How to Cancel LinkedIn Premium Before Auto-Renewal.

Every way to cancel LinkedIn

• Online (fastest): Direct cancel flow: www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a545578
• Email: LinkedIn doesn’t process cancellations by email. Still worth sending one: it dates your cancellation request in writing, which matters for disputes and refunds.

Timing matters: Cancel at least one day before your next billing date. Cancellation is normally scheduled for the next billing date, immediate cancellation requires contacting support, and Premium access continues to the end of the paid cycle with no pro-rata refund.

The email that backs it up

LinkedIn won’t action a cancellation from an email alone, use the fastest channel above for the cancellation itself. This email still earns its place: it puts your cancellation date in writing (your evidence if they keep billing) and it’s where the refund request happens.

1. Email the verified address

   linkedin_support@cs.linkedin.com, yoink-verified working email for LinkedIn (confirmed by tracked cancellations).

2. Use a precise subject

   Subject: Cancellation Request, [your account email]

3. Send this template

   Hi LinkedIn team,
   
   I'm writing to cancel the subscription on my account, [your account email].
   
   Please treat this as formal notice of cancellation, effective from the end of the current billing period. Under the FTC's Click-to-Cancel rule, cancellation must be available through a channel as simple as the one I signed up through.
   
   Please confirm by reply that the subscription has been cancelled and that no further charges will be taken.
   
   Best,
   [your name]

4. Wait for confirmation

   Wait 24 hours. If there's no response, send a polite one-line follow-up referencing the original request.

LinkedIn plans you can cancel

• Premium Career

  Cancel from desktop web or the Android app; iOS-purchased plans must be cancelled through Apple. Access runs to the end of the paid cycle.

  $39.99/mo
• Premium Business

  Same desktop/Android route as Career; cancellation is typically scheduled for the next billing date rather than applied immediately.

  $69.99/mo
• Sales Navigator Core

  Sales Navigator and Recruiter plans require signing in to cancel, the signed-out cancel route does not cover them.

  $99.99/mo
• Recruiter Lite

  Managed through the LinkedIn Admin Center / Recruiter help portal; must be signed in.

  $169.99/mo
• Premium Company Page

  Cancelled from the Page super admin view: Premium features → Subscription details → Manage subscription → Cancel free trial/subscription.

  $99.99/mo

What happens to what you’ve already paid

For consumer Premium subscriptions (Career, Business, LinkedIn Learning, Sales Navigator, Recruiter), LinkedIn's stated position is that payments are non-refundable and there is no pro-rata refund for unused days, you simply keep the features until the end of the cycle you already paid for. Despite that wording, the Refund Policy page carries a "Request account review" / submit-for-review link, and guides report that reviewed Premium charges are often refunded quickly, so a missed-trial auto-renewal is worth submitting rather than writing off. Premium Company Page charges are the one documented window: a refund must be requested within seven days of the billing date through support. Two carve-outs matter: anything bought inside the LinkedIn iOS app is Apple's to refund, not LinkedIn's, and individual LinkedIn Learning course purchases carry a 14-day entitlement for EU buyers (counted from when the subscription service starts, including a free-trial start date), with a one-month-notice prorated refund for Denmark and the Netherlands.

“LinkedIn Premium subscriptions, such as Premium Career, Business, LinkedIn Learning, Recruiter, and Sales Navigator, are non-refundable.”

, LinkedIn terms

Asking specifically for money back, not just a cancellation? See the dedicated LinkedIn refund guide , same data, but framed around the policy + escalation paths.

Does LinkedIn charge a cancellation fee?

We found no cancellation fee in LinkedIn’s published terms. On a rolling plan you simply pay to the end of the current billing period and nothing after. If you’re inside a fixed minimum term, check your signup email for the end date, cancelling early is where fees usually hide.

What doesn’t work for cancelling LinkedIn

Based on 6 sources, Reddit, app reviews, and direct testing. Skip these and save yourself the loop.

