How to Cancel Grammarly Premium (and Recover Surprise Charges)
Grammarly Premium runs $12/mo or $144/yr. The annual plan is the silent killer - it renews without a reminder email, often a full year after you forgot you signed up. Cancellation is straightforward, and Grammarly has one of the more generous refund policies in SaaS if you ask within 10 days.
The silent annual renewal
Grammarly's $144 annual plan renews automatically with no advance email by default. The charge often appears on a card you don't actively monitor. The good news: Grammarly will refund any annual renewal if you cancel and request within 10 days of the charge, no questions asked.
Step-by-step: cancel Grammarly
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Go to account.grammarly.com/subscription
Sign in with the email being billed. The 'Subscription' tab shows your plan, renewal date, and price.
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Click 'Cancel Subscription'
At the bottom under 'Subscription details'. Grammarly shows a retention offer (usually 40% off for 3 months) - decline to continue.
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Pick any cancellation reason
Confirm. Premium access continues until the end of the current billing period - you're not cut off immediately.
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Request a refund if within 10 days of charge
Email support@grammarly.com from your account email: 'Cancelled my Grammarly Premium subscription on [date]. Requesting refund per the 10-day refund window.' Refund lands in 5-7 business days, ~95% approval.
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Cancel via App Store if you signed up on iPhone
If billed through Apple: iPhone Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions → Grammarly → Cancel. Account.grammarly.com cancellation does NOT stop App Store billing.
If Grammarly keeps charging you
Email Grammarly support directly
support@grammarly.com - reference your cancellation date and the post-cancellation charge. Refunds processed in 5-7 business days, ~98% approval rate for clear-cut cases.
Chargeback through your bank
Reg E dispute. Grammarly rarely contests, but the bank route is slower than the support email route - try support first.
Send a demand letter for surprise renewals
LeakGuard Pro generates a letter citing CA AB-390 (Grammarly is incorporated in California). The state's automatic renewal law requires a renewal reminder for any subscription over $50/year - Grammarly's $144 annual plan qualifies, and they often skip the reminder. This is grounds for a full refund regardless of timing.
Step-by-step cancellation letter
Copy this and send to Grammarly support. Fill in the bracketed fields, keep the FTC and ROSCA citations intact - that wording is what gets a refund processed instead of a retention pitch.
- 1. Replace every
[bracket]with your real info. - 2. Send from the email tied to your Grammarly account.
- 3. BCC yourself so you have a timestamped copy for any chargeback.
- 4. If no reply in 5 business days, forward the same email to your card issuer's dispute team.
Subject: Immediate Cancellation Request - Grammarly Account Date: June 15, 2026 To: Grammarly Billing & Retention Team From: [Your full name] Account email: [email on file] Last 4 of payment card: [XXXX] 1. Notice of cancellation I am writing to terminate my Grammarly subscription effective immediately. Treat this email as my written cancellation notice. Do not place the account into a pause, downgrade, or "win-back" state - close it. 2. Stop all future charges Remove my payment method from file and confirm in writing that no further charges (recurring, prorated, or "reactivation") will be authorized against my card. Per the FTC Negative Option Rule and ROSCA (15 U.S.C. § 8403), continued billing after a clear cancellation request is unlawful. 3. Refund of post-cancellation charges If any charge has posted to my card after the date of this notice, refund it in full to the original payment method within 5 business days. I am also requesting a courtesy refund for the most recent billing cycle on the grounds that the service was not materially used. 4. Written confirmation required Reply to this email with: (a) the cancellation confirmation number, (b) the final access date, and (c) confirmation that my payment method has been removed. 5. Escalation If I do not receive written confirmation within 5 business days, I will (i) file a Reg E billing dispute with my card issuer, (ii) submit a complaint to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, and (iii) file with my state Attorney General's consumer-protection division under applicable UDAP statutes. Thank you for handling this promptly. [Your full name] [Your phone number] cc: Card issuer fraud / billing-disputes department
Let LeakGuard Pro write the demand letter
The Cancellation Engine generates a pre-formatted demand for Grammarly - with the exact FTC Negative Option Rule, ROSCA, and state UDAP citations their support team actually responds to. It pre-fills your account details and CCs your card issuer in one tap.
Plug the Grammarly leak - $4.97/moFAQ
What's the difference between Grammarly Free and Premium?+
Free: basic spelling, grammar, punctuation. Premium ($12/mo or $144/yr): tone detection, clarity rewrites, plagiarism checker, fluency suggestions, full sentence rewrites. Cancellation only affects Premium - Free stays available.
Will cancelling delete my Grammarly account or documents?+
No - your account, documents, and writing history stay intact indefinitely. You just lose access to Premium-only suggestions. Re-subscribing restores everything.
Does Grammarly have a free trial?+
Grammarly Premium offers a 7-day free trial via select promotions (often through schools or partner sites). The trial auto-converts to $12/mo or $144/yr - cancel before day 7 to avoid the charge.
What about Grammarly Business?+
Grammarly Business is the team/admin tier. If you joined via a team invite, your admin controls the subscription - you cannot cancel directly. Contact your team admin or HR to be removed from the seat.
Will LeakGuard cancel Grammarly for me?+
LeakGuard Pro generates the refund-request email pre-filled with your account email, charge date, and the 10-day refund policy citation. You paste, send, and we track whether the refund actually lands.