Shopping & membership
How to cancel Costco Membership
Cancel at any Costco membership desk, or by calling member services — the website generally cannot cancel it. Costco refunds the membership fee in full at any point in the year, which is unusual and worth using. Auto-renewal can be turned off in your online account without cancelling. A household card holder is tied to the primary member.
Step by step
- 1Cancel at any Costco membership desk, or by calling member services — the website generally cannot cancel it.
- 2Costco refunds the membership fee in full at any point in the year, which is unusual and worth using.
- 3Auto-renewal can be turned off in your online account without cancelling.
- 4A household card holder is tied to the primary member.
Cancelled and still charged?
Then the charge is not coming from Costco Membership. Whoever took your money holds the subscription — if you subscribed inside an app, it is the app store, and only the app store can stop it.
- Apple (iPhone, iPad or Mac)Settings > tap your name > Subscriptions. Or on a Mac: App Store > your name > Account Settings.
- Google Play (Android)Play Store > your profile picture > Payments & subscriptions > Subscriptions.
- AmazonAmazon > Accounts & Lists > Memberships & Subscriptions.
- Microsoftaccount.microsoft.com > Services & subscriptions.
- PayPalPayPal > Settings > Payments > Manage automatic payments.
How to subscribe to Costco Membership
For when you want it back — or want to start on the right plan this time.
- 1Sign up at costco.com or at any warehouse desk.
- 2Choose Gold Star or Executive — Executive pays back 2% and is only worth it above a spend threshold.
- 3The fee is annual and fully refundable if it does not work out.
- 4One membership covers a household card for a second adult.
And the rest of them?
Costco Membership was one. Most people are paying for between eight and twelve things and can name four. TotalSubs puts them on one screen with one number, and warns you before the next one renews.
See what you’re paying forFree to start. No card, no account needed to try it.