How to cancel Peacock

DIRECTV

“This is DIRECTV's streaming product - no satellite dish, no two-year contract, and a real 5-day free trial you can cancel online. The catch is the clock, not a contract: a card hold goes on at signup, and if you don't cancel by the end of day five, the first month bills at full price - and these packages are expensive. Take the trial to sample live TV and sports before a big weekend, set an alarm for day four, and cancel from Manage My TV Subscription if it's not for you.”

CuriosityStream

“CuriosityStream is the documentary lover's streaming deal: an all-factual catalog with David Attenborough titles, space, history, and science series in 4K, at a price that undercuts nearly every mainstream service. Reviewers consistently call the annual plan one of streaming's best values, and its Trustpilot rating sits at excellent with praise for content and responsive support. Know two things going in. First, this is a focused documentary library measured in the low thousands of titles, not a Netflix-scale catalog, so it works best as an add-on rather than your only service. Second, the plan most people pick is annual, and the renewal lands a year later at full list price with a no-refunds policy for unused time. That forgotten renewal is the single most common complaint about an otherwise well-liked service, and it is exactly what a reminder fixes. Track it here and we send a heads-up before the renewal, so nothing surprises you.”

Netflix

“Here's the honest answer: Netflix hasn't offered a free trial in the US since 2020, and the March 2026 price bump put Standard (ad-free) at $19.99/mo. If you want to watch without paying full freight, the move is a bundle you might already have - T-Mobile's "Netflix on Us," or select Xfinity and ISP plans fold it in. And if it was the free month you were after, that's not gone from the world - plenty of streamers in our catalog still run real trials.”