How To Cancel Garmin Subscription | End Billing Cleanly

You can stop a Garmin plan by switching off auto-renew where you bought it, then saving the cancellation email and checking your next statement.

Garmin subscriptions show up in a few places: your Garmin account, Apple’s App Store, Google Play, PayPal, or a card on file. The clean cancel is the one that matches where billing started.

Below, you’ll learn how to identify the billing source in under a minute, cancel on the right screen the first time, and handle the common “I canceled, yet I got billed” scenario without a headache.

What You’re Canceling And What Stays Working

A Garmin subscription is a paid plan tied to your Garmin account or a mobile store account. It may give you extra training features, extended insights, extra map access, or other add-ons, depending on the product.

Canceling usually changes just two things:

• Billing stops after the current paid period. Access often continues until the end of that period.
• Paid features stop at the end date. Your watch, bike computer, or app still tracks activities.

Your activity history, routes, and basic device syncing normally stay in place because they’re tied to your account, not the subscription.

Know Your Renewal Clock Before You Tap Cancel

Most Garmin plans renew on a schedule you agreed to at purchase, often monthly or yearly. Trials renew too. If you’re canceling to avoid a charge, timing is the whole game.

• Trials: Many stores require you to cancel at least a day before the trial ends to prevent the first paid renewal.
• Annual plans: You may see a single large renewal once per year. Set a reminder a week before that date, so you have room to act.
• Monthly plans: These can feel like “small” charges until they stack up. Canceling now still keeps access through the paid month in most cases.

If you’re close to renewal, cancel first, then take screenshots. You can sort out refunds after, but you can’t undo a renewal that already ran.

Find Where The Charge Comes From Before You Cancel

If you cancel in the wrong place, auto-renew can keep running. Spend one minute finding the billing source first.

Check Your Latest Receipt Or Bank Line Item

• If the receipt says Apple, the subscription is managed under your Apple ID.
• If it says Google Play, it’s managed in Google Play Subscriptions.
• If it shows PayPal, there may be a recurring payment authorization to turn off.
• If it shows Garmin or a Garmin merchant descriptor, it’s often managed on Garmin’s site.

Two Traps That Cause Repeat Billing

• Multiple accounts: You might have one Garmin account and a different Apple ID or Google account doing the billing.
• Stored authorizations: PayPal and some cards can keep a “permission to bill” that survives an in-app cancel.

Check Inside Garmin, Too

Even when billing runs through a store, Garmin may still show the plan inside your account as active until the period ends. That screen is still useful for seeing the end date and the plan name.

How To Cancel Garmin Subscription From Your Garmin Account

If you bought the plan on Garmin’s site, cancel it there. A desktop browser can be easier if your phone view hides account menus.

Steps On A Computer Browser

1. Sign in to your Garmin account.
2. Open your subscriptions page.
3. Select the active plan.
4. Turn off auto-renew or choose the cancel option shown for your plan.
5. Save the confirmation screen and the email receipt.

Garmin places subscription controls on its Garmin Account Subscriptions Page.

What To Do If You Don’t See A Cancel Button

When a cancel button is missing, it’s usually one of these:

• You’re signed into a different Garmin account than the one that owns the plan.
• The plan was purchased through Apple or Google Play, so Garmin shows it but can’t cancel it.
• You’re viewing the site on a narrow screen and a menu is collapsed.

Try signing out and back in, then check the email address on the receipt. If the receipt is from Apple or Google Play, skip to the store sections below and cancel there.

Steps In Garmin Connect (Mobile App)

In Garmin Connect, the wording varies by plan, yet the flow is similar:

1. Open Garmin Connect.
2. Go to settings.
3. Find the subscription section.
4. Tap the plan, then follow the prompts to stop renewals.

If the app sends you to Apple or Google, that’s a clear sign the purchase was made through the store, so finish the cancel in that store account.

Cancel If You Subscribed Through Apple

If your receipt came from Apple, cancel under your Apple ID. Deleting the Garmin app will not stop billing.

Steps On iPhone Or iPad

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap your name at the top.
3. Tap Subscriptions.
4. Select the Garmin subscription.
5. Tap Cancel Subscription and follow the prompts.

If you’d rather cancel from a browser, Apple also lists subscriptions inside your signed-in account area on Apple Account Subscriptions.

Cancel If You Subscribed Through Google Play

Android subscriptions billed through Google Play must be canceled in Google Play. In many cases, canceling keeps access until the end of the paid term, then renewals stop.

Steps On Android

1. Open the Google Play Store.
2. Tap your profile icon.
3. Tap Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions.
4. Select the Garmin subscription.
5. Tap Cancel subscription, then follow the prompts.

