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How to cancel your Washington Post subscription

Cancel from your My Post subscription page (print: Manage subscription, then Cancel my subscription). Charges stop the next billing cycle and digital access lasts to the end of the period. Apple, Amazon, Google Play and Google News subscriptions are cancelled with them. Cancelling an add-on keeps the main subscription.

By Stackcut · Checked against official help pages on 2026-09-29, then re-checked independently · JSON · Open data, CC BY 4.0

Open The Washington Post's cancel page

The short answer

  • Where: Sign in and open your My Post subscription page (washingtonpost.com).
  • When it ends: Charges stop from the next billing cycle; digital access continues for the rest of the current billing period.
  • Billed by someone else? Cancel with them instead: Apple, Google Play or Amazon.
  • Want to keep it for less? Cheaper plan and more. Options

Before you cancel

What you lose

  • Full digital access; afterwards you can read a limited number of articles a month, like any visitor

Cancel, by who bills you

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

Billed by The Washington Post

Online, self-serve Digital subscriptions (Core, Premium and add-ons) and print subscriptions (home delivery, same day mail, WP Weekly) bought directly from The Washington Post. Who can cancel: The subscriber, signed in to My Post.

  1. Sign in and open your My Post subscription page
  2. For print, click Manage subscription, then Cancel my subscription. For digital, cancel from the same My Post pageYou should see: Cancel my subscription (print)
  3. To drop only an add-on, open the Subscription & Billing tab and click Manage or Cancel next to the add-on
Access ends
Charges stop from the next billing cycle; digital access continues for the rest of the current billing period
Open the page
Source: helpcenter.washingtonpost.com helpcenter.washingtonpost.com

Billed by Apple (App Store)

In the billing platform's settings Subscriptions bought in The Washington Post app on iPhone or iPad (billed by Apple). Who can cancel: The Apple Account that bought the subscription. Everything Apple bills, in one place.

  1. On your iPhone or iPad, open Settings and tap your nameYou should see: Subscriptions
  2. Tap Subscriptions, then The Washington PostYou should see: Cancel Subscription
  3. Tap Cancel Subscription (you may need to scroll down). For help, call Apple at 1-800-275-2273
Confirm it worked
The subscription shows an expiration message and no Cancel button in Subscriptions
Source: helpcenter.washingtonpost.com support.apple.com

Billed by Google Play

In the billing platform's settings Subscriptions bought in The Washington Post app on Android or through Google News (billed by Google). Who can cancel: The Google Account that bought the subscription. Everything Google Play bills, in one place.

  1. Go to your subscriptions in Google Play, signed in to the Google Account that paysYou should see: The Washington Post
  2. Click Manage next to it, then Cancel subscriptionYou should see: a confirmation pop-up asking for a reason
  3. Select a reason, then click Continue. For help, call 1-855-836-3987, the number The Post gives for Google Play
Access ends
You can keep using the subscription for the time you have already paid for
Open the page
Source: helpcenter.washingtonpost.com support.google.com

Billed by Amazon

By phone Subscriptions bought through Amazon (billed by Amazon). Who can cancel: The Amazon account holder. Everything Amazon bills, in one place.

  1. Call Amazon at 1-888-280-3321 and ask to cancel your Washington Post subscription
Source: helpcenter.washingtonpost.com

Keep it for less

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

  • Cheaper plan Cancel only an add-on and keep the main Core or Premium digital subscription helpcenter.washingtonpost.com
  • Student or nonprofit price Academic rate for the Core subscription for active K-12 educators and U.S., Mexico and Canada college students, faculty and staff; it rises to the standard Core rate once you graduate or leave the school helpcenter.washingtonpost.com

For AI agents

  • The person signs in and handles any two-factor code; an agent should never ask for a password.
  • Cancelling an add-on leaves the main Core or Premium subscription active: cancel both in My Post to leave entirely
  • Subscriptions bought through Apple, Amazon, Google Play or Google News are cancelled with that company, not in My Post
  • Uninstalling the app does not cancel a Google Play subscription

