Why can't I cancel any items in my order?

Urban Outfitters starts preparing orders to ship **shortly after they're placed**. Once that starts, the **Cancel Items** button disappears from your Order Details page, and support can't override it. Phone and chat agents give the same answer. Your option is to **return the items after delivery**: by mail (a $5 restocking fee comes off most mailed returns) or free at a UO store in the US or Canada. Returns within 30 days of delivery are refunded to your original payment method.

How do I cancel backordered items?

You can cancel backordered items **as long as they haven't started preparing to ship**. Open your **Order Details** page. If cancellation is still possible, a **Cancel Items** button will appear next to the backordered pieces. Click it, go through the cancellation steps, and you'll get a confirmation email. You won't be charged for the cancelled items, and any pending authorisation should drop off within **1 to 3 business days**. If the button isn't there, the item has already started moving, so you'd return it after delivery instead.

What's Urban Outfitters' Return Policy After 30 Days?

After 30 days from the **delivery date**, Urban Outfitters still accepts returns, but you get an **emailed e-merchandise credit** instead of money back on your card. After **one year**, UO won't accept returns or exchanges at all. Final-sale items (prices ending in $.95, sale-on-sale purchases, made-to-order furniture) can never be returned. If the item is faulty, say so clearly, because defects are handled differently from change-of-mind returns. UK and EU shoppers also have statutory rights on faulty goods.

Does Urban Outfitters Have Free Returns?

**Only in store.** For US and Canada online orders, a **$5 restocking fee** comes off most mailed returns. If you take the items, plus the packing slip or order confirmation email, to any UO store in the US or Canada, the return is **free**. UO MRKT marketplace items can't go to UO stores; they go back to the seller. In the UK, UO sends a **free returns label for faulty, damaged or incorrect items**. If you're cancelling under your 14-day right for a non-faulty item, you pay the return postage.

How Long Do Urban Outfitters' Refunds Take?

For **mailed returns**, third-party guides report that UO takes about **two weeks** to process a return once it arrives. The refund then takes another **1 to 3 business days** to reach your original payment method, and UO emails you when it's done. **In-store returns** usually show up within 1 to 3 business days. For **cancelled orders** (cancelled before shipping), you're never actually charged; the pending charge just drops off in **1 to 3 business days**. If it's been much longer, contact service@urbanoutfitters.com with your order number and return tracking.

Can You Return Sale Items at Urban Outfitters?

**Regular sale items: yes. Final-sale items: no.** UO's policy says some items are final sale and **can't be returned or exchanged**. That covers made-to-order furniture, items bought with an extra **sale-on-sale** discount, and further-reduced items with prices **ending in $.95**. Check the product page and your order confirmation before buying during big promotions, because these items are often final sale. Ordinary sale items follow the standard 30-day policy: a refund within 30 days of delivery, store credit after that.

What if my order has shipped, but not arrived yet?

Once an order has shipped, you can't cancel it, but you're not stuck. Urban Outfitters says **all product-related issues, such as missing or damaged items or packages, must be reported within 30 days of the shipping date**. So don't wait: contact UO Chat, call (800) 282-2200, or email service@urbanoutfitters.com (UK: customerservice@urbanoutfitters.co.uk) with your order number and tracking details. If the parcel arrives and you don't want it, return it within 30 days of delivery for a refund to your original payment method.

Is there a cancellation fee to cancel an Urban Outfitters order?

**No.** Cancelling through the **Cancel Items** button is free: UO says you won't be charged for cancelled merchandise, and pending charges clear in 1 to 3 business days. The only fee to watch for comes **after shipping**: a **$5 restocking fee** on most mailed returns of US/Canada online orders. You avoid it by returning at a UO store. Furniture returns may carry their own restocking fee, and you won't get the original shipping costs back.

REFUND GUIDE

How to Get an Urban Outfitters Refund in Full.

Inside 30 days their own policy is on your side; statutory cooling-off rights may stack on top. Outside it, you've still got tools, a clear email, a card-issuer chargeback, the lot. Here's the playbook for Urban Outfitters.

