How to Cancel Leonardo AI (Apprentice / Artisan / Maestro) (2026)
Cancel from Settings on the web app before renewal. The part people get wrong is the token economy: subscription tokens expire at the end of the cycle, so cancelling mid-month with a full balance throws away tokens you have already paid for.
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Leonardo issues tokens monthly and they do not roll over — the balance resets on your renewal date and whatever is unspent is gone. Cancelling does not accelerate that, but it does mean there is no next allocation, so the practical mistake is cancelling on day three of a cycle instead of day twenty-eight. The second trap is the annual plan: the discount is bought up front for twelve months, and cancelling stops renewal rather than releasing the remaining months. Also note that Leonardo's private-generation setting is a paid feature — drop to the free tier and new images are public by default again.
Step-by-Step: Cancelling Leonardo AI (Apprentice / Artisan / Maestro)
Find the route that matches where you bought the subscription. Cancelling on the wrong one leaves the charge running.
Web (app.leonardo.ai)
Billed by Leonardo Interactive, via Stripe- 1
Spend the tokens you have already paid for
Subscription tokens reset at the cycle boundary and do not carry over. If you are close to renewal with a large balance, generate and upscale the things you actually want before you touch the cancel button — after cancellation you are on the free daily allowance.
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Download the images you care about
Use the personal feed to bulk-download finals, including upscales and any Alchemy or Motion output. Assets remain visible after downgrade, but exporting while you still have the paid UI is faster than doing it later.
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Open your profile menu, then Settings, then the subscription section
Click your avatar in the top-right of app.leonardo.ai. The subscription panel shows the current tier and the renewal date; the cancel control lives there rather than in the API or team area.
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Cancel and confirm the end-of-period date on screen
Leonardo keeps the paid tier live until the end of the period you have already paid for, then moves the account to the free plan. Screenshot the confirmation and check the date matches the renewal date on your last invoice.
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.
Google Play (Android)
Billed by Google- 1
Open the Play Store and go to Payments & subscriptions
Tap your profile icon, then Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions. As with Apple, deleting the app does not cancel anything.
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Select the subscription and tap Cancel subscription
Google will ask for a reason; you can skip it. The subscription stays active until the current period ends.
What Happens to Your Data and Output
- ›Every image you have generated stays in your personal feed and stays downloadable — cancelling does not wipe your history.
- ›Subscription tokens stop being issued and the remaining balance expires at the cycle boundary; you fall back to the free daily fast-token allowance.
- ›Private generation is a paid feature, so new images created on the free tier are public in the community feed by default.
- ›Fine-tuned custom models you trained stay on the account, but training new ones costs tokens you no longer receive monthly.
- ›API keys tied to a paid tier stop working at the same moment the plan lapses — check any automation that calls Leonardo before the period ends.
Can You Get a Refund?
Leonardo bills the cycle in advance and cancellation takes effect at the end of that period rather than immediately, so there is no automatic pro-rata refund — you keep the paid tier for the remainder instead. Digital token allocations that have already been issued are generally treated as consumed, which makes annual renewals caught late a support conversation rather than a self-serve refund; contact Leonardo support with the invoice. If the subscription was bought inside the iOS or Android app, Leonardo cannot refund it at all: Apple handles it at reportaproblem.apple.com and Google through the Play refund form.
Cheaper Places to Go Instead of Leonardo AI (Apprentice / Artisan / Maestro)
Most people cancelling still need the job done. These cover the same ground for less, or for nothing.
Ideogram
The strongest free tier for anything with text in the image, which is where most Leonardo users hit a wall first.
See the full profile →Krea AI
Real-time generation and enhancement with a usable free allowance — closest in feel to Leonardo's canvas workflow.
See the full profile →Flux
If the output quality was the reason you paid, the open Flux models run cheaper through hosted providers and locally for free.
See the full profile →Leonardo free tier
Worth keeping rather than deleting: 150 fast tokens a day is a real allowance for occasional generation, and your feed and trained models stay put.
See the full profile →Frequently Asked Questions
Do I lose my Leonardo AI tokens when I cancel?
Effectively, yes. Subscription tokens are issued per cycle and do not roll over — the balance resets on your renewal date and unspent tokens expire. Cancelling does not refund them, so generate and upscale what you want before you cancel rather than after.
Will my Leonardo AI images be deleted after cancelling?
No. Your personal feed, generations and upscales stay on the account and remain downloadable on the free tier. Download the finals anyway — a local copy does not depend on an account staying open.
What happens to my fine-tuned custom models?
They stay on the account and remain usable within free-tier limits. What you lose is the ability to train new ones at any pace, because model training consumes tokens and the free daily allowance is much smaller than a subscription allocation.
Are my new images public if I drop to the free plan?
Yes. Private generation is a paid feature. Images you generated privately while subscribed stay private, but anything you create after the plan lapses appears in the community feed by default — worth knowing if you generate client work.
Can I get a refund on a Leonardo AI annual plan?
Not self-serve. Annual plans are billed up front and cancelling stops the renewal rather than releasing the unused months, so a late catch is a support conversation with the invoice attached. If Apple or Google took the payment, only they can refund it — reportaproblem.apple.com or the Google Play refund form.
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