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How to cancel your WSJ subscription

If you subscribed in the WSJ app through Apple or Google Play, cancel there. Apple-billed plans can't be cancelled mid-period: turning off auto-renewal stops the next charge. WSJ blocks AI agents from its help pages, so cancelling a subscription WSJ bills directly isn't documented here yet.

By Stackcut · Partly confirmed (see what's unverified) on 2026-09-29, then re-checked independently · JSON · Open data, CC BY 4.0

The short answer

  • Where: On your iPhone or iPad, open Settings and tap your name.
  • When it ends: Auto-renewal stops; the current period can't be cancelled, so access runs to its end.
  • Billed another way? Cancel with them instead: Google Play.

Before you cancel

What you lose

  • Digital access to WSJ.com, the WSJ app and the WSJ. Magazine digital edition once the paid period ends

Cancel, by who bills you

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

Billed by Apple (App Store)

In the billing platform's settings Subscriptions bought in The Wall Street Journal 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 Wall Street JournalYou should see: Cancel Subscription
  3. Tap Cancel Subscription (you may need to scroll down)
Confirm it worked
The subscription shows an expiration message and no Cancel button in Subscriptions
Access ends
Auto-renewal stops; the current period can't be cancelled, so access runs to its end
Notice
Apple charges the renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends, so turn off auto-renewal before then
Source: apps.apple.com support.apple.com

Billed by Google Play

In the billing platform's settings Subscriptions bought in The Wall Street Journal app on Android (billed by Google Play). 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 Wall Street Journal
  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
Access ends
You can keep using the subscription for the time you have already paid for
Open the page
Source: play.google.com support.google.com

Questions people ask

If I cancel my WSJ subscription, when does my access end?

Billed by Apple (App Store): Auto-renewal stops; the current period can't be cancelled, so access runs to its end. Billed by Google Play: You can keep using the subscription for the time you have already paid for.

Source: apps.apple.com support.google.com

How do I cancel my WSJ subscription if I pay through Apple or Google Play?

Billed by Apple (App Store): On your iPhone or iPad, open Settings and tap your name. Tap Subscriptions, then The Wall Street Journal. Tap Cancel Subscription (you may need to scroll down). Billed by Google Play: Go to your subscriptions in Google Play, signed in to the Google Account that pays. Click Manage next to it, then Cancel subscription. Select a reason, then click Continue.

Source: support.apple.com support.google.com

How long before renewal do I need to cancel my WSJ subscription?

Billed by Apple (App Store): Apple charges the renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends, so turn off auto-renewal before then.

Source: apps.apple.com

For AI agents

  • The person signs in and handles any two-factor code; an agent should never ask for a password.
  • An Apple-billed WSJ subscription can't be cancelled during the active period: turn off auto-renewal to stop the next charge
  • Uninstalling the app does not cancel a Google Play subscription
  • If WSJ is not in your Apple or Google Play subscriptions, another company bills you: check your bank or card statement

Get this plan as data: get_exit_plan on the Stackcut MCP (stackcut.io/mcp), or /exits/wsj.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. The Wall Street Journal. News on the App Store You can turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. (Apple-billed subscriptions are stopped in Apple's account settings)
  2. The Wall Street Journal. News on the App Store No cancellation of your subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. (the current period can't be cancelled)
  3. The Wall Street Journal. News on the App Store Your subscription will renew automatically each month and payment will be charged to your iTunes Account within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. (when Apple charges the renewal)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. If you want to cancel a subscription from Apple You might've bought the subscription from another company. To find out which company bills you, check your bank or credit card statement. (the tip for subscriptions not billed by Apple)
  7. The Wall Street Journal. News on Google Play Available for subscription for $32.99 per month and receive unlimited digital access-including instant access to WSJ.com, the WSJ app and the WSJ. Magazine digital edition. (the Android app sells subscriptions, and what they include)
  8. 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)
  9. 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)
  10. Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play Important: When you uninstall an app, your subscription won't cancel. (the uninstall tip)
  11. 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

  • WSJ's and Dow Jones's own sites (wsj.com, customercenter.wsj.com, dowjones.com) couldn't be checked, so cancelling a subscription billed by WSJ (online, phone or chat), print subscriptions, notice, refunds, cheaper plans and data export aren't documented here
  • No retention-offer report could be read
  • What WSJ keeps after cancelling is not documented on pages we could read

Independent re-check, 2026-09-29

A second reviewer re-read the official pages and corrected what was wrong or missing; some facts couldn't be re-checked (listed above). The JSON lists what changed.

Partly confirmed (see what's unverified), 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).