The short answer
- Where: Log in to the Account Status page on the Mullvad website with your account number to see how much time is left (mullvad.net).
- When it ends: When the paid time runs out; the Mullvad VPN app shows a notification starting three days before the credit expires.
- Want to keep it for less? Discount program and more. Options
Before you cancel
What happens to your data
A Mullvad account is only an account number and the time remaining on it. Payment transaction IDs are deleted after 20 days, some payment information is kept for seven years from the end of the fiscal year under law, and support emails are erased after 70 days. What happens to the account record after deletion isn't documented.
What you lose
- VPN use once the account time runs out
- The account number, which is the only login
Cancel, by who bills you
Pick the route for whoever charges you: the name on your card statement or receipt tells you.
Prepaid time: stop topping up
- Log in to the Account Status page on the Mullvad website with your account number to see how much time is left
- Don't top up the account again; it expires when its paid time runs out
- Confirm it worked
- The Account Status page shows the time left and whether a payment has been processed
- Access ends
- When the paid time runs out; the Mullvad VPN app shows a notification starting three days before the credit expires
- Refunds
- 14-day money-back guarantee, except for cash payments (anti-money laundering rules) and crypto payments. The FAQ points to Mullvad's refund instructions page for how to ask
Delete the account by email
- Email support@mullvadvpn.net and ask for your account to be deleted
- Refunds
- 14-day money-back guarantee, except for cash payments (anti-money laundering rules) and crypto payments. The FAQ points to Mullvad's refund instructions page for how to ask
Questions people ask
Can I get a refund if I cancel Mullvad VPN?
Prepaid time: stop topping up: 14-day money-back guarantee, except for cash payments (anti-money laundering rules) and crypto payments. The FAQ points to Mullvad's refund instructions page for how to ask.
Source: mullvad.net mullvad.net
If I cancel Mullvad VPN, when does my access end?
Prepaid time: stop topping up: When the paid time runs out; the Mullvad VPN app shows a notification starting three days before the credit expires.
Source: mullvad.net
What happens to my data when I cancel Mullvad VPN?
A Mullvad account is only an account number and the time remaining on it. Payment transaction IDs are deleted after 20 days, some payment information is kept for seven years from the end of the fiscal year under law, and support emails are erased after 70 days. What happens to the account record after deletion isn't documented.
Source: mullvad.net mullvad.net
Keep it for less
Before cancelling, check whether one of these does the job. Offers change and differ by account.
- Discount program Pay with an accepted cryptocurrency for a 10% discount. Mullvad says it never has sales, and a year of time costs the same monthly rate as paying month to month mullvad.net mullvad.net
For AI agents
- The person signs in and handles any two-factor code; an agent should never ask for a password.
- The account number is the only login: there is no username, password or email address on the account
- Deletion is by email only; no self-serve delete option is documented
- The app's Buy more credit button sends you to the website to pay; vouchers are redeemed in the app
- Resellers (Inet, Webhallen, ProxyStore, SerialCart, Laptop with Linux, Amazon) sell scratch cards with an activation code, a one-time top-up rather than a subscription
- Refunds don't cover cash or crypto payments
Get this plan as data: get_exit_plan on the Stackcut MCP (stackcut.io/mcp), or /exits/mullvad.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.
Delete your account (separate from cancelling)
Cancelling stops the payments; deleting removes the account and its data. Delete-account page (rated hard).
Link from JustDeleteMe (MIT).
Sources
- Mullvad help: FAQ
To request deletion of your account, email support@mullvadvpn.net.
(how to request account deletion) - Mullvad help: FAQ
Log in to the Account Status page of our website.
(where to see time left and payment status) - Mullvad help: FAQ
If you get a message saying your account has expired, your payment is the problem.
(accounts expire) - Mullvad pricing
Feel free to top up your VPN account for an entire year, or just pay month to month for the exact same rate.
(top-up model and no annual discount) - Mullvad help: FAQ
except for cash payments due to anti-money laundering regulations, as well as crypto payments.
(the refund exceptions: cash and crypto) - Mullvad pricing
But if you're not satisfied with our VPN service, we offer a 14-day money back guarantee
(the 14-day money-back guarantee) - Mullvad pricing
We accept cash, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Monero, bank wire, credit card, PayPal
(accepted payment methods) - Mullvad pricing
Our accepted cryptocurrencies are discounted at 10% due to lower fees and less administration.
(the crypto discount) - Mullvad privacy policy
Transaction_id is permanently deleted after 20 days.
(payment identifiers are removed) - Mullvad privacy policy
some information must be stored for seven years from the end of the fiscal year.
(legal retention of some payment data) - Mullvad privacy policy
After 70 days, all emails/problem reports sent to our support address are automatically, permanently erased.
(support email retention) - Mullvad privacy policy
we will not be able to provide you with any data since we not store data except payment data.
(what is stored) - Mullvad privacy policy
It is therefore our policy to never store any activity logs or metadata and to have as minimal data retention as possible.
(minimal retention policy) - Mullvad no-logging data policy
A Mullvad account has two properties: the account number and the time remaining on that account.
(what an account is) - Mullvad no-logging data policy
we do not ask for any personal information – no username, no password, no email address.
(no login beyond the account number) - Mullvad help: FAQ
Yes, we offer a 14-day money back guarantee,
(the money-back guarantee) - Using the Mullvad VPN app
Starting three days before your account credit expires, you will see a notification in the connection screen.
(the expiry notification) - Using the Mullvad VPN app
Click on the Buy more credit button, which will take you to our website where you can buy more time.
(the app sends payment to the website) - Mullvad help: FAQ
We never have sales, but accepted cryptocurrency payments are discounted at 10%
(no sales; the crypto discount) - Partnerships and Resellers
purchase Mullvad VPN scratch cards that contain an activation code to top up a new or existing account
(resellers sell one-time scratch cards)
Not confirmed yet
- Mullvad's pricing, FAQ and help pages don't say whether card or PayPal payments can be set up to repeat, or how to stop a repeating payment; its privacy policy mentions subscription problems in passing
- The steps in Mullvad's refund instructions page aren't confirmed here
- What happens to remaining time, and how long the account record is kept, after an account is deleted isn't documented
- Whether Mullvad time can be bought through the Apple App Store or Google Play isn't stated on Mullvad's help pages
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.
Partly confirmed (see what's unverified), 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).