unsubscribe

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verb

To cancel a subscription, especially to an online service.

“How do I unsubscribe from your mailing list?”

OriginEnglish subscribe ← Middle English subscriben ← Latin subscrībere →
CommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

verbunsubscribe (third-person singular simple present unsubscribes, present participle unsubscribing, simple past and past participle unsubscribed)

present singular third person unsubscribes · participle present unsubscribing · participle past unsubscribed · past unsubscribed

  1. intransitiveTo cancel a subscription, especially to an online service.

    How do I unsubscribe from your mailing list?

noununsubscribe (plural unsubscribes)

plural unsubscribes

  1. An unsubscription.

    Given how easy it is to filter messages or simply delete them, unsubscribes are significant events. Taken together, these metrics can tell you a lot about the quality of the email you're sending and provide the basis for testing your customer lists […]

    2005, Eric T. Peterson, Web Site Measurement Hacks

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unregister

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  10. Proto-Italic*supo
  11. Latinsub
  12. Latinsub-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  16. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  17. Latinscrībō
  18. Latinsubscrībere
  19. Middle Englishsubscriben
  20. Englishsubscribe
  21. Englishunsubscribe

From un- + subscribe.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 退訂 /退订, 取關 /取关
  • 退訂 /退订 (tuìdìng)to cancel a subscription
  • 取關 /取关 (qǔguān)to cancel a subscription
Dutch afmelden, uitschrijven
  • afmeldento cancel a subscription
  • uitschrijvento cancel a subscription
Esperanto malaboni
  • malabonito cancel a subscription
Finnish peruuttaa tilaus
  • peruuttaa tilausto cancel a subscription
French se désabonner, se désinscrire
  • se désabonnerto cancel a subscription
  • se désinscrireto cancel a subscription
German abbestellen
  • abbestellento cancel a subscription
Hungarian leiratkozik
  • leiratkozikto cancel a subscription
Korean 구독을 취소하다
  • 구독을 취소하다 (gudog-eul chwisohada)to cancel a subscription
Latin desubscrībō
  • desubscrībōto cancel a subscription
Polish rezygnować z subskrypcji, zrezygnować z subskrypcji
  • rezygnować z subskrypcjito cancel a subscription
  • zrezygnować z subskrypcjito cancel a subscription
Portuguese desinscrever, dessubscrever
  • desinscreverto cancel a subscription
  • dessubscreverto cancel a subscription
Russian отписаться, отписываться
  • отписаться (otpisatʹsja)to cancel a subscription
  • отписываться (otpisyvatʹsja)to cancel a subscription
  • отка́зываться от подписки (otkázyvatʹsja ot podpiski)to cancel a subscription
  • прекраща́ть подписку (prekraščátʹ podpisku)to cancel a subscription
Spanish darse de baja, desuscribirse
  • darse de bajato cancel a subscription
  • desuscribirseto cancel a subscription
Swedish säga upp, avprenumerera
  • säga uppto cancel a subscription
  • avprenumererato cancel a subscription
Vietnamese huỷ đăng kí
  • huỷ đăng kíto cancel a subscription

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unsubscribe

subscribedescribevibeprescribescribebribetranscribeascribejibeinscribeimbibeproscribecircumscribegybebibekibe
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Cite this entry
APA

unsubscribe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsubscribe

MLA

“unsubscribe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsubscribe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsubscribe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsubscribe.

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