You're paying $11.99/month for Kindle Unlimited. Amazon occasionally offers $0.99 or 3-month deals for new/returning subscribers.
Sign in at amazon.com.
Go to Account & Lists > Memberships & Subscriptions (or amazon.com/kindleunlimited and click Manage Membership).
Find Kindle Unlimited and click Manage Membership.
Click Cancel Membership.
Confirm through Amazon's retention offers (free month, discount).
Access continues until the end of your billing period.
Kindle Unlimited can't be cancelled directly from the device or app.
Open a browser and go to amazon.com/kindleunlimited.
Follow the Web instructions above.
Books borrowed via Kindle Unlimited remain on your Kindle/app until you 'return' them.
Once you return a Kindle Unlimited book (or your subscription ends), it's removed from your library.
Books you purchased with money (outside Unlimited) are yours forever.
Reading progress, highlights, and bookmarks for Unlimited books are preserved if you re-borrow them later.
Amazon keeps your reading history, highlights, and bookmarks tied to your account indefinitely. If you re-subscribe and re-borrow the same book, your progress is restored. Purchased books are unaffected by Unlimited cancellation.
No — books you've already borrowed stay on your device until you actively return them. Once you return a book (or your billing period ends, whichever is first), it's removed. Purchased books are unaffected.
Yes. Open the Kindle app or device, tap each Unlimited book to download it. Files stay on your device until you return them. You can read offline as long as the book is borrowed.
Yes. Amazon keeps your highlights, bookmarks, and reading progress on every book — even ones you've returned — tied to your account. Re-borrowing brings everything back.
Libby (overdrive.com) — free with most US library cards, lets you borrow Kindle ebooks directly to your Kindle. Project Gutenberg (gutenberg.org) — free public-domain books, downloadable as .mobi/Kindle format. Both work natively on Kindle devices.
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