With March officially off and running (hello again, daylight saving time), we at The Streamable thought it would be a good time for our readers to take a long look at their streaming budgets and see if they can find any services they no longer need. Many viewers have likely signed up for several streaming subscriptions over the past year, and either haven’t worked them into their streaming rotation or have forgotten about them altogether.

So, we are here to help you clean up your extra streaming subscriptions here, giving you a little more room in your budget for April and helping you clear some digital clutter. Find our handy guide to spring cleaning your streaming services below!

How to spring clean your streaming set-up

Cancel that live TV streaming subscription

Fall and winter are the best times of year to have a live TV streaming subscription, as viewers can watch a huge selection of fall sports like the NFL and college football, the MLB playoffs, the NBA and NHL seasons, and a lot more. Live TV streamers like DIRECTV and YouTube TV give customers all the channels they need to watch these various games on a single app, but they usually come at a high price of at least $50 per month, and usually more.

Canceling these subscriptions is an easy way to save during the spring, especially since there’s no more football to enjoy for a few months. College basketball fans would likely object that, with March Madness beginning soon, but any viewers who want to watch the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament can watch on ESPN Unlimited for $30 per month instead of requiring a full live TV streaming service, and the Men’s Tournament can be streamed with a combo of HBO Max without ads and Paramount+ Premium for $32.49 total — in either case, far less than a full live TV streaming plan.

News junkies can satisfy their craving by switching from a live TV service to a platform like Haystack News or Local Now, which offers a ton of live news options, both locally and from around the country, all for free. And if you’re keeping a live TV service to watch primetime programming on local broadcast channels like ABC, CBS, Fox, or NBC, you could simply get a subscription to Hulu, Paramount+, or Peacock and watch those shows the day after they air live to save $40, $50, or more every month, depending on which live TV streamer you picked.

If you think of your live TV streamer as indispensable, feel free to disregard the above advice. But if not, now is a great time to cancel that service until your favorite sports or other programming returns. Consider replacing a live TV service with an on-demand streaming subscription or a free service that comes with much of the same programming instead!

Cancel any Prime Video or Roku add-ons, or other deals from the holidays

Both the Prime Video and Roku Channel digital stores had some fantastic offers on new streaming services around Black Friday and the holidays. Shoppers could find deals on streamers like Apple TV, AMC+, HBO Max, STARZ, and others starting at prices of $2 per month, with some available at even lower prices.

If you added one of these services to give it a try at the discounted rate, it’s likely that your promotional period has expired, and you’re now being charged full price, as many holiday streaming discounts are only for two months. If you need to double-check the subscriptions tied to your Prime Video account, log in, then find your profile icon and go to Account & Settings > the Subscriptions tab to see your add-ons and cancel.

On Roku, log in and find the My Subscriptions tab to view your add-ons, and cancel any services you no longer need.

Similarly, there are plenty of top streamers that offered major holiday discounts. Some of these offered full-year discounts, and if you signed up for one, there’s no need to cancel just yet. But, if the holiday deal has expired, here is your official reminder that it’s time to consider cancelling the streamer.

Give free streamers a try

If you’re not a devotee of free streaming services like Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, or Tubi yet, why not give one of them a try this spring? Each offers a wide range of free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels, as well as a large selection of TV shows and movies you can watch on demand, as long as you’re ok with some commercials.

While it’s true that most of the programming on free streamers is a bit older, it’s not a hard and fast rule. Both Tubi and Roku Channel offer original programming, and all offer live sports — just not much from the major leagues. Plus, each free streamer has a wide range of cooking channels and other helpful around-the-home content, giving viewers a helping hand with their other spring cleaning goals as well.

Get help canceling a major streamer

On-demand streaming services usually cost much less than a live TV service, but a subscription can still add up. That’s especially true if you’re paying $15 to $20 per month to stream without ads, as most streamers with commercial-free tiers now require.

If you’re thinking now is the perfect time to shed a Netflix, Disney+, or a similar subscription to a major on-demand service, but aren’t sure how to do it, just check out the table below. We’ve written guides for how to cancel all the top services on the market with just a few mouse clicks, so follow the link to the service you want to cancel to get started.

Which streamers should you keep for spring cleaning?

In the old days, spring wasn’t normally considered a prime period of the year for new TV and movie releases. More traditionally, spring was intended to give primetime TV shows the runway they needed to wrap up their seasons before a summer hiatus. That still holds, and if you’re a major fan of primetime programming from ABC or Fox, a Hulu subscription is a must this spring. Similarly, fans can find next-day streams of primetime shows from NBC on Peacock and from CBS on Paramount+.

Not all major league sports are wrapping up their regular seasons during the spring. MLB fans know that Opening Day is coming up fast, and that means now is a great time to consider an MLB.TV subscription for those who root for a team outside their current market. There are also in-market streaming options for 22 of the 30 MLB clubs, with many being distributed via MLB.TV.

Finally, shows like “The Boys,” “Euphoria,” and more are returning with new seasons this spring. If you’re a fan of the series in question, ensuring you’re subscribed to the streamer that carries it is an absolute must. Check out a selection of top premieres this spring, and where you can stream them in the table below.