unsubscribe
Americanverb (used without object)
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unsubscribes,
present (3rd person singular)
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unsubscribed,
past participle, past
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unsubscribing
present participle
verb (used with object)
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unsubscribes,
present (3rd person singular)
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unsubscribed,
past participle, past
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unsubscribing
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
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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Example Sentences
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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
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
“It tends to be more helpful for people to unfollow triggering accounts, unsubscribe from emails, block ads,” she said.
From Slate ● May 25, 2025
Federal agencies are working to make it easier for Americans to click the unsubscribe button for unwanted memberships and recurring payment services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2024
The computer will ask you if you're sure you want to "unsubscribe."
From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation
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
With Arthur’s permission, she unsubscribes him from accounts that send him emails and removes friends from his Facebook account.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2019
As an extra benefit, the second email was another touch point to further qualify our list and get unsubscribes.
From Forbes ● Sep. 4, 2014
And HubSpot data based on their users indicates that lately most e-mail unsubscribes come on Tuesdays, while the highest click through rates occur at 6 a.m.
From Inc ● Apr. 23, 2013
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
But now that has also deleted the weekly listings, so I have unsubscribed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
In a 2009 report, the Emergency Services Working Group said telecom providers would ensure access to 911 for handsets that were uninitiated, unregistered, active, lapsed or unsubscribed.
From Reuters ● Jul. 13, 2022
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 John Howie
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
This year I went on a relentless unsubscribing kick, just ruthlessly clicking the unsubscribe button whenever something from a corporate mailing list came into my inbox.
From The Verge ● Jul. 29, 2022
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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