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How do I cancel Microsoft Azure?
Cancel an Azure subscription in the Azure portal from Cost Management + Billing: open Subscriptions, select the subscription, choose Cancel, then Cancel subscription. It takes about 5 minutes, billing stops immediately, and services are disabled. You pay outstanding usage on the final bill, and support-plan cancellation is not prorated.
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Microsoft public cloud billed pay as you go for virtual machines, storage, databases, and other Azure services, with optional reservations and savings plans. This guide covers every place the subscription can live - the website and team plans - plus what happens to refunds, pausing and your data afterwards.
Step-by-step instructions
Cancel the Azure subscription in the Azure portal. This is not the Microsoft 365 or Azure DevOps cancel path.
In the Azure portal, navigate to Cost Management + Billing. A subscription owner can also start from Subscriptions.
In the left menu, select either Subscriptions or Azure subscriptions, depending on which is available.
Select the subscription you want to cancel. At the top of the page, select Cancel, then select Cancel subscription.
Select a reason for cancellation. If a support plan is unused by other subscriptions, you can turn off auto-renew. If any resources are running, you must select Turn off resources after backing up data you want to keep. Then select Cancel subscription.
Manually cancel SaaS subscriptions first. Only pay-as-you-go SaaS subscriptions are canceled automatically with the Azure subscription.
A subscription owner without a condition can cancel website sign-up, Enterprise Agreement, Enterprise Dev/Test, Azure plan, and Azure plan for DevTest subscriptions. An account administrator without the owner role cannot cancel.
The Delete subscription option is available 3 days after cancel for customer-led subscriptions, or 7 days for field and partner channel subscriptions. Type the subscription name if asked, then select Delete. Azure also deletes it automatically 90 days after cancel.
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Refunds, downgrades, pausing and your data
Four questions people ask before they cancelAfter you cancel, billing stops immediately and you receive a final invoice for usage in the last billing cycle, which can arrive up to 72 hours after the cycle ends. You must pay outstanding fees. A one-month subscription may be terminated without a cancellation fee. Cancelling an Azure support plan does not result in a prorated refund. No general refund of unused pay-as-you-go usage is documented.
After cancel, services are disabled: virtual machines are deallocated, temporary IP addresses are freed, and storage is read-only. You can reactivate a pay-as-you-go subscription in the Azure portal. Other subscription types require contacting support within 90 days. Deleting subscriptions does not automatically delete the Azure account.
No subscription pause is documented. Instead of canceling, you can remove all resources to prevent unwanted charges.
Azure does not immediately delete your data or the subscription. Microsoft waits 30 to 90 days before permanently deleting data in case you need to access or recover it, and does not charge for retaining that data. The subscription is automatically deleted 90 days after you cancel.
Frequently asked questions
When does Azure billing stop?
After you cancel, billing is stopped immediately. It can take up to 10 minutes to show in the portal. You still receive a final bill for usage in the last cycle.
Can I get a refund from Azure?
Pay-as-you-go cancellation requires payment of outstanding fees. Support-plan cancellation is not prorated. No general usage refund is documented.
Who can cancel an Azure subscription?
A subscription owner without a condition. An account administrator without the owner role cannot cancel.
When can I delete the subscription?
Three days after cancel for customer-led subscriptions, or 7 days for field and partner channel subscriptions. Azure also deletes it automatically 90 days after cancel.
Does cancelling Azure delete my Microsoft account?
No. Azure never automatically deletes your Azure account. After canceling and deleting subscriptions you can remove the credit card.
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