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How to cancel Substack Newsletter

Free · no accountUpdated 20 August 2026

Open the newsletter's page, or substack.com/settings. Under Subscriptions, pick the publication and choose Manage, then Cancel. Each publication is a separate charge — cancelling one does not touch the others. You keep the free tier of that newsletter afterwards.

Step by step

  1. 1Open the newsletter's page, or substack.com/settings.
  2. 2Under Subscriptions, pick the publication and choose Manage, then Cancel.
  3. 3Each publication is a separate charge — cancelling one does not touch the others.
  4. 4You keep the free tier of that newsletter afterwards.
Open Substack Newsletter’s cancel page

Cancelled and still charged?

Then the charge is not coming from Substack Newsletter. 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.

How to subscribe to Substack Newsletter

For when you want it back — or want to start on the right plan this time.

  1. 1Open the newsletter you want and choose the paid plan.
  2. 2Each publication bills separately, usually monthly or annually.
  3. 3Annual is typically two months cheaper.
  4. 4Founding-member tiers are voluntary and cost far more — read what they add before choosing one.

And the rest of them?

Substack Newsletter 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.

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