How do I cancel my Microsoft 365 Subscription?

Microsoft 365 Office 365 was previously known as Office 365. This subscription includes Office apps such as Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint plus 1TB OneDrive cloud storage. Here’s how you can cancel Microsoft 365 subscription if it is no longer needed.

Cancel a Personal and Family Microsoft 365 Subscription

You can cancel Microsoft 365 subscriptions by simply going to their website. Although it is easier to use the site on Windows and Mac computers, you can access it from your iPhone or Android.  

If you are ready to cancel your subscription, visit www Microsoft subscriptions page Sign in using your Microsoft accoun.

You’ll be able to see the benefits of a Manage subscription This section lists details about your Microsoft subscription: when it expires and what the next billing date is, as well as the payment method used. It also includes the total cost of the annual or monthly subscription.

Select Cancel subscription To cancel your order, follow these steps.  

You can also choose Turn off recurring billing to disable auto-renew. Microsoft will not charge you if your annual or monthly subscription expires if you do so.  

Check for the button marked “Cancel” if you do not see an option to cancel Turn on recurring billing.You will see the button if your subscription does not automatically renew.

Cancel Microsoft 365 For Business

Microsoft 365 business subscribers have different cancellation procedures. If you wish to unsubscribe from Microsoft 365, there may be additional steps such as reducing the licenses within your company.  

This process should be started at least two days prior to the renewal date in order to prevent having to pay again for the subscription fee. It is important to verify that you have global admin and billing admin rights on your Microsoft account. If not, it will be impossible for other types of accounts to cancel the subscription.

You should first verify that you are able to create a billing profile within your Microsoft account. Go to the Microsoft 365 admin centre Billing > Billing & payments. Billing profiles Tab to check if your billing profile is active.

If so, visit the Billing > Your products page from the Microsoft administrator center. Choose the subscription that you do not want.  

Click here to go to the subscribe details page Edit recurring billing Below, you will find payment and subscription settings. Select the option you wish to use Turn off Stop recurring billing As you are doing this, ask all employees to backup their information before renewal.

You can also visit www Billing > Your products You can cancel your subscription by going to the following page. Just click the three-dots Select this button and click next to it Cancel subscription. Save Finish the entire process.

If your billing profile is not available, cancel the licenses you use if there are 25 or less. If your organization uses more than 25, you can go to the admin centre to decrease them to 25. To cancel your paid subscription, follow these steps.

What Happens When a Microsoft 365 Business Subscription is Cancelled?

Microsoft 365 Business cancels your subscription and the account is now disabled. For up to 90 day after cancelling your subscription, administrators can access the data of your organization and make backups.  

OneDrive business users will be blocked from accessing the service. Other Office applications such as Word, Excel, OneNote and other programs will be able to operate in a lower functionality mode. Unlicensed product notifications will be displayed to users when Microsoft Office activation is unsuccessful.

Microsoft will erase all data from your Microsoft 365 account within 90 to 180 days of cancellation.  

Microsoft 365 Alternatives

Microsoft 365 can be too expensive for some people Check to see if there are any freebies . Microsoft Office offers free alternatives .

If you are looking for an open-source, free alternative to the traditional closed source model of development, this is our recommendation Comparative analysis between LibreOffice (and Microsoft Office) . Transferring your Office License from One Computer to Another You will need a product key if you’re using Office version that has a license.