Medium Cancellation Help

Yes. Medium states that you can cancel your membership at any time. When you do, your membership remains active until the end of the current billing period, and you can continue to use all membership benefits during that time. After that date, renewals stop and access to paid features ends.

If you subscribed through the Medium iOS app, cancel from your device’s Settings under your Apple ID Subscriptions list. If you subscribed via the Medium Android app, cancel in the Google Play Store under Payments & subscriptions then Subscriptions. Medium cannot cancel these store-billed memberships from its own Settings page.

No. Cancelling a membership only affects billing and access to Member Services, not your underlying account. Medium documents membership cancellation separately from account deactivation and deletion, which are handled in different Settings controls and follow the Privacy Policy’s rules on data removal and retention.

Medium does not describe a formal pause feature for memberships. Official options are to change your billing frequency or plan type where offered, or to cancel and later resubscribe. Help articles explain how to switch plans or payment methods, sometimes using a one-time gift membership as a non-recurring alternative.

Medium’s Membership Terms say that cancelling stops future renewals but does not refund the current billing period, and that subscription fees are generally final and nonrefundable. Refunds or credits may be granted at Medium’s discretion or governed by third-party payment providers, so unresolved billing concerns should be raised through Medium’s support form.

Gift memberships act as pre-paid, one-year access codes rather than recurring subscriptions. Medium’s terms state that recipients can cancel a gift membership but will not receive refunds or credits for unused time, and that these codes cannot be redeemed or refunded for cash. When a gift term ends, you can choose whether to renew on a recurring basis.

If no cancel link appears in the Membership section of Settings, Medium explains that the account you’re using probably doesn’t have an active membership, or the membership is billed via Apple or Google. Sign out, sign in with the email that received your member welcome email, and if needed cancel via the relevant app store.

Medium’s Privacy Policy says you can access, correct, delete, and export your account information from the Settings page or Account section in the app. If you choose to delete your account after cancelling membership, Medium will remove account data in line with its Privacy Policy, though some information may be retained where lawfully required.