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How to cancel Onshape

Paid plans renew automatically. The Terms of Use require written notice to Onshape at least 60 days before the term ends (and cancelling at least 30 days before renewal). No refunds; access lasts to the end of the billing cycle. Export your files first, because Onshape may delete your content.

By Stackcut · Partly confirmed (see what's unverified) on 2026-10-08, then re-checked independently · JSON · Open data, CC BY 4.0

The short answer

  • Where: Check your subscription term and renewal date in your account profile at cad.onshape.com.
  • When it ends: Access to the paid service continues through the end of the current billing cycle; no refund is due.
  • Contract notice: At least 60 days' written notice before the current term ends (Section 5(a)). Section 6(c) separately says renewal charges apply unless you cancel at least 30 days before the Renewal Commencement Date; giving notice 60 days ahead meets both. How to give notice
  • Before you go: export Part Studios, parts, assemblies, drawings and sketches. What to save
  • Want to keep it for less? Free plan and more. Options

Before you cancel

Export first

  • Part Studios, parts, assemblies, drawings and sketches: Right-click a Part Studio, Assembly or drawing tab and click Export; to export several at once, select them in the Tab manager (Parts and assemblies: Parasolid, ACIS, STEP, IGES, PVZ, JT, Rhino, glTF, GLB, OBJ, 3MF and STL. Drawings: PDF, DWG, DXF and DWT. Sketches: DWG and DXF). Exported files don't contain features or parametric history; there is no documented whole-account export cad.onshape.com onshape.com

What happens to your data

Onshape may permanently delete all Content in your account after you cancel. Deleted Content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time.

What you lose

  • Content in your account, which Onshape may permanently delete
  • Your password and related profile information, on termination

Cancel, by who bills you

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

Paid subscriptions under the Terms of Use

Through sales Paid Onshape subscriptions: Standard and Professional (billed annually) and Enterprise. Who can cancel: The customer that holds the subscription.

  1. Check your subscription term and renewal date in your account profile at cad.onshape.com
  2. Export the files you need first: the Terms make you responsible for exporting Content before cancelling
  3. Send Onshape written notice that you are cancelling and not renewing, at least 60 days before the current term ends. Professional and Enterprise users can use Contact Support in the Help (?) menu; others can use the Contact Us form on onshape.com and pick a category from the dropdown
  4. Keep a copy of your notice and any reply
Confirm it worked
Not stated in the Terms of Use; keep a copy of your written notice and Onshape's reply
Access ends
Access to the paid service continues through the end of the current billing cycle; no refund is due
Notice
At least 60 days' written notice before the current term ends (Section 5(a)). Section 6(c) separately says renewal charges apply unless you cancel at least 30 days before the Renewal Commencement Date; giving notice 60 days ahead meets both
Refunds
Payments are nonrefundable, with no refunds or credits for partially used periods (Section 6(e)); Onshape may give credits at its sole discretion
Source: onshape.com cad.onshape.com

Questions people ask

Can I get a refund if I cancel Onshape?

Payments are nonrefundable, with no refunds or credits for partially used periods (Section 6(e)); Onshape may give credits at its sole discretion.

Source: onshape.com

If I cancel Onshape, when does my access end?

Access to the paid service continues through the end of the current billing cycle; no refund is due.

Source: onshape.com

How long before renewal do I need to cancel Onshape?

At least 60 days' written notice before the current term ends (Section 5(a)). Section 6(c) separately says renewal charges apply unless you cancel at least 30 days before the Renewal Commencement Date; giving notice 60 days ahead meets both.

Source: onshape.com

What happens to my data when I cancel Onshape?

Onshape may permanently delete all Content in your account after you cancel. Deleted Content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time.

Source: onshape.com

Keep it for less

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

  • Free plan Free plan for non-commercial use only. All documents created on the Free plan, and their content, are public onshape.com onshape.com
  • Student or nonprofit price No-cost Education plan: students and educators get professional-grade CAD free of charge onshape.com
  • Discount program Discovery Program: qualified pros can try Onshape Professional free for up to 6 months onshape.com
  • Discount program Startup Program: qualified startups and entrepreneurs can get professional licenses at no cost onshape.com

For AI agents

  • The Terms describe cancelling by written notice to Onshape, not an in-app cancel button
  • Give notice at least 60 days before the term ends; the payment-method renewal clause also needs cancelling at least 30 days before the Renewal Commencement Date
  • Export files before cancelling: Onshape may permanently delete all content afterwards, and exports don't keep parametric history
  • Documents created on the Free plan are public, so moving private work to a Free account exposes it
  • The iOS and Android apps don't sell subscriptions in-app, so there's no App Store or Google Play route

Get this plan as data: get_exit_plan on the Stackcut MCP (stackcut.io/mcp), or /exits/onshape.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 easy).

