How to Cancel Your Grammarly Subscription
Grammarly offers a useful writing assistant, but there are plenty of reasons you might want to cancel — switching to a different tool, cutting subscription costs, or simply not using it enough to justify the fee. The cancellation process isn't complicated, but it does vary depending on how you originally signed up. Getting that detail wrong is the most common reason people end up still being charged after they thought they'd cancelled.
Why the Signup Method Matters Most
Grammarly subscriptions can be purchased through several different channels, and each channel controls its own billing. Cancelling through Grammarly's website won't affect a subscription purchased through the Apple App Store, and vice versa. Before you start, confirm where your subscription originated:
- Grammarly's website (grammarly.com) — most common for desktop users
- Apple App Store — if you downloaded Grammarly on an iPhone or iPad and subscribed in-app
- Google Play Store — if you subscribed through an Android device
- A third-party or institutional plan — if your employer, school, or another organization manages your access
Check your original subscription confirmation email if you're unsure. It will typically show which platform processed your payment.
How to Cancel a Grammarly Subscription Purchased on the Website
This is the most straightforward path for most users:
- Go to grammarly.com and sign in to your account
- Click your profile icon in the top-right corner and select Account
- Navigate to the Subscription section
- Look for an option to Cancel Subscription or Manage Plan
- Follow the prompts — Grammarly may offer a discounted rate or pause option before finalizing cancellation
Once cancelled, your Premium access typically continues until the end of the current billing period. You won't receive a prorated refund for unused time in most cases, so timing your cancellation close to the renewal date can minimize waste.
How to Cancel Through the Apple App Store 🍎
If you subscribed via an iPhone, iPad, or Mac through Apple:
- Open Settings on your device
- Tap your Apple ID / name at the top
- Select Subscriptions
- Find Grammarly in the list and tap it
- Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm
Apple manages this entirely — Grammarly's own website or app settings won't show this subscription as something you can cancel there.
How to Cancel Through Google Play
For Android subscribers:
- Open the Google Play Store app
- Tap your profile icon and go to Payments & subscriptions
- Select Subscriptions
- Find Grammarly and tap Cancel subscription
- Follow the confirmation steps
As with Apple, this must be done through Google Play directly — logging into grammarly.com won't surface this billing relationship.
What Happens to Your Data and Documents After Cancellation
Cancelling Premium doesn't delete your Grammarly account. Your saved documents, personal dictionary, and writing history remain accessible under the free tier, which includes basic grammar and spelling checks. If you want to fully remove your account and associated data, that's a separate step — typically found under Account Settings > Delete Account.
Key distinction: cancelling a subscription ≠ deleting an account. Many users conflate the two and are surprised when they still receive emails or see their documents intact.
Variables That Affect the Experience
The cancellation process itself is consistent, but a few factors shape how it plays out in practice:
| Variable | How It Affects Cancellation |
|---|---|
| Billing platform | Determines where you must cancel — website, Apple, or Google |
| Billing cycle (monthly vs. annual) | Annual plans have longer remaining access periods after cancellation |
| Trial vs. paid subscription | Free trials may auto-convert; cancelling a trial follows the same channel-specific steps |
| Team or Business plan | Admins manage billing; individual members may not be able to self-cancel |
| Promotional pricing | Some discounted plans have specific terms; check before cancelling |
Refund Eligibility
Grammarly's general refund policy allows refund requests within a short window of a charge — often cited as within a few days of billing — but this isn't guaranteed and depends on the circumstances. Refunds on App Store or Google Play purchases are governed by Apple's and Google's own refund policies, not Grammarly's. Contacting support promptly after an unwanted charge gives you the best chance of resolution.
If You Can't Find the Cancel Option
Occasionally users report that the cancellation option isn't visible in their account settings. This usually means one of the following:
- The subscription was purchased elsewhere (check Apple or Google)
- The account is part of a team plan managed by an admin
- You're logged into the wrong Grammarly account — if you have multiple email addresses, check each
Grammarly's support team can help identify where a subscription is billed from if you're genuinely stuck.
Whether cancellation takes two minutes or requires a detour through your device's app store depends entirely on how you originally signed up — and that single variable shapes every step that follows. 🔍