Payment subscriptions have become really popular these days. They allow customers to purchase some kind of recurring service and forget about paying the bill manually after each payment cycle. The subscription deducts money automatically so you will never forget to pay for the service you purchased.
However, some people don’t like when money is deducted from their card/PayPal automatically. They would rather pay manually.
In this tutorial, we will learn how to cancel automatic payment subscriptions on
PayPal.
What you’ll need
Before you begin this guide you’ll need the following:
- An active payment subscription.
Step 1 — Navigating to Preapproved payments on PayPal
1. First of all, you will need to login to your PayPal account. You can do this here:
paypal.com by clicking the
Log In button in the upper-right corner of the page.
2. Once you are inside your
PayPal you need to find a gear-shaped icon on the upper right corner of the screen. Click it and you will navigate to
Settings.
3. An additional blue top navigation bar will appear. Find and click
Payments.
4.We now need to look for
Preapproved payments. It is located under
Manage upcoming payments section.
Step 2 — Canceling payment subscription
In
preapproved payments screen you will see
Subscriptions,
Automatically billed payments,
Installment plan payments. In this tutorial we will learn how to stop
Subscriptions in particular, however, similar steps apply to other payment types also.
This is how
Preapproved payments page looks like:
1. In the list bellow, find the
subscription you want to cancel and click on the name of the
merchant.
2. You will see subscription details on the next page. Please re-check the details and when you are sure you want to cancel this subscription click
Cancel Subscription.
3. A confirmation is required so you will need to click
Cancel Subscription one more time on the next page.
4. After successful cancellation you should see a message in a yellow background:
The subscription has been cancelled.
5.(Optional) To make sure that the subscription was really canceled you can navigate back to
Preapproved payments page and should see status
Canceled next to the subscription.
Conclusion
We have learned how to cancel payment subscriptions on PayPal. It is recommended to check the
Preapproved payments section on your PayPal once in a while so you could be aware of any upcoming automated billings.