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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

  1. How to cancel your digital-only subscription If you purchased your subscription directly through The Washington Post, you can go to your My Post profile to cancel (where to cancel a digital subscription)
  2. How to cancel your digital-only subscription When you cancel, we will stop charging your account the following billing cycle. Your digital access will continue for the remainder of the current billing period. (when the cancellation takes effect)
  3. How to cancel your digital-only subscription Afterward, you will still be able to view a limited number of articles a month, just like any other visitor. (what you keep after cancelling)
  4. How to cancel your digital-only subscription If you purchased your subscription through an App Store such as the Apple App Store, Amazon or Google Play, please refer to the app store's terms and conditions. (the Apple, Amazon and Google Play routes)
  5. How to cancel your Washington Post print subscription You may cancel your Washington Post home delivery, same day mail, or WP Weekly subscription at any time, by going into your My Post account (which print subscriptions can be cancelled online)
  6. How to cancel your digital-only subscription You can cancel your add-on subscription in My Post under the "Subscription & Billing" tab, by clicking the "Manage or Cancel" button next to the add-on. (cancelling an add-on)
  7. How to cancel your digital-only subscription When canceling your add-on, the Primary Core or Premium digital news subscription will remain active. (an add-on cancel keeps the main subscription)
  8. How to cancel your Washington Post print subscription click on 'Manage subscription', then click the "Cancel my subscription" link. (the print cancel buttons)
  9. How to cancel your digital-only subscription To cancel your subscription via Apple please call: 1-800-275-2273 (Apple's phone number for help)
  10. How to cancel your digital-only subscription To cancel your subscription via Google Play please call: 1-855-836-3987 To cancel your subscription via Google News please visit: https://play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions (the Google Play and Google News route)
  11. How to cancel your digital-only subscription To cancel your subscription via Amazon please call: 1-888-280-3321 (the Amazon route)
  12. If you want to cancel a subscription from Apple In Settings, tap your name. Tap Subscriptions. Tap the subscription. Tap Cancel Subscription. (the Apple cancel steps)
  13. If you want to cancel a subscription from Apple If there is no Cancel button or you see an expiration message in red text, the subscription is already canceled. (how to confirm an Apple cancellation)
  14. Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play On your computer, go to subscriptions in Google Play. For the subscription you want to cancel, click Manage. Click Cancel subscription. (the Google Play cancel steps)
  15. Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play When you cancel a subscription, you'll still be able to use your subscription for the time you've already paid. (when Google Play access ends)
  16. Academic rate for the Core subscription Active K-12 educators and full-time and part-time U.S., MX, and CA college students, graduate students, faculty, and staff are eligible for the academic rate (who gets the academic rate)
  17. Academic rate for the Core subscription After you graduate or no longer work at your eligible school, your subscription rate will increase to our standard Core subscription rate. (when the academic rate ends)
  18. Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play Important: When you uninstall an app, your subscription won't cancel. (the uninstall tip)
  19. Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play For the subscription you want to cancel, click Manage. Click Cancel subscription. Within the confirmation pop-up, select a reason. Click Continue. (the Google Play confirmation pop-up step)

Not confirmed yet

  • The Washington Post's Terms of Sale and privacy policy on washingtonpost.com couldn't be read, so refund terms, renewal notice, data kept and data export aren't documented here
  • The help article does not name the cancel button for digital subscriptions, or say how a cancellation is confirmed
  • Amazon's own cancel steps were not read; only the Amazon phone number The Post gives is included
  • Whether Apple-billed access runs to the end of the paid period is not stated on Apple's cancel page

Independent re-check, 2026-09-29

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, 2026-09-29. Cancel flows change: if this one did, tell us at support@stackcut.io. Stackcut Exits is open data (CC BY 4.0).