You can cancel your membership at anytime. In this article, you'll find steps to help you cancel your membership on your device, and information on what happens after you cancel.
Click a links below, or scroll down to learn more about cancelling:
Cancelling your membership on Desktop
| Cancelling a membership does not cancel any declined, or pending bills already posted to your account. Review your Billing history page to see if you have any bills in this state before cancelling your membership |
- Hover over your profile image in the top right to open the "User menu."
- From the drop-down user menu, click "Manage memberships."
- On your "Active memberships" page. Click the "Edit" link next to the membership you want to cancel future payments for.
- You'll land on the familiar payment confirmation page. Scroll down and click the "Edit or Cancel Payment" link directly under the update button.
- Click the option to Edit or Cancel Payment and click the "Cancel" button to confirm.
Cancelling your membership in the Patreon app (iOS)
- While logged in to the Patreon app, tap on the search icon in the upper right and select a creator from the list that populates.
- Tap the three dots icon
in the upper right.
- Select "Edit $x pledge" from the menu.
- Scroll down and select the "Edit or Cancel payment" link below the update button.
- Select "Cancel your payment" and confirm by tapping the "Cancel" button.
Cancelling your membership in the Patreon app (Android)
- While logged in to your Patreon account, tap on the "Account" icon
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- Tap on your profile name where it lists the number of memberships you currently have.
- Select the pencil icon
next to the membership you want to update.
- Scroll down and select the "Edit or Cancel payment" link below the update button.
- Select "Cancel your payment" and confirm by tapping the "Cancel" button.
What happens after I cancel?
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| Charge up front billing: |
Cancelling stops monthly membership renewal, however, you’ll have membership access for the remainder of the month you cancel in.
You will not be refunded any amount for payments you’ve already made since you’ll still have access to the creator’s Patreon page. If you decide to rejoin in the same month you cancel in, we’ll prorate your membership payment any amount you’ve already paid the creator that month.
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- You are charged for membership renewal on June 1st.
- On June 2nd you cancel.
- Your membership access ends on June 30th, and you are not billed for the July 1st billing cycle.
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| Monthly billing: |
Cancelling stops monthly membership access and future billing. If your payment has declined we will reattempt to process your payment for the creator.
Once you cancel, your access to the creator’s content on Patreon as well as any integrated benefits, like Discord, are revoked. Because you haven’t yet paid for your patronage in the month you cancel, your access is instantly revoked and you won’t be billed further.
Cancelling a membership does not remove any pending or declined payments. If you have a declined payment, we will reattempt your payment for the creator.
If you rejoin the creator’s membership there is no immediate charge, and you can expect to be charged on the 1st of the month after your join date.
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- You are charged for your your May patronage on June 1st.
- On June 2nd you cancel.
- Your membership access ends as soon as you cancel, and you are not billed for any membership access granted in June.
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| Per creation billing: |
Cancelling stops membership access and future billing, however, you may have one final payment process for any pending bills.
Cancelling a membership will not remove pending bills, and we’ll process them once you cancel. Check your Billing History for any pending bills on your account before cancelling a per creation membership.
If you rejoin the creator’s membership, you’ll be billed for any paid posts created after you rejoin (up to your monthly max).
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- You are charged for your May paid posts on June 1st.
- Creator makes a paid post on June 2nd, generating a pending bill for your account.
- On June 2nd you cancel, some time after the creator’s post was published. We process your pending bill once you cancel.
- Your membership access ends as soon as you cancel, and no new bills are generated for your account.
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| Annual billing: |
Cancelling stops annual membership renewal, however, you’ll have membership access for the remainder of your annual term.
Should you decide to rejoin your creator’s page with an annual membership, confirmation of your rejoin will extend your annual term from that date, and you’ll see a prorated charge for the difference for the extension.
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- You are charged for your annual membership on June 1st, 2021.
- On June 2nd, 2022, you cancel.
- Your membership access ends on on June 30th, 2022. You are not charged on July 1st, 2022, and your annual membership is not renewed.
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What does “credit” mean?
If you are a patron to a creator who charges up front, you may see a “credit” line item if you make adjustments to your membership. This credit is referencing the amount you’ve already paid that creator for the current month. So if you upgrade, that amount will be credited to your upgraded amount.
For example: If you’ve paid $40 USD to be in a charge up front creator’s tier, and later upgrade to their $60 USD, you’ll see $40 USD “credit” leaving a total of $20 USD to be charged in order to upgrade.
Credit cannot be used for payments to other creators and is not refunded if you downgrade after paying.
