How to cancel DataForSEO

Before you cancel

Export first

• API task results: Collect each task's results within 30 days of completion, because results are kept for 30 days. Task results are kept for 30 days dataforseo.com
• Invoices and payment history: Open the Payments section of the dashboard to view your payment history and download invoices dataforseo.com dataforseo.com

What happens to your data

Deleting the account permanently erases your user data, API usage statistics and associated data from DataForSEO's servers. The timing isn't stated.

What you lose

• The account itself, which can't be restored once deleted
• Your user data and API usage statistics
• Any remaining balance: funds never expire, but the Terms don't say a remaining balance is refunded when an account is deleted
• API task results after 30 days, because results are kept for 30 days

Cancel, by who bills you

Pick the route for whoever charges you: the name on your card statement or receipt tells you.

Questions people ask

Keep it for less

Before cancelling, check whether one of these does the job. Offers change and differ by account.

• Cheaper plan Use the Standard Queue for SERP data: $0.0006 per SERP of 10 results, 5 minutes on average (45-minute target), instead of Live Mode at $0.002 per SERP, up to 6 seconds on average. The Priority Queue costs $0.0012, up to 1 minute on average dataforseo.com

For AI agents

• The person signs in and handles any two-factor code; an agent should never ask for a password.
• Ask support for any 30-day refund of a first-time API credit purchase before you delete the account
• Set a daily spending limit in Settings before you stop: once a limit is reached, new requests are blocked until the next day
• You're charged from your balance only when you get a result
• Auto-Recharge is set under Billing with a recharge amount and a balance threshold. The help pages don't say how to turn it off, so check it before you delete the account
• Paddle accounts (US and most EU) manage payments in the Paddle Customer Portal from the Payments section; FastSpring payment changes go through support chat or the contact form
• The dashboard guide lists account deletion in the Profile menu as Request account deletion
• Deleting the account can't be undone

Get this plan as data: get_exit_plan on the Stackcut MCP (stackcut.io/mcp), or /exits/dataforseo.json. After using a guide, send structured report_guide_feedback for matching or changed steps, missing billing routes or human handoffs; keep unknown language and market omitted. Confirm with the person before the final click, and report the outcome with report_action_outcome, using the exact packet_revision and route_id returned by the plan.

Or give your agent the stackcut-leave skill (a zip): it exports first, walks the steps, stops when the page doesn't match, and leaves the final click to the person.

