How to Cancel Audible and Keep Books without Purchase

By Elle Johnson

Updated on September 8, 2022

Q: “If I cancel Audible do I keep books?” As the largest audiobook platform, Audible provides more than 200,000 titles in its giant library. Except for the popular and regular audiobooks, there are hundreds of Audible Original titles in its library. It is no doubt that every audiobook lover can find what they want in Audible with effortless.

As for the question raised at the beginning, there are 2 answers for reference. You can keep the purchased books after canceling Audible. But if you only download Audible books for offline listening, those downloaded books will not keep after you cancel Audible.

Does it mean that you have to subscribe to Audible membership forever, or purchase all your favorite books before canceling Audible? That is a big sum of money. Fortunately, there is a workaround to cancel Audible but keep books without purchase. Read this latest article to learn about it.

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Part 1. Keep Audible Books After Cancel: Required Tool

It is well known that Audible AA/AAX formats are built-in with protection. To keep Audible books after canceling membership, it is necessary to clear this format protection from Audible books. That is why the AudKit Audible Converter is exactly what you need.

This newly launched Audible converter incorporates the latest technology, being proficient in converting Audible books to MP3, AAC, M4A, FLAC, M4B, and multiple common audio file formats. After the conversion, the audiobooks are turned into normal audio files and saved on the local computer, regardless of your Audible plan invalidation.

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Key Features of AudKit Audible Converter

  • Convert Audible books to common formats at light speed
  • Reset the output settings and ID3 tags as your needs
  • Split Audible book into segments by chapters
  • Customize the values of output sound, speed, pitch, etc.

In addition, the conversion speed can up to 100X or faster when the network condition is fine. With the help of the AudKit Audible AAX Converter, you just need to spend 10 seconds to finish the conversion in a one-hour audiobook.


Part 2. Keep Audible Books After Cancel: Detailed Tutorial

The following tutorial will guide you on how to keep Audible books after canceling your Audible membership.

Step 1 Import Audible books to AudKit

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Please download Audible books on the local computer first. Then download and open the AudKit Audible File Converter on your computer. Simply drag the Audible files from the local folder and put them to the main interface of AudKit. Or you can hit the ‘Add’ tab from AudKit’s interface. Locate the folder that saves Audible downloads. Then select and add them to AudKit.

Step 2 Change output configuration

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Tap the ‘format’ icon from the bottom place. In the newly opened window, you can customize the output parameters, including output format, codec, channel, sample rate, and bit rate as you like. If you don’t know how to reset, just choose ‘Lossless’ in the format bar and choose ‘Auto’ in other options. Don’t forget to save the changes.

Step 3 Trigger the conversion

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Press the ‘Convert’ tab to launch the conversion. The conversion will finish in a flash. After that, you can follow the displayed tips to open the conversion list. Or hit the folder icon beside the achieve bar to locate the local folder that keeps all converted Audible books.

Tip: The free trial version of AudKit Audible Book Converter allows you to convert the first 1/3 content of the book. To finish the conversion of the latter 2/3 content, please visit the official store to unlock the full version of the AudKit Audible AAX Converter.


More Tip: How to Cancel Audible Membership in 3 Steps

It is simple to cancel an Audible subscription by following the instructions on Amazon’s official website. You can check the simple 3 steps below to cancel Audible on Amazon.

How to Cancel Audible Membership

Step 1. Open the “Account Details” part from the Audible desktop site.

Step 2. From the bottom of the “View membership details”, select the “Cancel membership” option.

Step 3. Follow the on-screen guidance to finish the whole process.

Tips: You can only cancel the Audible subscription from the Audible desktop site. Trying the above operation from either phone or tablet is not valid. When you successfully cancel the Audible plan, you will receive an automated email as proof.

How to Cancel Audible Free Trial

Step 1. Turn on Audible and sign in to your account.

Step 2. Find and open “Account Details” from the top place on the main interface.

Step 3. On the “Account Details” page, enter “Account Settings”

Step 4. Tap “Cancel” to cancel your Audible membership.


6 replies on “How to Cancel Audible and Keep Books without Purchase”

Cora Hardy ON
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The question is that if you cancel the subscription and the membership and and keep the audio books then what is the difference between the subscription and the membership?

Harris, Evelyn ON
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The difference is that with the AudKit Audible Converter, you can listen to Audible books without a membership.

Linda Harrelson ON
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I just purchased a 3set pi receive series however,the language is nothing but smut,totally trash. The vulgarity is unacceptable. I don’t want these books and I don’t want to cancel my membership over a sleazy unfortunate choice.
How do I resolve this?

Harris, Evelyn ON
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Maybe you can try to return the audible books that you don’t want. See details in this article: How to Return Audible Books

Jeffrey ON
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There are many things to learn, so much info on it.

Jimmie ON
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Thank you for taking the time to write and post this material.

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