unsubscribe
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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unsubscribesimple
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unsubscribessimple
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have unsubscribedperfect
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has unsubscribedperfect
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am unsubscribingprogressive
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are unsubscribingprogressive
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is unsubscribingprogressive
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have been unsubscribingperfect progressive
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has been unsubscribingperfect progressive
Past
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unsubscribedsimple
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had unsubscribedperfect
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was unsubscribingprogressive
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were unsubscribingprogressive
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had been unsubscribingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of unsubscribe
First recorded in 1980–85; un- 2 ( def. ) + subscribe ( def. )
Explanation
When you cancel an agreement to receive a magazine, newsletter, or streaming service, you unsubscribe. If a political group sends an overwhelming number of emails every week, you should probably unsubscribe. To subscribe is to sign up for something, from the Latin root subscribere, "sign or write underneath." When you add the prefix un-, "not," you get unsubscribe. If you ever realize you regret subscribing to something, whether it's the local newspaper you never have time to read, or an expensive cake-of-the-month club, you can always decide to unsubscribe!
Vocabulary lists containing unsubscribe
Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: scrib, scribe
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People looking to save money can subscribe to some of these services monthly, and then unsubscribe during months when no games are on that platform — instead of paying for a full-year subscription.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 30, 2026
And bring your bills, your credit-card statements, your school forms, the streaming services you need to unsubscribe from, the airline miles you need to manage, the expenses app you need to figure out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Every website has a different unsubscribe mechanism, which means that we have to learn that mechanism, Ariely said.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2025
Californians will soon be getting more protection against these sorts of abuses, however, including the right to unsubscribe with one click of the mouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2024
It, along with all other listserv commands, can be abbreviated—-subscribe as sub, unsubscribe as unsub, etc.
From Zen and the Art of the Internet by Kehoe, Brendan P.
Even if the customer unsubscribes from a marketing list, they are back on it immediately if they visit the retailer’s website or order again.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022
Under the new rules, Unroll.me, which unsubscribes customers from emails, will no longer be able to share information it gleans from its customers’ inboxes with a market research company it works with.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2018
As an extra benefit, the second email was another touch point to further qualify our list and get unsubscribes.
From Forbes ● Sep. 4, 2014
Solutions like Constant Contact, WhatCounts, AWeber, Responsys or SilverPop not only allow you to track and measure your email campaigns but also to manage your unsubscribes, deliver additional functionality, and conduct campaign analysis.
From Inc ● Dec. 5, 2012
Unsubscribe When the owner of an e-mail address unsubscribes, this indicates that the individual no longer wishes to receive e-mails from your store.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reacting to the email, one customer said they had "now unsubscribed" from Wowcher's emails, while another person condemned the message as "disgusting", adding: "If that's real someone needs to be fired."
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
She unsubscribed from marketing emails from her favorite brands, canceled her Amazon subscription and has been trying to find alternatives from small, female-owned businesses for the items she actually needs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Petrov unsubscribed from more than 150 VKontakte groups after Reuters submitted its questions, according to a publicly-available list on his account of the groups to which he is subscribed.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2023
But now that has also deleted the weekly listings, so I have unsubscribed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Upon him was found, when he was taken, a rude draught of an unsubscribed paper, afterwards called the Queensferry paper; which the reader will find, inserted at large, in Wodrow's history, vol.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John
Standard money advice tells you to unsubscribe from paid services, but unsubscribing from the temptation to spend can save you significantly more in the long run.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
Other advice from Persaud includes selling or returning unwanted Christmas gifts and unsubscribing from shopping-related emails or newsletters, whose temptations will only make the problem worse.
From Reuters ● Jan. 24, 2023
It’s uncertain whether or not the game offerings will bolster subscribers — or keep Netflix’s existing user base from unsubscribing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
Gmail is participating in the “ Verified Sender Program, ” which allows senders to bypasses traditional spam filters, but also gives users the option of unsubscribing from a sender.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
My unsubscribing kick, to be clear, was unrelated to all of these corporate birthday shenanigans.
From The Verge ● Jul. 29, 2022
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