How to cancel iOS subscriptions that charge your card

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Information about subscriptions in iOS is buried so deep that many users have never even checked it. Nevertheless, it may turn out that some application debits a certain amount from your card every week.

During WWDC 2017, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that the company paid a total of $ 70 billion to app developers in a year. One of them, Johnny Lin, wondered where such a huge amount came from.

This huge leap surprised me because I didn't see my friends and I spend more money on apps in the past year. Where does this income come from? I opened the App Store to browse the top grossing apps.

Johnny Lin mobile developer

Lin took a look at the most lucrative programs in the digital store and found a few that were quite suspicious. They included a subscription that users unknowingly signed up when they installed the app. For example, one VPN charged about $ 125 per week per person.

This is why it is very helpful to periodically check your subscriptions.

How to check subscriptions

To find out which apps are sucking money from your card, first go to your iPhone or iPad settings. In the "iTunes Store and App Store" tab, find the Apple ID button, click on it and select "View Apple ID".

At the bottom of the account settings page is the Subscriptions section. Here you can find information about all active subscriptions and when they end and renew.

Click on a specific subscription to change its duration or cancel altogether. You will be able to enjoy all the benefits until it expires.

You can manage your subscriptions from Mac too. Sign in to iTunes and select "View My Account" from the "Account" tab located in the menu bar. The account information page will open. If you click on the "Account" button on the main page of the Mac App Store, the same page will open.

This is where you can make adjustments to payments and subscriptions. If you are the organizer of a family subscription, you will not be able to manage other people's subscriptions. This can only be done by account holders.