular series
Mubi	£9.99/mth or £71.88/yr	Seven-day free trial	30 hand-picked films a month
My5	Free	N/A	Shows and films from Channel 5, 5 Select, 5 Star, 5 USA and more
Netflix	from £5.99/mth	30-day upgrade to the package above	Thousands of shows and movies, including Netflix Originals
NOW Entertainment	£9.99/mth	Seven-day free trial	More than 300 box sets plus channels that aren't on Freeview
NOW Sky Cinema	£9.99/mth	Seven-day free trial	More than 1,000 films, with a new one every day

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Amazon Prime Video, Disney+

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Signed up to Disney+ before 23 February 2021? Your annual bill is about to rise by £20 to £79.90 - here's all you need to know

Worried about the price rise? Consider cancelling

Also consider switching