Last verified 8 days ago against Urban Outfitters’s own Terms · UK, US, and EU rights covered below

The short answer

Urban Outfitters has no paid subscription, so this policy covers one-off merchandise orders only. ONLINE ORDERS (US/Canada): if you return items within 30 days of delivery, you get your money back on your original payment method. A $5 restocking fee comes off most mailed returns, but returns at a UO store are free. After 30 days you only get an emailed e-merchandise credit, and after one year no returns are accepted. Final-sale items (prices ending in $.95, extra-discount 'sale-on-sale' items, made-to-order furniture) and UO MRKT marketplace items (which go back to the seller) can't be returned to UO. CANCELLED ORDERS: you aren't charged for cancelled items, and pending charges clear in 1 to 3 business days. UK/EU ORDERS: you have a 14-day legal right to cancel the contract, plus a 30-days-from-delivery returns window. UK faulty items get a free returns label.

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What Urban Outfitters actually says

“Returns made within 30 days of the order delivery date will be issued a refund to the original form of payment. A restocking fee will be deducted from your refund for most mailed returns. Some items are final sale and cannot be returned or exchanged.”
, verbatim from Urban Outfitters’s terms

30-day cancellation windowPro-rata refund: noStatutory cooling-off: 14 days in UK + EU on new subs

How long does a Urban Outfitters refund take?

Most merchants agree to a straightforward refund within 1 to 3 working days of a well-written email request. Once agreed, the money itself takes another 3 to 5 working days to land, that part is card-network processing and no merchant can skip it. If nothing has arrived 10 working days after a written “refund approved”, reply on the same thread asking for the ARN (acquirer reference number), which your bank can trace.

Note Urban Outfitters’s own policy works on a 30-day window, ask inside it and the request is routine; outside it you’re relying on goodwill or statutory rights.

What you can claim

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

United States

Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA)
Dispute any credit-card charge in writing within 60 days.
For US credit-card payments, the FCBA gives you 60 days from the statement date to dispute a Urban Outfitters charge in writing. Your card issuer is required to investigate and may withhold the disputed amount during the process.

Worldwide

Card-issuer chargeback
Visa/Mastercard chargeback works everywhere they do.
Open a chargeback for “subscription not cancelled” or “services not as described”, your bank initiates, Urban Outfitters has ~45 days to defend. Works regardless of where Urban Outfitters is headquartered.
PayPal Buyer Protection
If you paid via PayPal, open a dispute.
PayPal’s Buyer Protection covers “item not as described”, applies to services that didn’t deliver. Resolution typically within 20 days.

Rights in other regions (United Kingdom, European Union)

United Kingdom

Section 75, Consumer Credit Act
Credit card issuer is jointly liable. £100-£30,000.
For UK credit-card charges between £100 and £30,000, your card issuer is jointly liable with Urban Outfitters for any breach. Call your bank, say “Section 75 claim”, send evidence. Usually resolved in 2-4 weeks.
Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013
Full refund within the 14-day window.
Inside 14 days of starting any Urban Outfitters subscription, you’re entitled to a full refund of any payment taken, no questions, no policy override.
Citizens Advice + Trading Standards
For repeated bad-faith refusals.
Free escalation lane: file with Citizens Advice (08082231133), they pass it to Trading Standards. Slow (8-12 weeks) but creates a paper trail Urban Outfitters can’t ignore.

European Union

Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU
14-day withdrawal across all EU member states.
EU-wide statutory right to withdraw and recover any payment within 14 days of subscription start. Mirrored in local law in every EU country.
ECC-Net cross-border escalation
EU Consumer Centre network mediates against EU sellers.
If Urban Outfitters is based in another EU country, your local European Consumer Centre will mediate the dispute for free. List of national contacts at commission.europa.eu.

The 4-step refund email

Email the right address
Use service@urbanoutfitters.com, the route yoink has verified actually gets read for Urban Outfitters.
Use a clear subject line
Subject: Refund Request, [your account email]

Send this body

Hi Urban Outfitters team,

I'm requesting a refund of the recent charge on my subscription, account [your account email].

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 refund will be processed to my original payment method.

Best,
[your name]

Wait 7-14 days, then escalate
If you haven’t heard back in 14 days, escalate via the regional route above, a card-issuer chargeback works in every market.

Refund FAQ for Urban Outfitters

You can cancel, but only for a **short window** after checkout. You **can't change** an order at all, including the shipping address. Go to your **Order Details** page. If UO can still cancel, you'll see a **Cancel Items** button: click it, and you'll get a confirmation email. You aren't charged for cancelled items, and pending charges clear in **1 to 3 business days**. If there's no button, UO has already started preparing the order, so you'll need to return it once it arrives (within 30 days of delivery for a refund).