How to Cancel Scribd

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Sign in at scribd.com and open Your account

   In a web browser, sign in on the Scribd website and go to Your account (scribd.com/your-account, also under your profile icon in the top right). One subscription covers Scribd and Slideshare, so cancelling here stops both; on Slideshare, the Scribd Membership tab in your account settings leads to the same page. Scribd's cancel steps are for the website, and its help says the app shows only your subscription type. This route is for a plan Scribd bills directly, by card, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay or Google Pay. If you subscribed in the Scribd app through Apple or Google, skip to that step below.

2. 2

   Select Manage Subscription next to Plan details

   The Your subscription section shows your plan, an Active badge and a Renews on date. Note that date. Then select Manage Subscription next to Plan details: Scribd's help says the cancel link is on the next page, not this one.

3. 3

   Select the Cancel subscription link below Keep and Pause

   The Manage your subscription page compares the free Basic plan with your current Premium plan and shows two buttons, Keep subscription and Pause subscription. Cancel subscription is the link below them. Select it.

   Heads up: This is Scribd's retention screen: both buttons keep you subscribed, and the way out is the link below them. Pause isn't a cancel. It stops billing for 4 or 12 weeks and then restarts it on its own, so take it only if you know you'll need Scribd again soon. You won't see it during a free trial.

4. 4

   Follow the prompts until you see You've successfully canceled

   Scribd's help doesn't describe the screens between the link and the end, so keep going until a page says You've successfully canceled and shows the date your subscription ends. Scribd emails a confirmation too. A paid plan keeps full access through the last day of the billing period and then drops to Basic, the free plan. A free trial ends the moment you cancel. Cancelled by mistake? That page has a Resume subscription link.

5. 5
   If this applies to you

   Check whether you also pay for Everand

   Scribd and Everand, the ebook and audiobook service, are separate subscriptions from the same company, and Scribd's help says Scribd, Slideshare and Everand all bill under "Scribd, Inc.", so the statement line doesn't tell you which one it is. Cancelling Scribd leaves an Everand subscription running, and the reverse. To check, sign in at scribd.com/your-account and at everand.com/your-account: Scribd says you'll see a subscription only on the site where you have one. Scribd emails you about payment only when a subscription starts, not on renewals, so match a charge under Payment information, View history on Your account. In Apple's or Google's subscription list, look for both names, since older subscriptions can be listed under either. To cancel Everand, Scribd's Everand help says: sign in at everand.com, click your profile icon in the upper right, select Your account, select Cancel next to Cancel subscription in the Subscription section, then Cancel subscription on the Cancel or change subscription page, and follow the prompts. Everand emails a confirmation. Its unused unlocks expire with the subscription, and books you unlocked lock again. Joined before November 10, 2025? One subscription may cover all three; see the FAQ below.

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   If this applies to you

   If Apple or Google Play bills you

   A subscription started in the Scribd app goes through the App Store or Google Play, and Scribd says cancelling on its site won't stop that billing: cancel with the store. Apple, on an iPhone or iPad: open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions, find Scribd and tap Cancel Subscription. On a Mac, Apple says to open the App Store, click your name at the bottom of the sidebar and again on the page that appears, then Subscriptions. Google Play: open the Google Play app, tap your profile icon, then Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions, find Scribd and tap Cancel subscription. On a computer, go to your subscriptions on play.google.com, click Manage, then Cancel subscription, pick a reason and click Continue. Google says uninstalling the app doesn't cancel. Scribd says Apple and Google need 24 hours' notice before a renewal, and that older subscriptions can be listed under Everand instead of Scribd.

7. 7
   If this applies to you

   If you pay with Venmo or PayPal

   Scribd offers Venmo only in the US and only at signup. Asked whether disconnecting Scribd in the Venmo app is the same as canceling, Scribd's help answers: "It stops any charges from going through, so it effectively cancels your subscription. You won't get a cancellation confirmation email, and your account may show an active subscription until your renewal date passes, but you won’t be billed." "Scribd, Inc." stays listed under Connected Businesses in Venmo, and Venmo's help explains how to remove it. Cancelling on scribd.com as above is the route that gets you a confirmation page and email. Scribd's help says nothing like this about PayPal, so if you pay by PayPal, cancel on Scribd's site and check that Your account shows the end date. Two r/Scribd members said they were still charged through PayPal after cancelling, one in 2024 and one in February 2026.

8. 8
   If this applies to you

   If you can't find Cancel subscription, or a charge matches no account

   Scribd's help lists the usual causes. Only Pause showing: select Manage Subscription first, and the link is on the next page. Subscription paused: resume it, then cancel right away, and no charge goes through in between. No subscription showing: you may be signed in to a different Scribd account, or Apple or Google bills you. Can't sign in: reset your password, or submit a request at support.scribd.com. The cancel page has broken before: an account answering as Scribd Customer Care on r/Scribd called a missing cancel option "an error on our part" in June 2025, and in December 2025 an account posting as Everand_Team blamed a blank cancel page on "a bug that affected the cancellation workflow" (the post doesn't say whether it was Scribd's or Everand's); both said it was fixed. If a Scribd, Inc. charge matches nothing you can see, Scribd suggests signing in with every email you might have used, a student or work address included, or a Facebook login, and its support can find the account from the charge date and amount, the card type and last 4 digits, or your PayPal email and transaction number. Don't delete your account to stop billing: Scribd won't delete one with an active subscription, and cancelling is all it takes.