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How to cancel Apple
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Use the steps below to cancel your Apple account or membership.
Method
In-app
Estimated time
5 min
Difficulty
easy
Category
Other
Online cancellation available
- 1
Open Settings and tap your name.
- 2
Tap Subscriptions.
- 3
Select the subscription you want to cancel.
- 4
Tap Cancel Subscription (or Cancel Free Trial), then confirm.
- 5
Keep your confirmation screen for your records.
Who bills you?
- Apple ID billing: cancel in Apple Subscriptions settings.
- If the service is billed directly by the merchant, cancel on that merchant’s account page.
- Family Sharing organizer controls shared family subscriptions.
What to expect after canceling
- Most subscriptions stay active until the end of the current billing period.
- Auto-renew stops once cancellation is confirmed.
Important warnings
- Deleting an app does not cancel billing.
- Canceling a subscription is different from deleting your Apple ID.
- If there is no Cancel button, it may already be canceled or billed elsewhere.
Quick actions
- Open Apple subscription help: https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428
- Open App Store subscriptions page: https://apps.apple.com/account/subscriptions
- Open Apple refund request portal: https://reportaproblem.apple.com/
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