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How to Cancel Trello Subscription: Official Steps
Learn how to cancel a Trello Premium or Standard Workspace subscription from the web, what happens when it downgrades to free, and how refunds and data work.
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Web cancellation
Cancel Trello through Web
1Open the Workspace
In a supported desktop browser, go to trello.com and sign in. Click the Trello logo to open your home page, then use the left sidebar to select the specific Workspace whose paid plan you want to cancel. Remember that each Workspace has its own subscription, and only that Workspace’s admin will later see Billing and cancellation controls.
2Open Billing
With the Workspace selected, look in the left sidebar (or Workspace menu) and choose Settings if needed, then select Billing. This opens the Workspace’s billing page, where admins can view payments and manage the subscription. The billing page is only available via the web interface and only when the Workspace has payment information on file.
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3Use the cancellation link
Scroll to the bottom of the Billing page. If your Workspace uses Trello’s legacy billing, you’ll see a Cancel option; select it to start cancellation. If your Workspace uses centralized billing, you’ll see a Change plan button instead—select Change plan, review the plan options, and choose the Free plan to schedule a downgrade. Both flows are accessed from the same Billing area.
4Review the free-plan downgrade and confirm
After you choose Cancel or the Free plan, Trello schedules your Workspace to downgrade at the end of the current billing period; until then, your paid Standard or Premium features remain available. When the downgrade happens, only the 10 most active boards stay open while other boards are closed (not deleted), collaborators may be limited on free boards, and data from paid features is hidden but not removed. Export or move any boards and data you need before the downgrade date, then verify on the Billing page that the Workspace is set to move to the free plan.
Refund policy
Trello refunds for Workspace upgrades
Trello’s billing guide mentions a limited refund right for recent Workspace upgrades. Refunds are not described as automatic and are tied to a short window after the upgrade date, with more specific terms provided in Atlassian’s separate refunds information.
Check my refund options- 30‑day refund window for upgrades
- Trello states that refunds are available within the first 30 days of upgrading a Workspace to a paid plan. This statement appears in the billing article covering how Premium and Standard billing works; it does not extend to older charges or long‑running subscriptions.
- Scope of the refund policy
- The refund note is specifically worded around upgrading a Workspace, and Trello then links to Atlassian’s general refunds information for details. The Trello article does not spell out how refunds apply to renewals, seat increases, or regional consumer‑law exceptions, so those scenarios are not covered here.
- Requesting a refund or help with charges
- If you believe you qualify for a refund or see unexpected charges, Trello directs customers to use Atlassian’s billing support channels, including a billing contact form referenced from the change‑or‑cancel guide and from guidance on cancelling free trials. Billing support can review eligibility case‑by‑case.
For the latest and most detailed refund eligibility rules, review the refund section and linked Atlassian refunds information in Trello’s “How billing works with Trello Premium and Standard” article before you rely on a refund. Review Trello billing and refund terms
Billing model
How Trello plans map to Workspaces
Understanding how Trello ties subscriptions to Workspaces helps you cancel the right thing and avoid unexpected charges.
Subscriptions are per Workspace
Upgrading a Workspace enables paid features only for boards in that Workspace. Upgrading or cancelling one Workspace has no effect on other Workspaces, even in the same account, so always open the exact Workspace whose billing you want to change.
Who counts as billable
On Standard and Premium Workspaces, all Workspace members and multi‑board guests are billable. Single‑board guests, virtual users, and deactivated members are not billed, which means changing how people are added to boards can affect subscription cost without cancelling the plan.
Seats and reassigning users
When you remove someone from a paid Workspace or reduce a multi‑board guest to a single‑board guest, their paid seat becomes available to reuse. You can assign the open seat to another person at no extra charge for the remainder of the current billing period.
Enterprise plans handled separately
If your organization uses Trello Enterprise, changes to the Enterprise plan itself are not made from the Workspace Billing page. Trello instructs Enterprise customers to contact their assigned advocate or raise a ticket with Trello Support to change Enterprise billing.