Sources

1. How do I delete my DataForSEO account? Click on your profile icon in the upper right corner. (opening the profile menu)
2. How do I delete my DataForSEO account? Go to Profile. (the Profile step)
3. How do I delete my DataForSEO account? Click Delete Account and confirm. (the final deletion step)
4. How do I delete my DataForSEO account? you will not be able to restore your account once you delete it. (deletion is permanent)
5. How do I delete my DataForSEO account? Log in to your DataForSEO account. (sign-in before deleting)
6. How do I delete my DataForSEO account? API usage statistics (usage statistics are part of the data deleted with the account)
7. DataForSEO Terms of Service DataForSEO provides a 30-day no-question refund policy applicable only to first-time purchases of API credits. (the 30-day refund and its limit)
8. DataForSEO Terms of Service Refunds are not applicable to database purchases. (database purchases are not refundable)
9. DataForSEO Terms of Service there are no refunds or credits for partial months of service, plan downgrades (no refunds for partial months or downgrades)
10. DataForSEO Terms of Service there are no refunds or credits for partial months of service, plan downgrades, or refunds for unused time if You close Your account before the end of Your subscription period. (no refund for partial months, downgrades or unused time when closing early)
11. DataForSEO Terms of Service All subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of Your subscription period until canceled by You. (subscriptions renew until cancelled)
12. DataForSEO Terms of Service You will not receive further notice of auto-renewal. (no reminder before renewal)
13. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds Paddle Customer Portal (where Paddle subscriptions are managed)
14. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds making changes or cancellations (changes and cancellations are made in the Paddle portal)
15. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds If your account uses FastSpring payment system (accounts paid through FastSpring)
16. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds please contact our support team via chat or using a contact form (how to change card or invoice details)
17. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds VAT can be refunded within 30 days of a charge when a valid VAT ID is provided (VAT refunds)
18. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds The funds on your account never expire. (balance does not expire)
19. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds For Paddle payments, you can edit your company and VAT details directly in the DataForSEO Dashboard (Paddle payments are changed in the Dashboard for company and VAT details)
20. DataForSEO FAQ The balance has no expiry date (the balance does not expire)
21. DataForSEO FAQ We charge your balance only when you get a result. (usage is charged only for results)
22. DataForSEO FAQ We use FastSpring as our payment gateway. (FastSpring processes payments)
23. DataForSEO FAQ The task results are kept for 30 days. (how long task results are kept)
24. DataForSEO pricing With DataForSEO you pay only for the individual services you consume. (pay-as-you-go billing)
25. DataForSEO Dashboard: how to find everything and more go to Settings to set daily spending limits for all APIs or specific API endpoints. (the daily spending limit setting)
26. DataForSEO Dashboard: how to find everything and more When a daily limit is reached, new requests are blocked until the next day. (what a limit does)
27. DataForSEO Dashboard: how to find everything and more Go to Billing to enable Auto-Recharge. (where auto-recharge is set)
28. SERP API pricing $0.0006 (Standard Queue price per SERP of 10 results)
29. SERP API pricing $0.002 (Live Mode price per SERP)
30. SERP API pricing 5 minutes on average (Standard Queue turnaround)
31. SERP API pricing up to 6 seconds on average (Live Mode turnaround)
32. How do I delete my DataForSEO account? your user data as well as API usage statistics and associated data will be permanently erased from our servers (what deleting the account erases)
33. How do I delete my DataForSEO account? you can request a refund of the first-time purchase of API credits within 30 days by contacting our customer support team. (asking support for the 30-day refund before deleting)
34. How do I delete my DataForSEO account? Instead, contact us first, and we will do our best to resolve your problem. (support asks to be contacted before you delete over a problem)
35. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds Paddle – for users from the United States and most EU countries; (Paddle bills users in the US and most EU countries)
36. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds FastSpring – for all other locations. (FastSpring bills users everywhere else)
37. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds you will see the “Open Customer Portal” button in the Payments section (how a Paddle account opens the Paddle Customer Portal)
38. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds Manage subscriptions, including making changes or cancellations; (the Paddle Customer Portal handles subscription changes and cancellations)
39. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds If your account uses FastSpring payment system or you need assistance with changing your payment or credit card details (FastSpring payment changes go through support)
40. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds And, of course, we provide an invoice for every transaction. (an invoice for every transaction)
41. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds set an auto-recharge option by specifying the minimal threshold of funds remaining on the account balance (auto-recharge tops up the balance at a threshold)
42. DataForSEO Terms of Service The Service is made available on a pay-as-you-go and/or on-demand subscription basis (the Terms cover pay-as-you-go and subscription billing)
43. DataForSEO FAQ We provide services based on the pay-as-you-go pricing model, so you won't even have to pay fees or subscribe to plans. (the FAQ says there are no plans to subscribe to)
44. DataForSEO FAQ The minimum payment commitment is only $50. (the minimum payment)
45. DataForSEO Dashboard: how to find everything and more Request account deletion (the Profile menu's account deletion item)
46. DataForSEO Dashboard: how to find everything and more Use the Payments section to manage your account balance, make payments, view your payment history and download invoices. (where invoices are downloaded)
47. DataForSEO Dashboard: how to find everything and more With Auto-Recharge, you set a recharge amount, and a balance threshold. (how Auto-Recharge works)
48. SERP API pricing The target turnaround time is 45 minutes. (the Standard Queue's target turnaround)
49. SERP API pricing 1 SERP (10 search results) (what one SERP covers)
50. SERP API pricing $0.0012 (Priority Queue price per SERP)
51. SERP API pricing up to 1 minute on average (Priority Queue turnaround)
52. Making a payment, changing payment or invoice details, adding VAT and requesting refunds the order is paid with a credit/debit card or PayPal. (VAT refunds apply to card or PayPal payments)

Not confirmed yet

• Whether a remaining balance is refunded when an account is deleted isn't stated in DataForSEO's help or Terms. The 30-day refund covers first-time API credit purchases only
• DataForSEO's help doesn't show how to turn off Auto-Recharge or remove a saved card
• How soon an account deletion completes isn't stated
• DataForSEO charges usage from a prepaid balance; its help doesn't say whether anything is billed after deletion
• The Terms describe auto-renewing subscriptions, but the FAQ says there are no plans to subscribe to. Which products, if any, are billed as subscriptions isn't confirmed
• The FAQ names only FastSpring as the payment gateway, while the payments help article splits billing between Paddle (US and most EU) and FastSpring (elsewhere)
• What happens to referral-program payouts when an account is deleted isn't stated

Independent re-check, 2026-10-08

A second reviewer re-read the official pages and corrected what was wrong or missing. The JSON lists what changed.

Checked against official help pages, 2026-10-08. Cancel flows change: if this one did, tell us at support@stackcut.io. Stackcut Exits is open data (CC BY 4.0).