Cancel NordVPN: How to End Your VPN Subscription

Subscriptions, plans, and contracts... It's getting harder and harder to keep track of them all, not to mention when each one charges your account, and which cancellation deadlines to consider. In the SaaS age, more and more services require subscriptions, including VPN providers such as NordVPN. But what if you want to switch to a different service, or no longer need a VPN? This article explains how to cancel NordVPN.

Like most reputable VPN services, NordVPN is fee-based and only available as a subscription. In the VPN market, it's common to receive discounts when you sign up for a longer contract. This is also the case with NordVPN; their 2-year package is the least expensive plan they offer. However, your VPN needs or financial priorities could change over the course of two years. Moreover, you'll probably have long forgotten about the service's automatic renewal by then.

For these reasons, it makes sense to end your NordVPN subscription early—you can always renew it later if necessary. This article explains how to cancel the service and make use of the provider's money-back guarantee.

The method you use to cancel your subscription depends on where you signed up in the first place:

Below, we'll show you how to cancel with screenshots, regardless of how you signed up.

You can cancel your NordVPN subscription by turning off automatic contract renewal. This means that your contract automatically expires at the end of the current subscription period and your account will not be charged again. Here's how it's done:

1. Go to the NordVPN website*. Click Log in on the top right and sign in with your credentials.

2. Next, you'll land in your NordVPN account overview, where all your Nord products are listed. Click Billing from the navigation menu on the left.

3. Navigate to the Subscriptions tab. In the menu, next to Auto-Renewal, you will likely see the ON setting. Click on Manage.

4. Click on Cancel auto-renewal.

5. Automatic contract renewal is now turned off; your account won't be charged when your current contract expires.

If you signed up for a NordVPN subscription on your Android smartphone, you can also cancel your plan via the Play Store. Here's how:

1. Open the Play Store on your Android device. Click on the account icon in the top right corner.

2. Select Payments & subscriptions from the drop-down menu.

3. In the next menu, tap Subscriptions to open the list of your current and past subscriptions.

4. If you currently have a NordVPN subscription through Android, you'll find it here under Active. Tap on NordVPN.

5. Tap on Cancel Subscription to complete the cancellation process.

If you signed up for a subscription via Apple, canceling NordVPN is a similar process:

1. Open the Apple Store and tap on the user icon on the top right.

2. On the account management screen, tap on your user icon or user name again.

3. Navigate to the Subscriptions menu to see all of your subscriptions.

4. Tap on NordVPN to open the details page.

5. From there you can cancel NordVPN.

NordVPN offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, so if you cancel your subscription within that period, you can request a refund. You'll need to contact NordVPN either by email or via their convenient live chat.

Refund via email

1. On NordVPN's contact page, click on Email Us, which should automatically open your email program.

2. Simply explain that you're requesting a refund. An informal message, such as "Hello, I'm writing to request a refund for my NordVPN subscription", will suffice.

3. You may be contacted regarding your request. Once all details are settled, you should receive a refund to the account you paid from within a few business days.

Refund via live chat

1. Requesting a refund using NordVPN's live chat is just as easy. You can find the chat feature either in the contact section or by clicking on the question mark that appears in the bottom right corner of NordVPN's website.

2. Type that you'd like to speak with a support agent and ask them for a refund.

3. The support agent will ask a few questions and process your request. A refund should be credited to the account you paid from within a few business days.

Perhaps you're dissatisfied with NordVPN's service and are looking for a replacement after canceling your subscription. While NordVPN was ranked number one in our EXPERTE.com VPN comparison, it has plenty of competitors. In fact, we have an entire article dedicated to the best NordVPN alternatives.

Here are what we consider the three best alternatives, along with their scores from our review:

You may have canceled NordVPN simply because you no longer want to pay for a VPN service. If you can do without certain features and settings, a free service might be enough to meet your needs. Should that be the case, our list of the best free VPNs can help you decide what your next steps should be.

If you'd like to cancel your NordVPN subscription, it's important to consider how you signed up. Should you have registered via NordVPN's website, you can cancel your subscription by switching off the auto-renewal feature on the site itself. In case you signed up for a subscription via Google Play or the Apple Store, you can cancel your subscription there.

So long as you end your contract within 30 days of purchasing it, you're entitled to a full refund. This can be conveniently requested from the NordVPN contact section via email or live chat.