Creators are now required to combine profiles
Are you a Patreon creator? From July 6, if you haven't combined your creator and fan profiles yet, you won't be able to use Patreon as usual, including posting and receiving payouts. That means some steps in this article may look different depending on whether your accounts are already combined. To learn more, visit our guide to combine your creator and fan profiles into a single identity. Or if you’re ready, combine your profiles now. Note that if you created your Patreon account recently, you may already have a single profile. If you don't see a prompt to combine, this doesn't apply to you.
You can keep your free membership as long as you’d like; however, you can cancel if you no longer wish to receive updates about the creator’s work. This article has instructions for canceling a free membership on a computer and on the Patreon app for iOS and Android. If you need to stop recurring payments for a membership, please visit our canceling a paid membership page for detailed instructions.
- Follow these instructions while viewing your member profile. You can switch between member and creator profiles (if you have one) by clicking your picture in the bottom left corner and selecting the profile you’d like to visit.
- Click the
Settings link from the left-side menu
- On your Settings page, click the Memberships tab (this link will take you there)
- Locate your free membership, and click the more
button
- Click Cancel membership
- Your free membership is canceled - you can rejoin whenever you’d like
- Click the
- Follow these instructions while viewing your member profile. You can check which profile you’re on by tapping your profile image in the top right corner and tapping the Switch to button for the profile you’d like to visit.
- Scroll through the creators listed at the top of the Home screen
- Double-tap on the desired creator from the list
- Tap the three-dot menu in the top right corner of the screen
- Tap on
Your membership
- Tap on Leave membership
- Your free membership is canceled - you can rejoin whenever you’d like