How to Cancel Runway (Standard / Pro / Unlimited) (2026)
Cancel from the web workspace before the renewal date. The thing to get right first is credits: your monthly plan credits are forfeited at reset, while separately purchased credits stay on the account.
⚠️ Check this before you cancel
Runway runs two kinds of credit and they behave in opposite ways. Monthly plan credits do not roll over — Runway resets them within 24 hours of your billing date and the unused balance from the previous cycle is forfeited. Credits you bought separately never expire and survive cancellation. So the costly mistake is cancelling mid-cycle with a large plan-credit balance you have already paid for, or assuming the credits you can still see after cancelling will render without a watermark: on the free tier they will not.
Step-by-Step: Cancelling Runway (Standard / Pro / Unlimited)
Find the route that matches where you bought the subscription. Cancelling on the wrong one leaves the charge running.
Web (runwayml.com)
Billed by Runway- 1
Spend the plan credits you have already paid for first
Monthly plan credits reset each cycle and do not carry over. If you are three days from renewal with 500 credits left, generating first and cancelling second costs nothing extra and is the difference between using and forfeiting them.
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Open your workspace settings, then Subscription or Billing
Click your profile in the top corner and go to the workspace whose plan is being billed. Seats are per-user, so on a team plan the workspace admin holds the cancel control, not each member.
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Cancel the plan and confirm the end-of-cycle date
Runway keeps the paid tier live until the end of the current billing period, then moves the workspace to Free. Screenshot the confirmation and check the date matches your renewal date.
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
- ›Every asset and generation you already made stays in the workspace and stays downloadable — export the finals you care about anyway, since bulk downloads are easier while you still have the paid UI.
- ›Monthly plan credits stop being issued and any remaining plan balance from the cycle is forfeited at the reset.
- ›Credits you purchased separately remain on the account and never expire — but your tier decides what they can do: generations on the Free tier carry watermarks regardless of when the credits were bought.
- ›Higher-resolution and longer-duration generation options revert to free-tier limits, which is the practical ceiling most people notice.
- ›On a team plan, cancelling removes paid seats for everyone in the workspace, not just you.
Can You Get a Refund?
Runway bills in advance for the cycle and cancellation takes effect at the end of the period rather than immediately, so there is no automatic pro-rata refund for the unused remainder — which is exactly why spending your plan credits before cancelling matters. Annual plans caught after renewal are a support conversation, not a self-serve refund. A subscription bought through the App Store is billed by Apple and any refund goes through reportaproblem.apple.com under Apple's policy.
Cheaper Places to Go Instead of Runway (Standard / Pro / Unlimited)
Most people cancelling still need the job done. These cover the same ground for less, or for nothing.
Kling AI
The strongest like-for-like on motion quality, with a daily free credit allowance rather than a trial.
See the full profile →Luma AI
Free tier is generous enough for testing shots, and the Dream Machine output holds up for social-length clips.
See the full profile →Pika
Cheaper entry point for short generative clips if Runway's per-seat pricing was the problem rather than the output.
See the full profile →Runway free tier
Worth keeping rather than deleting: purchased credits stay on the account, so the workspace remains useful for occasional watermarked drafts.
See the full profile →Frequently Asked Questions
Do I lose my Runway credits if I cancel?
It depends which kind. Monthly plan credits do not roll over — Runway resets them within 24 hours of your billing date and the previous cycle's unused balance is forfeited, so cancelling with a big plan balance wastes it. Credits you purchased separately never expire and stay on the account after cancelling. Spend plan credits before you cancel.
Will my Runway videos and projects be deleted?
No. Generations and assets stay in the workspace and remain downloadable after the plan drops to Free. What changes is new output: free-tier generations carry watermarks and are limited in resolution and length, even when they are paid for with purchased credits.
Can I get a refund for the rest of my Runway billing cycle?
Not as a self-serve action. Runway bills the cycle in advance and cancellation takes effect at the end of the period, so the remainder is not automatically refunded — you keep access instead. If the charge was an unwanted annual renewal, contact Runway support directly; if it was billed through the App Store, file with Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
I am on a team plan and I cannot find the cancel button — why?
Because Runway prices per seat inside a workspace and only the workspace owner or admin sees the subscription controls. If a colleague set the workspace up, they have to cancel it. Removing yourself from the workspace does not stop their charge.
Is downgrading better than cancelling Runway outright?
Often, yes. Dropping from Pro to Standard keeps watermark-free generation and a smaller monthly credit allowance at a much lower price, which suits people whose usage is occasional rather than zero. Cancel outright only if you have somewhere else to generate.
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