What happens to my content if I stop paying my subscription?

You need to maintain an active subscription for your content to be hosted and your RSS feeds to work.

I'm not adding any new episodes, can I cancel my subscription?

When a listener presses play in a podcast app, it's Transistor that delivers the audio file to them. Your monthly subscription cost covers hosting your existing content and serving the episodes to listeners across all platforms. So you'll need to maintain a subscription if you want to keep your shows active across all platforms.

Spotify and Apple do not store any of your content. They simply link to your Transistor hosted feed and files. If your Transistor account is closed your show will no longer be playable on podcast apps.

What happens to my content if I stop paying?

You can cancel your account at any time at the bottom of your account page: https://dashboard.transistor.fm/account

Your content remains hosted with us until the end of your current billing period, either monthly or annually depending upon the plan you are on. Your shows and RSS feeds will stay active up to the billing end date. Contact us if you are unsure of your billing end date.

We recommend you use the remaining time before your billing end date to:

Migrate your content
Enable any 301 redirects
Export a copy of your analytics
Download any episode mp3 files

What happens after the billing end date?

When the billing end date has been reached, your feeds are disabled and your content is queued for deletion. Episodes will no longer play on podcast directories. Your podcast directory listings will become inactive over time if your RSS feed remains inactive.

If you wish for podcast directories to remove your listings immediately, you will need to reach out to specific platforms directly. We can often remove listings from Apple and Spotify upon request. Any episodes pushed to YouTube will still be available on YouTube after the subscription has ended and would need to be removed via YouTube Studio.

My payment failed. What happens now?

If we can't charge your card, you'll see a banner in your dashboard saying your subscription is overdue.

Contact us if you would like us to try running your card again. You can also go to Billing & Subscription in your account, click on Billing History, and download your latest invoice. That invoice will contain a link where you can make the payment manually.

You can also update your card on file like this:

Go to your Account Page
Under Add a New Payment Method, enter your card details
Click Save as Primary Credit Card

We'll automatically retry your outstanding invoice with the new card.

If we still can't take payment after several attempts, your subscription is canceled for non-payment and your podcasts are taken offline. We'll email you before that happens, so check your spam folder if you think you've missed it.

My subscription was canceled. How do I get my podcasts back?

We'd love to help you return to Transistor! If your subscription was canceled, whether you canceled it or a payment failed, you can often get your podcasts back by subscribing again.

We can't keep content forever for unpaid accounts, so restoring isn't always possible, but it's always worth checking with us. To re-subscribe:

Log in to your Transistor account
Choose a plan and add your payment details on the Upgrade to a paid subscription page
Click Sign Up and get started

The podcasts that were taken offline when your subscription ended will be restored automatically with their episodes and RSS feeds. Depending on how long a feed was inactive, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other apps can take a few hours to several days to pick your podcast up again. If it was an extended absence, you may need to re-submit to some platforms.

Only the account owner (the person who pays for the subscription) can subscribe again and restore the account's podcasts. If you're a team member, ask the owner to log in and do this. If the owner has left your organization, contact us.

If you have additional questions please reach out to us:

Email - support@transistor.fm
Live Chat: https://transistor.fm/contact/

Updated on: 27/10/2026

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