Cancel guides · checked October 17, 2026
How to cancel the subscriptions that don’t want you to leave
Signing up takes one tap. Leaving often takes a hunt. Each guide below gives the steps from the company’s own help page, what happens to your money when you cancel, and the psychological trick that makes this subscription easy to keep paying for.
Amazon Prime
How to cancel Amazon Prime
Amazon's help page sends you to one cancellation page and the prompts there. Here are the steps, what happens to your money, and the subscriptions that keep billing after Prime ends.
Adobe Creative Cloud
How to cancel Adobe (and avoid the early termination fee surprise)
Adobe lets you cancel from your Adobe account. What it costs depends on which plan you picked, and the most popular plan carries a fee many people don't know about until they try to leave.
SiriusXM
How to cancel SiriusXM
SiriusXM's help page says the cancel steps depend on who bills you. The first job is finding out who that is, and SiriusXM suggests checking your bank or card statement.
iPhone and App Store subscriptions
How to cancel a subscription on your iPhone (and find the ones you forgot)
Many app subscriptions aren't billed by the app at all. They're billed by Apple. So deleting the app does nothing, and the cancel button is in your Apple Account settings. Here are Apple's steps.
Uber One
How to cancel Uber One (before the next charge)
Uber's help page says you can cancel Uber One in the app or online, but timing matters: cancel at least 48 hours before your billing day or you may pay for another cycle. Here are Uber's steps and what the FTC says about them.
LA Fitness
How to cancel an LA Fitness membership (and stop the next charge)
LA Fitness's own membership page lists three ways to cancel: by mail, in person at a club, or through your online account. Timing and contract terms decide whether you pay once more. Here are LA Fitness's rules in plain words, and what the FTC alleges about them.
The FTC’s three rules for any cancellation
- Follow the company’s own cancellation instructions, and keep a copy of your request plus notes about any calls.
- Watch your bank and card statements afterwards.
- If they keep charging after you cancelled, dispute the charge with your card issuer, and report the problem at ReportFraud.ftc.gov or to your state attorney general.
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When a new FTC or class-action refund opens, or a claim deadline gets close, we send a short plain-English note: who may qualify, the official link, and the date. Free. We never ask for a fee or your bank details.
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Keep going
- Subscription Leak Finder — list your subscriptions, see the yearly total, get a cancel checklist.
- Refund Radar — current FTC refund programs, explained.
- How to cancel common subscriptions
- Why subscriptions are so easy to forget
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