How to cancel a Patreon membership on Desktop
- Hover over to your profile image to open the user menu.
- Click on Manage memberships from the menu.
- Click the Edit link next to the membership you want to cancel.
- You'll land on the familiar payment confirmation page. Scroll down and click the Edit or Cancel Payment link directly under the “update” button.
- Select the option to Edit or Cancel Payment.
- Click the Cancel button to confirm.
Canceling a Patreon membership on the app
- Log in to your Patreon account.
- Tap on the Account icon at the bottom menu.
- Tap on your profile name where it lists the number of memberships you currently have.
- Select the pencil icon next to the membership you’d like to cancel.
- Scroll down and select Edit or Cancel payment below the update button.
- Select Cancel your membership and tap the Cancel your membership button to confirm.
What happens when I cancel?
Canceling a charge upfront membership
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Canceling stops future billing.
You’ll have membership access for the remainder of the month you cancel in. Since you keep membership access for the month, you'll not receive a refund. If you rejoin in the same month you cancel, your membership payment will be prorated for what you’ve already paid the creator that month. |
June 1: you're charged for your membership renewal.
June 2: you cancel the renewal.
July 1: your access ends at midnight and you’re not billed for July.
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Canceling a monthly membership
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Canceling stops future billing, and you won’t be billed for the month you cancel.
Access ends as soon as you cancel – since your payments are for the previous month’s patronage, and you are not billed for the month you cancel in, you lose access immediately. We’ll reattempt any declined payments to the creator even after you cancel. If you rejoin there is no immediate charge, and you can expect to be charged on the 1st of the following month. |
June 1: you're charged for your May patronage.
June 2: you cancel. Once you cancel, your membership access ends, and you’re not billed for any access you had in June.
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Canceling a per creation membership
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Canceling stops future billing, however, you may have one final payment process for any pending bills.
Access ends as soon as you cancel. Canceling will not remove pending bills, or declined bills and we’ll process them once you cancel. Check your Billing History for posted bills on your account before canceling. If you rejoin, you’ll be billed for paid posts created after you rejoin (up to your monthly max). |
June 1: you're charged for a paid posts from May.
June 2: creator makes a paid post, which puts a pending bill for your account. Later in the day, you cancel. Your June 2nd pending bill is processed when you cancel. Membership access ends when you cancel, and no new bills are created for your account.
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Canceling an annual membership
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Cancelling stops annual membership renewal.
You’ll have membership access for the remainder of your annual term. If you rejoin the creator’s page with an annual membership, your annual term will be extended from that date and you’ll be charged a prorated amount for the difference for the extension. |
June 1, 2021: you start your annual membership and are charged for the year upfront.
May 2, 2022: you cancel.
Jun 30, 2022: your membership access ends. You are not charged on July 1st, 2022, and your annual membership is not renewed.
Rejoin after canceling: June 1, 2021: Start your annual membership and you’re charged $16 (or $1.33/month) for the year upfront.
May 2, 2022: You cancel.
June 3, 2022: You rejoin as an annual membership in the same tier. Your year term is extended to July 1, 2023. You’re charged for the year upfront, minus what’s leftover from your previous term >
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Credit cannot be used for payments to other creators and is not refunded if you downgrade after paying.