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Cancelling shouldn't be this hard

Companies make signing up take one click, but cancelling is a different story. Hidden cancel buttons, endless redirects, mandatory phone calls. We've done the research so you don't have to.

Start with who bills you, not with the app

The cancel button lives wherever the money is taken, which is not always where you signed up. Look at the merchant name on your bank statement. If it reads Apple or iTunes, the subscription is billed through Apple. If it reads Google or Google Play, it is billed through Google. If it reads the company's own name, they take the payment directly and you cancel on their site. If it reads your mobile network, it is carrier billing and only your network can stop it. Cancelling in the app when Apple or Google does the billing deletes your account and leaves the charge running, which is the single most common way people keep paying for something they thought they had cancelled.

How to cancel subscriptions on iPhone

Open Settings, tap your name at the top, tap Subscriptions, tap the subscription you want to end, then tap Cancel Subscription. Everything billed through your Apple account appears on that one screen, including free trials, with the next renewal date beside each. If a subscription you are paying for is not listed there, Apple is not billing it, so the cancellation has to happen elsewhere. Cancelling stops the renewal but keeps your access until the end of the period you have already paid for, and refund requests go to Apple rather than the app maker.

How to cancel subscriptions on Android

Open the Google Play Store, tap your profile icon, tap Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions. Select the service and tap Cancel subscription. As with Apple, only subscriptions billed through Google Play show up here. Anything you signed up for on a website is cancelled on that website, and anything charged to your phone bill has to go through your network provider.

How to cancel a subscription billed directly on the web

Log in and look for Account, Billing, Plan or Membership in the settings menu. The cancel option is usually at the foot of the plan page, sometimes behind a link worded as "manage plan" or "change plan". Expect a retention flow of two to four screens offering a discount or a pause. Keep going until you see a confirmation screen with an end date, and screenshot it. If the flow dead-ends, has no cancel option, or only offers a phone number, send written notice instead with our cancellation letter generator.

How to find every subscription you are paying for

The ones draining the most are the ones you have forgotten, so checking the apps you remember will not get you there. Sweep four places: iPhone subscription settings, Google Play subscriptions, your mobile carrier bill, and twelve months of bank and card statements. Twelve months matters because annual renewals are invisible in a 30-day view and are usually the largest single charges. Search your email for "receipt", "renews" and "your subscription" to catch trials that converted without a reminder. A subscription tracker connected to your bank does the same sweep automatically and catches the direct card billing the app stores never show.

How to block a subscription payment

You can instruct your bank to stop a recurring card payment or cancel a direct debit, and they must action it whether or not you have cancelled with the company. That stops the money moving, but it does not end the contract, so fees can still accrue and be chased. Cancel in writing first, keep the confirmation, and treat the bank block as a backstop for a company that ignores you. If they have already taken money after your cancellation date, our chargeback request generator produces the letter to get it back.

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