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How to cancel Medium

A Medium Corporation sells paid Medium memberships in the US. You can cancel it yourself, or hand it to us for a small fee and stop thinking about it.

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Give us two minutes of details and it is off your plate. We deal with Medium so you don't have to.

  • No logging in, no support chats, no hold music
  • We email and post the notice, then chase Medium until they confirm
  • Dated proof of delivery, in case they ever charge you again
  • Your money back if Medium never cancels
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Do it yourself

Free

Every step is on you. You will need to:

  • Research all the details on how to cancel
  • Find the cancel option in your account
  • Finish every screen until it says done
  • Follow through until you get refunded
See the steps

Your notice

Have us cancel Medium

Fill out one short form. We mail an official termination letter to Medium's verified address, email it to them too, and follow up until it's cancelled.

US addresses only for now.

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Your cancellation notice

A Medium Corporation3500 South DuPont HighwaySuite IQ-101Dover, DE, 19901USA

Formal notice of cancellation

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to give formal notice that I am cancelling the Medium subscription held in my name, effective from the date of this letter.

Account details

Name
[Full name]
Address
[Address]
Email
[Email address]

Please treat this as written notice under your terms of service. Stop all further billing from this date and remove any stored payment details.

Please confirm the cancellation in writing to the email above, and erase the personal data you hold on me where you have no lawful basis to keep it.

Yours faithfully,

[Full name]

Do it yourself

Cancel Medium yourself

TLDR: Click Cancel your membership in Settings, or cancel in the App Store or Google Play if you subscribed in the app, because deleting the app does not stop a store charge. You keep membership until the cycle ends, and the days left are not refunded.

Cancel in Settings

You pay Medium on medium.com, by card, Apple Pay, or PayPal.

  1. 01On your homepage, click your profile picture, then Settings.
  2. 02In the Membership and payment section, click Cancel your membership.

A membership bought through iTunes or Google Play is not cancelled on this page. Cancel it with that store.

Cancel an iTunes membership

You bought the membership through the Medium iOS app.

  1. 01On your phone or tablet, go to Settings, then your name, then iTunes & App Store.
  2. 02Tap your Apple ID at the top of the screen.
  3. 03Tap View Apple ID. You might need to sign in.
  4. 04Tap Subscriptions.
  5. 05Tap Medium membership, then Cancel subscription.

Uninstalling the app or deleting your Medium account does not cancel a membership bought through iTunes. Medium says you will still be charged.

Cancel a Google Play membership

You bought the membership through the Medium Android app.

  1. 01Open the Google Play app.
  2. 02At the top right, tap the profile icon.
  3. 03Tap Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions.
  4. 04Select the Medium subscription.
  5. 05Tap Cancel subscription and follow the instructions.

Uninstalling the app or deleting your Medium account does not cancel a membership bought through Google Play. Medium says you will still be charged.

Cancel before you redeem a gift

You already have a membership and want to use a gift code.

  1. 01The membership terms say to cancel the current membership by submitting a request at yourfriends.medium.com.
  2. 02Then use the gift code. A gift membership lasts one year from the day it is activated.

How to know it worked

  • You keep membership benefits until the end of the billing cycle.
  • The cancellation takes effect on the next billing period. You are not charged for that next period.
  • You do not get a refund or credit for the days left in the current period, unless Medium decides otherwise.

Watch out for

  • Medium Member is $5/month or $50/year. Friend of Medium is $15/month or $150/year. Both renew until you cancel.
  • A free trial becomes a paid membership when it ends. Cancel before the trial ends if you do not want the charge.
  • Monthly or annual fees are charged on the same day of the month the membership began. A start date of the 29th, 30th, or 31st renews on the last day of a shorter month.
  • If the card on file fails, Medium can turn off access until you update it, and may cancel the membership if you do not.
  • Stripe may place a temporary $1 authorization to check the card. Medium says that authorization is credited back and is not a charge.
  • A gift membership is a one-time $50 charge, not a renewing plan. There is no refund for a gift that is never registered, or for a partly used gift.
  • In-app Medium memberships are not covered by Apple Family Sharing.

Medium refunds

  • Membership fees are final and nonrefundable, unless Medium decides otherwise.
  • Refund requests go to yourfriends.medium.com.
  • Cancelling does not refund the days left in the current period.
  • Medium does not give a price-protection refund if the price later drops.
  • If Medium ends a membership because it decides the terms were broken, it says there is no refund.

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If it did not work

No confirmation email? Then it didn't happen.

Our letter comes with a receipt. This is when it is worth having us do it.

Have us cancel Medium

  • You cannot log in, or do not remember the email

    The notice goes to A Medium Corporation in your name and address. No login, no password.

  • You were charged after cancelling

    The dated notice and proof of delivery are what your bank asks for when you dispute the charge.

  • The free trial turned into a paid membership

    The notice dates the cancellation, which is what you need if it had to land before the trial ended.

  • You would rather not chase support

    We post and email the notice, then follow up with Medium until they confirm. If they never do, you get your money back.

What happens next

Two minutes from you. We do the rest.

These are the real emails from one cancellation. 15 days from form to their confirmation.

Our email saying the letter has been delivered, with a four-step progress bar
Our update, Oct 6
The company's email confirming the account has been cancelled and no further charges will be made
Their reply, Oct 8
  1. Sep 23

    Requested

    “Your VS cancellation is with us.”

  2. Sep 28

    Printed

    “Your VS letter is being printed.”

  3. Sep 28

    Shipped

    “Your VS letter is in the post.”

  4. Oct 6

    Delivered

    “Your VS letter has been delivered.”

  5. Oct 8

    Confirmed by VS

    “Your VS account has been cancelled successfully.”

Every email is dated. If they don't reply, we follow up. If a charge appears later, this is the record your bank will ask for.

Cancelling Medium

What people ask about Medium.

How much is a paid Medium membership?

Medium Member is $5/month or $50/year. Friend of Medium is $15/month or $150/year. Both are cancelled the same way.

I subscribed in the Medium app. Where do I cancel?

If Apple billed it, cancel under your Apple ID subscriptions. If Google Play billed it, cancel in the Google Play subscriptions list. Deleting the app or the Medium account does not stop those charges.

Can I get a refund from Medium?

The membership terms say fees are final and nonrefundable, unless Medium decides otherwise. Ask at yourfriends.medium.com. You keep access until the billing cycle ends either way.

I cancelled and Medium is still charging me. What now?

Check whether Apple or Google Play billed the membership. Those charges continue until you cancel in that store. If Medium billed you, you should not be charged for the next period. For a formal record, we send a dated notice with proof of delivery.

Why was I charged $1?

When you join, Stripe may authorize $1 to check the card. Medium says that authorization is credited back and is not charged.

Can you cancel Medium without me logging in?

Yes. The notice goes to Medium in writing, so it does not depend on you reaching a cancel button inside your account. A lost password or a locked account does not stop it.

Does the letter ask them to delete my data?

Yes. It asks the company to erase the personal data it holds on you where it has no lawful reason to keep it, and to confirm in writing once it has.

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