• ✕ Cancelling inside the LinkedIn iOS app when the subscription was bought via iTunes/App Store, LinkedIn's help page states Apple's policies block in-app cancellation of iTunes-purchased Premium; cancellation and any refund must go through Apple.
• ✕ Phoning customer support to cancel or chase a refund, LinkedIn states it does not offer a phone number for customer support and warns that sites advertising paid LinkedIn phone support are not affiliated with it; the Sunnyvale corporate number is not a support line.
• ✕ Emailing a general LinkedIn mailbox as your cancellation notice, Cancellation is a self-serve in-product flow; consumer-advocacy directories note LinkedIn doesn't run email support, so an email alone will not stop the renewal, it only builds a paper trail.
• ✕ Deleting the app or just closing/abandoning the account to stop billing, Billing is tied to the Premium subscription, not app presence; the subscription must be cancelled explicitly before the billing date or the next cycle is charged.
• ✕ Asking first-line support for a refund the day after an annual auto-renewal and accepting the first 'no', Public forum reports describe support declining refunds for forgotten trials and annual renewals; the account-review route (and a card dispute) is what moves these, not a second support ticket.
• ✕ Assuming cancellation takes effect immediately, LinkedIn says members currently have the option to schedule cancellation for the next billing date, an immediate stop requires contacting support.

Cancelled LinkedIn but still being charged?

Three common reasons, in order of likelihood:

• The cancellation didn’t actually complete. If you never received a written confirmation from LinkedIn, treat it as not cancelled. Email linkedin_support@cs.linkedin.com referencing your original request date and ask for written confirmation plus a refund of any charge taken since.
• You cancelled in the wrong place. Subscriptions started through the App Store or Google Play bill through Apple or Google, cancelling on LinkedIn’s site doesn’t touch them. Check Settings → Subscriptions on iPhone, or Play Store → Payments & subscriptions on Android.
• Billing lag. A charge that was already in flight when you cancelled can still land a few days later. One trailing charge can be normal; two is not.

If they keep charging after a confirmed cancellation, that’s chargeback territory: dispute the charge with your bank citing “subscription cancelled, merchant continued billing”. The yoink app also flags this automatically, it keeps watching your inbox after a confirmed cancellation and alerts you if LinkedIn charges again.

How LinkedIn will try to keep you

LinkedIn may respond with a retention offer, a discount, a free month, or a downgrade to a cheaper tier. Don't engage with the counteroffer. Restate that you want a full cancellation and cite the consumer law again if they push back.

• They’ll say: “Discount / cheaper-plan offer served mid-cancellation”

  You say: A user cancelling after a surprise annual charge reported being offered discounts during the cancel flow. Decline and finish the flow, accepting a discount restarts a paid term and resets your argument that you never intended to renew.

• They’ll say: “Loss-aversion framing, the final button is worded around losing InMail credits ('Cancel and lose credits')”

  You say: Unused InMail credits are forfeited, not refunded, whether you cancel today or at cycle end. Spend them before the cycle ends if you want them; don't let the wording buy LinkedIn another month.

• They’ll say: “Cancellation scheduled for the next billing date instead of now”

  You say: LinkedIn's own help page says immediate cancellation requires contacting support. Confirm in writing that auto-renewal is off and screenshot the confirmation, the 'I thought I cancelled' dispute is the single most common LinkedIn billing complaint.

• They’ll say: “'Payments are non-refundable' stated at the top of the refund page”

  You say: The same page links to an account review for refund exceptions. Submit the review, state the charge date, that no Premium features were used post-renewal, and that you want the charge reversed, the blanket wording is a deterrent, not the final answer.

• They’ll say: “No human channel, AI help assistant, chat gated to Premium members, no phone or support email”

  You say: Open a support case while you still have Premium (chat access dies with the subscription), keep the case number, and reply to the case thread by email so there's a dated record. If the case stalls, escalate to the published executive-relations contacts and, in parallel, raise a chargeback with your card issuer.

• They’ll say: “Free-trial auto-conversion with the renewal price buried behind a 'see all Premium features' link”

  You say: Users report never being told a one-month trial converts to an annual charge. If the renewal price and date weren't clearly disclosed before you consented, say so explicitly in your refund request, unclear pre-contract pricing is the strongest ground you have.

Your rights when cancelling

The law where you live is the strongest hook, lead with it when you contact the company.

Delete your LinkedIn account (not just cancel)

Cancelling stops the billing; deleting removes your account and personal data. Do them in that order, deleting an account with an active subscription can leave the billing running with no way to log in and stop it.

If there’s no delete option in LinkedIn’s account settings, email linkedin_support@cs.linkedin.com with the subject Account deletion request, [your account email] and ask for your account and personal data to be erased under state privacy laws such as the CCPA. They’re typically required to act on it, most companies complete erasure within about 30 days, and you should ask for written confirmation when it’s done.

Common questions about cancelling LinkedIn

Money-back questions (windows, pro-rata, chargebacks) are covered in the LinkedIn refund guide. Need a human for something else entirely? The LinkedIn contact guide lists every channel that actually answers.

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