How to Cancel Grammarly Premium (2026)
Cancel from account.grammarly.com under Subscription. Uninstalling the browser extension does not cancel anything, and annual plans renew silently.
⚠️ Check this before you cancel
Grammarly's discounted pricing is quoted per month but charged as one annual lump sum, and it auto-renews at the same lump sum a year later. People who signed up on a promotion routinely discover this only when the second year's charge lands. Cancel before the renewal date, not after.
Step-by-Step: Cancelling Grammarly Premium
Find the route that matches where you bought the subscription. Cancelling on the wrong one leaves the charge running.
Web (account.grammarly.com)
Billed by Grammarly- 1
Sign in at account.grammarly.com
Go straight to the account site rather than the editor — the billing controls are not in the writing interface.
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Open the Subscription tab
It shows your plan, the renewal date, and the amount you will next be charged. Note the renewal date before you do anything else.
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Click Cancel Subscription and work through the retention screens
You will be offered a discount and then a pause. Neither is a cancellation. Keep clicking through until the page confirms the plan will not renew.
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Verify the confirmation email arrived
If no email lands within a few minutes, the cancellation did not complete. Repeat the flow.
Apple App Store (iPhone / iPad)
Billed by Apple- 1
Open iPhone Settings, not the app
Tap your name at the top of Settings, then Subscriptions. Cancelling inside the app itself does nothing to an App Store subscription — this is the single most common reason people keep getting charged after they thought they had cancelled.
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Select the subscription and tap Cancel Subscription
If you do not see it listed, you are signed into a different Apple Account than the one that bought it. Check the receipt email for the Apple Account it was billed to.
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Confirm the end date shown on screen
Apple keeps access live until the end of the paid period and stops renewing after that. Screenshot the confirmation.
What Happens to Your Data and Output
- ›You drop to Grammarly Free, which keeps basic spelling and grammar checks in the extension and editor.
- ›Advanced suggestions, tone rewrites, plagiarism detection, and the generative writing features stop at the end of the paid period.
- ›Documents stored in the Grammarly editor stay accessible on the free tier.
- ›The browser extension and desktop app keep working — you do not need to uninstall anything.
Can You Get a Refund?
Grammarly's published policy is a refund within a limited window after a charge for subscribers who have not substantially used the service in that period, handled case-by-case by support. Annual renewals caught quickly are the usual successful case. Requests go through support.grammarly.com; App Store purchases must go to Apple instead.
Cheaper Places to Go Instead of Grammarly Premium
Most people cancelling still need the job done. These cover the same ground for less, or for nothing.
LanguageTool
Free tier covers grammar and style in 20+ languages, and it can be self-hosted.
QuillBot
Free paraphrasing and a grammar checker; the free tier is more usable than Grammarly's.
See the full profile →Any general assistant
Claude or ChatGPT on a free tier will edit a document as well as a dedicated checker, just without the inline extension.
See the full profile →Frequently Asked Questions
Does uninstalling the Grammarly extension cancel my subscription?
No. Billing is tied to your account, not to whether the software is installed. You have to cancel at account.grammarly.com → Subscription, or through Apple if you subscribed on an iPhone or iPad.
I was charged for a full year without warning — can I get that back?
Often yes, if you act fast. Grammarly's refund policy covers charges where the subscriber has not meaningfully used the service in the new period, decided case-by-case. Contact support.grammarly.com the day you notice. If Apple billed you, use reportaproblem.apple.com.
What do I keep on the free plan?
Core spelling, grammar, and punctuation checking across the browser extension, desktop app, and web editor. You lose tone rewriting, full-sentence rewrites, plagiarism checking, and the generative features.
Can I pause instead of cancelling?
Grammarly offers a pause during the cancellation flow. It is genuine, but it is not a cancellation — billing resumes automatically when the pause ends, so set a reminder if you take it.
Is there a free tool that does the same job?
LanguageTool's free tier is the closest like-for-like, including a browser extension, and it can be self-hosted if you would rather your text never left your machine.
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