Harvard Business Review Cancellation Help

You cancel Harvard Business Review by stopping auto-renew with the company that bills you. If you subscribed through the iOS app, use your iPhone’s Settings > your name > Subscriptions to cancel the Harvard Business Review entry. If you subscribed through the Android app, use Google Play’s Subscriptions screen to cancel. If you subscribed directly on hbr.org or via a magazine offer, contact HBR subscription customer service and ask them to stop auto-renew at the end of your current term.support.apple.com

To cancel an HBR subscription billed by Apple, you must use iOS subscription settings. On your iPhone, open Settings, tap your name, then tap Subscriptions. In the list of active subscriptions, select Harvard Business Review, tap Cancel Subscription, and confirm. Apple will keep your HBR access active until the end of the current paid period and then stop future renewals.support.apple.com

If your HBR subscription was bought in the HBR Mobile Android app, Google Play bills you and handles cancellation. On your Android device, open the Google Play Store, go to Subscriptions, select the Harvard Business Review subscription, tap Cancel subscription, and follow the prompts. Google Play will turn off auto-renew and usually keep your access active until the end of the current billing cycle.support.google.com

After you cancel, your Harvard Business Review subscription typically stays active until the end of the current paid term, after which subscriber-only access stops. Apple and Google explain that cancelled subscriptions remain available through the current billing period, then lapse. You’ll lose access to HBR magazine issues, archives, and subscriber exclusives, but your free HBR.org account, saved items, and email preferences remain.support.apple.com

You may or may not get a refund after cancelling, depending on who billed you and the timing. Apple allows some subscription refunds requested through its report-a-problem process, while Google Play offers limited refunds—often within about 48 hours—and otherwise refers you to the developer’s own policies. Harvard Business Review’s own pages don’t publish a detailed refund policy, so you must ask HBR customer service about any direct-billed refund.support.apple.com

To identify the billing owner, start with your receipts and subscription lists. If you see an Apple or “APPLE*” line item and Harvard Business Review appears in Settings > your name > Subscriptions, Apple bills you. If you see a Google Play order and HBR appears in Google Play’s Subscriptions, Google bills you. Otherwise, charges that name Harvard Business Review or a fulfillment partner are usually billed directly by HBR, so you cancel via its customer service.support.apple.com

Harvard Business Review does not advertise a pause feature for magazine or digital subscriptions on its public pages, so pausing HBR-billed plans may not be available. Google Play notes that some app subscriptions can be paused from the Subscriptions screen, but only if the developer enables it. If you prefer a pause instead of cancellation, check Google Play’s options for your HBR subscription or ask HBR customer service what they can offer.support.google.com

No, cancelling your Harvard Business Review subscription does not delete your HBR.org account. HBR distinguishes between free registered accounts and subscription accounts, and its navigation shows account features like My Library, Orders, and Email Preferences that remain available after login. After your paid term ends, you simply lose subscriber-only privileges such as full magazine and archive access, but you keep your login and basic profile.hbr.org

Whether an HBR subscription is worth it depends on how much you use its features. HBR highlights that subscribers get the print magazine, a rich archive of over 4,000 articles, subscriber-only newsletters, My Library, and exclusive visual resources and videos. If you frequently read management and strategy content, those benefits may justify the cost; if you rarely use them, keeping only a free registered account might make more sense.hbr.org

Harvard Business Review is a long-established management publication owned by Harvard Business Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School, and publishes peer-reviewed articles, case studies, and podcasts under that brand.hbr.org Its articles are widely cited in business and academic contexts, but like any publication, individual pieces reflect their authors’ views. For critical business decisions, you should treat HBR as a strong starting point and supplement it with additional research and professional advice.