Table: Where To Cancel Based On Where You Bought It

Where The Charge Comes From	Where To Cancel	Proof To Save
Garmin merchant receipt	Garmin account subscriptions page	Cancellation email + screenshot of end date
Apple receipt	Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions	Apple cancellation screen + email receipt
Google Play receipt	Play Store > Payments & subscriptions > Subscriptions	Google Play status page showing “Canceled”
PayPal recurring authorization	PayPal automatic payments	PayPal record of revoked authorization
Bank shows Garmin + product name	Start in Garmin account, then check store accounts	Bank line item + cancellation proof
Family purchase	Account that made the purchase	Receipt showing the purchaser
Trial started in-app	Store subscriptions page	Trial end date screenshot
Unknown descriptor	Search email for the receipt, then cancel at that source	Email receipt + statement screenshot

Cancel If You Paid With PayPal Or A Card That Stores A “Billing Agreement”

Some plans create an ongoing payment authorization. That can keep a renewal path alive even after you cancel inside an app. The fix is to revoke the authorization at the payment source.

PayPal

• Sign in to PayPal.
• Go to automatic payments or recurring payments.
• Find the Garmin agreement and cancel it.

Card On File

If you used a card directly, cancel inside Garmin first, then check your next statement. If a renewal still posts, use your cancellation email and the charge details when you reach Garmin billing through your account portal.

Canceling Your Garmin Subscription Without Losing Data

Two things matter here: your end date and your records. Do these right after you cancel.

Write Down The End Date

Look for an “expires on” date in your Garmin account, store subscription page, or cancellation email. Put that date in your calendar so you can check that billing ends when it should.

Export Anything You Can’t Replace

If you rely on a paid feature like training plans, export what you can while access is still live. In Garmin Connect, you can download activity files (GPX/FIT) per activity and keep them in your own storage. That gives you a personal backup even if you later close your account.

Remove Devices Only If You’re Selling Them

Canceling the subscription does not require unpairing your watch. Unpair only if you’re handing the device to someone else, then do a factory reset on the device itself.

After You Cancel: Check These Three Things

Most cancellation stress comes from not verifying the finish line. These checks keep you out of surprise renewals.

Check The Status Screen

Right after canceling, the page should show a state like “canceled” or “expires on.” If the screen still says “renews,” repeat the cancel flow until the status changes.

Watch For Two Emails

Many services send a confirmation message and a receipt message. Save both. If only one arrives, take a screenshot of the status screen as backup.

Verify The Next Billing Cycle

Set a reminder for one day after the next renewal date. Then check your card statement. If a charge appears, act fast while the transaction is fresh.

What To Do If You Were Charged After Canceling

Start with the place that processed the payment. Refund rules depend on the billing channel.

If The Charge Came From Apple Or Google Play

Open the subscription screen and confirm the plan is canceled. Then use the store’s refund path if you were billed in error.

If The Charge Came Directly From Garmin

Collect three items: the cancellation email, the charge date and amount, and the last four digits of the card used. Then reach Garmin billing through your account portal and ask for a review of the renewal.

If A PayPal Authorization Still Exists

Cancel the authorization inside PayPal, then contact the merchant with the PayPal transaction ID. That ID speeds up tracing the payment.

Table: Quick Fixes For Common Cancellation Snags

What You See	Likely Cause	What To Do Next
Cancel button missing	You’re signed into the wrong account	Switch to the account that has the receipt
Status says “active” after cancel	Access runs until period ends	Look for an “expires on” date and save it
Still billed after cancel	Auto-renew left on in store or PayPal	Cancel at the payment source, then keep proof
Can’t find receipt email	Different email address used	Search all inboxes for “Garmin” and the card digits
Plan vanished from the app	Signed into a different store account	Sign into the same Apple ID or Google account as before
Device features changed mid-cycle	Plan switch or account change	Check plan history in the billing portal

A Tight Checklist You Can Run In Five Minutes

• Find the latest receipt and note the billing source.
• Cancel in that exact place (Garmin, Apple, Google Play, PayPal).
• Save the confirmation email and a screenshot of the status page.
• Write down the end date and set a reminder for the day after.
• Check the next statement and act fast if a renewal posts.

Ways To Avoid Paying For A Plan You Don’t Want

Most unwanted renewals are preventable with two habits.

Turn Off Auto-Renew As Soon As You Start A Trial

Many people start a trial to test a feature, then forget. Turning off auto-renew on day one still lets the trial run to the end. It also removes the pressure of setting a last-minute reminder.

Keep One Folder For Receipts

Make an email folder called “Subscriptions.” Move Garmin receipts there. When you need to cancel, the receipt tells you the billing source, the plan name, and the renewal date.