Link from JustDeleteMe (MIT).

Sources

  1. Onshape Pricing For non-commercial use only. All Onshape Documents are accessible to the public. (the free plan and its limits)
  2. Onshape Pricing Onshape offers the following commercial plans, billed annually (commercial plans are billed annually)
  3. Onshape Pricing Onshape also offers a Free plan for non-commercial projects, and a no cost Education plan for students and educators. (the education plan)
  4. Onshape Pricing Qualified pros can try Onshape Professional free for up to 6 months with the Discovery Program. (the Discovery Program)
  5. Onshape Product Terms of Use Customer's paid Onshape subscription will automatically continue. (subscriptions renew automatically)
  6. Onshape Product Terms of Use at least sixty (60) days' written notice (the 60-day written notice before the term ends (Section 5(a)))
  7. Onshape Product Terms of Use cancels its subscription at least thirty (30) days prior to the Renewal Commencement Date (the 30-day deadline before renewal (Section 6(c)))
  8. Onshape Product Terms of Use PAYMENTS ARE NONREFUNDABLE AND THERE ARE NO REFUNDS OR CREDITS FOR PARTIALLY USED PERIODS. (the refund policy (Section 6(e)))
  9. Onshape Product Terms of Use through the end of Customer's current billing cycle (access continues after cancelling (Section 6(e)))
  10. Onshape Product Terms of Use we have the right to permanently delete all Content in Customer's account (what happens to content after cancelling (Section 11(c)))
  11. Onshape Product Terms of Use Customer is responsible for exporting any Content, if Customer so chooses, prior to cancelling its subscription. (exporting content before cancelling (Section 11(c)))
  12. Onshape Product Terms of Use Termination of Service also includes deletion of your Password and all related profile information. (the account data lost on termination (Section 11(d)))
  13. Onshape Product Terms of Use may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time (deleted content may remain in backups)
  14. Onshape Product Terms of Use Customer may do so by notifying Onshape at any time (cancelling by notifying Onshape (Section 11(c)))
  15. Onshape Product Terms of Use unless and until either Customer or Onshape provides the other with at least sixty (60) days' written notice (prior to the end of the then-current subscription term) (the 60-day written notice before the term ends (Section 5(a)))
  16. Onshape Product Terms of Use provided, however, no refund will be due. (no refund on cancelling (Section 11(c)))
  17. Onshape Product Terms of Use You can find specific details regarding your subscription within your account profile at cad.onshape.com. (subscription details are in the account profile (Section 5(b)))
  18. Onshape Help: Contact Us Professional or Enterprise subscription (Contact Support in the Help menu is for Professional and Enterprise subscriptions)
  19. Onshape Pricing Students and educators can get professional-grade CAD free of charge. (the Education plan)
  20. Onshape Pricing Qualified startups and entrepreneurs can get professional licenses at no cost. (the Startup Program)
  21. Onshape Product Terms of Use All documents created by a Free Plan User, and all Content contained therein, is made public. (Free plan documents are public)
  22. Onshape Help: Exporting Files To export the Part Studio, Assembly, or subassembly, right-click on the tab and click Export. (how to export)
  23. Onshape Help: Exporting Files Native or standard formats (PARASOLID, ACIS, STEP, IGES, PVZ, JT, RHINO, GLTF, GLB, OBJ, 3MF, and STL). (export formats for parts and assemblies)
  24. Onshape Help: Exporting Files You can export multiple Part Studios, Drawings, or Assemblies simultaneously from the Tab manager. (exporting several tabs at once)
  25. Onshape Help: Exporting Files Note that the downloaded data will not contain features or parametric history. (exports lose parametric history)
  26. Onshape 3D CAD on the App Store PTC Inc. (the iOS app is published by PTC Inc. (the listing shows no in-app purchases))

Not confirmed yet

  • Onshape's public help doesn't show an in-product cancel button or menu for Standard or Professional plans, or which account role can cancel
  • The Terms don't say how written notice must be sent or to which address; the support and contact routes above are Onshape's general contact channels
  • How Onshape confirms a cancellation isn't documented
  • How long deleted content stays in backups isn't specified beyond 'a reasonable period of time'

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).