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How to cancel Apple subscriptions
✓ Last checked Oct 2026 against Apple subscriptions’s official pages. See sources
Subscriptions billed by Apple, including apps you subscribed to through the App Store, are canceled in your Apple Account, not in the app. On an iPhone or iPad it’s in Settings. Apple says to cancel a trial at least 24 hours before it ends.
Ways to cancel
- iPhone or iPad
- Open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, tap the subscription, then tap Cancel Subscription.
- Mac
- In the App Store, click your name at the bottom of the sidebar, click your name again, click Subscriptions, choose the subscription, then click Cancel Subscription.
- Windows PC
- Use the Apple Music or Apple TV app: your name, View My Account, Subscriptions, Manage, Edit, Cancel Subscription.
- Android or web
- For a subscription billed by Apple, go to account.apple.com and follow the steps. Apple Music or Apple TV billed through Google Play cancels in Google Play.
Step by step
- Open Settings on your iPhone or iPad and tap your name, then Subscriptions.
- Tap the subscription you want to stop and tap Cancel Subscription (you may need to scroll).
- If there’s no Cancel button or you see an expiration message in red, it’s already canceled.
- Can’t find it? Search your email for “receipt from Apple” or “invoice from Apple” to see which Apple Account pays for it.
Watch out for
- Deleting an app doesn’t cancel its subscription.
- Cancel a trial at least 24 hours before it ends, or it may renew.
- You can’t cancel a family member’s subscription. The person whose Apple Account is on the receipt has to do it.
- If there’s no Apple receipt, another company bills you. Check your card statement and cancel with that company.
- Subscriptions through your wireless carrier or another provider cancel with that provider.
Whatever method you use, save proof: a confirmation number, email, screenshot, or certified mail receipt. Then check your next statement.
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Your rights when canceling, in plain English
- Signed up online? A federal law, the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (ROSCA), requires sellers of online subscriptions to show the key terms before taking your billing information, get your express consent before charging you, and give you a simple way to stop recurring charges (15 U.S.C. § 8403).
- The FTC’s “click to cancel” rule is not in effect. The FTC adopted it in 2024, but a federal appeals court vacated it in July 2025 before it took effect. In March 2026 the FTC asked for public comment on a possible new rule. As of October 2026 no replacement rule has been adopted (rulemaking status).
- State automatic renewal laws. Many states have their own rules. For example, California’s law says that if you signed up online, you must be able to cancel online, and it requires reminders before some renewals (California AG). Rules differ by state.
- Gym contracts. Many states also have health club laws. Depending on the state, these can include a short window to cancel after you sign, or a right to cancel if you move far away or become disabled. Check your state consumer protection office (find yours).
- Charged after you canceled? For a credit card, you can dispute a billing error in writing. The FTC says your letter should reach the card issuer within 60 days after the first bill with the error was sent to you (FTC). For automatic debits from a bank account, tell the company you’re revoking authorization, then tell your bank. To stop the next payment, notify your bank at least three business days before it’s scheduled (CFPB).
This is general information, not legal advice. Your contract and your state’s law decide what applies to you.
Sources
Summarized from Apple subscriptions’s own pages, last checked Oct 2026. Companies change their policies, so check the official page before you act. Your contract or membership agreement controls.