After cancellation
What changes when a Workspace downgrades to free
Cancelling a Trello Workspace plan schedules a downgrade rather than instantly disabling access.
End of term behaviour
When you cancel or switch to the Free plan, your Standard or Premium Workspace keeps all paid features until the end of its current billing period. At that point the paid subscription ends and the Workspace becomes a free Workspace automatically—there’s no partial‑period shutdown.
Board availability and the 10‑board rule
After downgrade, Trello keeps the 10 most active boards in the Workspace open; all other Workspace boards are closed but not deleted. Closed boards can be moved to another Workspace or reopened later if you still have admin rights on them.
Collaborator limits on free Workspaces
Free Workspaces have collaborator limits. When you downgrade, boards in that Workspace can become view‑only until the number of collaborators falls below Trello’s free‑plan limit, which is referenced from the collaborator‑limit documentation. Reducing members and guests restores edit access.
Paid feature data is hidden, not erased
When a Workspace downgrades to free, data from paid features (such as advanced views or fields) is hidden rather than deleted. Trello recommends exporting any data you’ll need before downgrading, or re‑upgrading later if you need to see that paid‑feature data again.
Billing systems
Legacy vs centralized Trello billing paths
Trello distinguishes between its legacy billing system and Atlassian’s centralized billing, which slightly changes how cancellation appears in the interface.
Recognizing centralized billing
Each cancellation article begins by noting that if the steps don’t match your experience, your Workspace is using the other billing system. Centralized billing Workspaces are also referenced as being managed from admin.atlassian.com/billing, even though you still enter cancellation from the Workspace Billing page in Trello.
Legacy billing cancellation
With legacy billing, the Workspace Billing page shows a Cancel option at the bottom. Selecting Cancel schedules your Standard or Premium Workspace plan to end at the close of the current billing period, when the Workspace automatically becomes free.
Centralized billing cancellation
With centralized billing, the Billing page lists a Change plan button. You open Change plan, choose the Free plan, and confirm. Trello states that the Workspace will be cancelled at the end of the current billing period and become a free Workspace, similar to the legacy flow.
Finding billing via Atlassian Admin
For centralized billing, Trello notes you can also find a Workspace’s billing from admin.atlassian.com/billing. That Atlassian Admin billing hub is where organization billing administrators manage Trello alongside other Atlassian cloud products, although Workspace‑level cancellation still begins from the Trello Billing page.
Who can cancel
Roles and permissions that affect cancellation
Trello limits who can see billing and cancellation controls, especially in larger or centrally billed organizations.
Workspace admins are required
Both legacy and centralized billing guides specify that you must be a Workspace administrator to change or cancel a Trello Standard or Premium Workspace plan. Non‑admins won’t see the relevant Billing or plan‑change controls and must ask an admin to perform the cancellation.
Workspace admin vs billing admin
Under centralized billing, Trello explains that the Workspace administrator role is separate from the billing administrator role, and not all Workspace admins are billing admins. If you can open the Workspace but not adjust plans, your organization’s Atlassian billing admin may control plan changes.
Guests and mobile limitations
Only Workspace admins can increase subscription usage by adding someone as a multi‑board guest to a second board, and Trello explicitly blocks mobile actions that would turn a single‑board guest into a paid multi‑board guest. These rules help keep billing changes under admin control.
Reducing users instead of cancelling
Admins can often reduce costs without cancelling by converting multi‑board guests into single‑board guests or removing members. Trello notes that single‑board guests are free and that when a multi‑board guest becomes a single‑board guest, the paid seat opens for reuse or stops being billed at renewal.
Other options
Alternatives to cancelling your Trello subscription
Before cancelling, Trello provides ways to change plan level, billing period, or user configuration to better fit your budget.
Change between Premium and Standard
You can move a Workspace from Premium to Standard or vice versa from the Billing page’s plan options. Moving from Premium to Standard takes effect at the end of the current billing period, while moving from Standard to Premium upgrades immediately and charges a pro‑rated amount.
Switch billing period
Trello allows you to switch between monthly and annual billing for Workspace subscriptions. Switching to annual from monthly charges a pro‑rated amount and extends your subscription; switching to monthly requires cancelling the current annual plan and then re‑subscribing on monthly after the Workspace downgrades to free.
