All three and four-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours of free childcare each week, but Brent had been providing a number of free full-time places subsidised by the council.
The council said it can no longer afford to offer universal free full-time provision and from September will be focusing on funding full-time places for the most disadvantaged children.
Dr Krutika Pau, Brent's director of children and families, said: "We have to meet legal requirements and more children having access to free part-time places is fairer than fewer children having free full-time places.
“Obviously, with the financial challenges faced by schools and the council, we don't have the funds to continue subsidising full-time places as before."
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