Trim billable members and guests
Because billing is per billable user, admins can lower future invoices by reducing billable members or converting multi‑board guests to single‑board guests instead of cancelling outright. Seats freed this way can be reused without extra cost until the subscription renews.
Keep using Trello on the free plan
If you just want to stop paying but keep your Workspace, cancelling or switching to the Free plan lets you keep your boards and most core features within free limits. You can later upgrade the same Workspace again if your team needs Premium or Standard capabilities back.
Not the same as cancel
Account deletion, Workspace deletion, and billing
Trello clearly separates deleting accounts or Workspaces from cancelling paid subscriptions.
Deleting your Atlassian/Trello account
Deleting your Trello profile (via deleting your Atlassian account) removes you from boards and can delete boards where you were the last member, but does not normally cancel a multi‑member Standard or Premium Workspace. Only when you are the only member of that Workspace will your deletion also cancel its subscription.
Deleting a Workspace
Workspace deletion is performed from Workspace settings and is only available after any active Standard or Premium subscription for that Workspace has been cancelled. Deleting the Workspace permanently closes it, but its boards are closed—not deleted—and can be reopened and moved into another Workspace later.
When to cancel vs delete
If you want to stop paying but keep access to boards and history, cancel or downgrade the Workspace plan and keep the Workspace itself. Consider deleting the Workspace only when you’ve already cancelled its subscription, moved or exported boards you need, and no longer want the Workspace container.
Boards and data
Data, boards, and exports around cancellation
Trello’s guides explain what happens to content and user data when you cancel, downgrade, or delete.
Board status after downgrade or deletion
Downgrading a paid Workspace to free keeps the 10 most active Workspace boards open and closes the rest; deleting a Workspace closes all its boards. In both cases, boards are closed rather than deleted and can be reopened later and assigned to another Workspace if you still have admin rights.
Exporting before you cancel
Trello recommends exporting Workspace data before downgrading from Standard or Premium, since some paid‑feature data becomes hidden on the free plan. Workspace admins of Premium Workspaces can run exports from the Workspace’s export page in the Workspace overview.
Personal data on account deletion
When you delete your account, Trello deletes your personal data (such as name, email, and location) from its systems but does not automatically remove personal data you or others typed into card content. Trello may also retain certain billing and legal records where it has a legitimate business or legal reason.
Where to manage
Using apps vs the web to manage your plan
Trello’s documentation distinguishes between the capabilities of its web app and its mobile/desktop apps for subscription management and billing‑related actions.
Subscription changes are web‑only
Trello explicitly states that change or cancellation of a Workspace plan must be done from the web version of Trello, and that the desktop and mobile apps do not currently support subscription management. If you don’t see Billing or plan options in an app, switch to a supported browser.
Billing page only in web Workspace overview
The Workspace overview article notes that the Billing page—where admins manage payment details and see previous invoices—is only accessible for admins via a web browser. This is the same Billing page you use to cancel or downgrade a Workspace plan.
Mobile limits on creating billable guests
Trello’s multi‑board guest documentation explains that mobile clients block actions that would turn a single‑board guest into a multi‑board guest on paid Workspaces, helping prevent accidental billing changes from phones. Creating or managing billable multi‑board guests should be done from the web app instead.
Trello cancellation FAQ
Provider-specific answers based on official sources checked August 10, 2026. Signed-in terms, region, billing owner, and applicable law still control.
Can I cancel my Trello subscription immediately, or only at renewal?
What happens to my Trello boards and collaborators after I downgrade to free?
Does deleting my Trello or Atlassian account cancel my paid Workspace?
Can I manage or cancel my Trello subscription from the mobile or desktop apps?
How do refunds work for Trello Standard or Premium Workspace upgrades?
How do free trials on Trello Workspaces end if I don’t want Premium?
What if I don’t see a Billing tab or Cancel option in my Trello Workspace?
How do multi-board guests and seats behave after I cancel or downgrade?
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