{
  "slug": "babbel",
  "name": "Babbel",
  "domain": "babbel.com",
  "category": "education",
  "categoryName": "Education",
  "description": "Language-learning app and website with self-study courses in 14 languages, sold as prepaid recurring subscriptions.",
  "directAnswer": "Cancel a web-billed Babbel plan from Account Information on babbel.com: open Profile and settings, choose the subscription, and click Cancel auto-renewal. It takes about 2 minutes, and course access lasts until the paid period expires. Babbel's terms include a 14-day withdrawal right; App Store refunds go through Apple.",
  "price": "$107.40 / year",
  "priceMonthlyUsd": 8.95,
  "planName": "Individual 12 months",
  "subscriptionPlans": [
    {
      "id": "individual-12-months",
      "name": "Individual 12 months",
      "billingOptions": [
        {
          "cycle": "year",
          "priceUsd": 107.4
        }
      ],
      "priceNote": "$8.95/mo charged as one $107.40 payment for 12 months. The pricing page used $215.40 as the reference cost of a recurring 1-month subscription over the same time. Other durations exist; USD for 1-month, 3-month and 6-month individual plans was not shown on the fetched prices page. Location, Apple and Google can change the amount.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.babbel.com/prices"
    },
    {
      "id": "group-plan",
      "name": "Group Plan",
      "billingOptions": [
        {
          "cycle": "month",
          "priceUsd": 30.95
        },
        {
          "cycle": "year",
          "priceUsd": 185.7
        }
      ],
      "priceNote": "US Group Plan: $30.95 for 1 month or $185.70 for 12 months (about $15.48/month). One admin pays a flat price for up to six learners. Prices may vary by region and taxes.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.babbel.com/babbel-group-plan"
    }
  ],
  "difficulty": "Easy",
  "difficultyScore": 2.2,
  "billingMethods": [
    "web",
    "ios",
    "android"
  ],
  "accountTypes": [
    "personal"
  ],
  "cancellationUrl": "https://my.babbel.com/user-profile/account-information/account-information",
  "cancellationTime": "~2 minutes",
  "cancellationTimeSeconds": 120,
  "steps": {
    "web": [
      {
        "title": "Go to babbel.com and log in",
        "body": "Use the Babbel account that pays for the subscription."
      },
      {
        "title": "Open Profile and settings",
        "body": "Click the profile icon in the top right corner and choose Profile and settings."
      },
      {
        "title": "Open Account Information",
        "body": "Open Account Information from the left of the page."
      },
      {
        "title": "Click Cancel auto-renewal",
        "body": "Choose the subscription and click the Cancel auto-renewal button. If that button is missing, the subscription will not renew and the expiration date is shown in the subscription information. Access continues until the subscription expires."
      }
    ],
    "ios": [
      {
        "title": "Open Apple Subscriptions",
        "body": "If you subscribed using the Apple App Store, go to Settings on iPhone or iPad, tap your name, then tap Subscriptions."
      },
      {
        "title": "Select Babbel and confirm cancellation",
        "body": "Select Babbel and confirm the cancellation. Deleting the Babbel app or account does not cancel App Store billing."
      }
    ],
    "android": [
      {
        "title": "Open Google Play subscriptions",
        "body": "If you subscribed using Google Play, open the Play Store, tap the profile icon, then choose Payment and subscriptions and then Subscriptions."
      },
      {
        "title": "Select Babbel and cancel",
        "body": "Select Babbel and tap Cancel subscription. Deleting the Babbel app or account does not cancel Play billing."
      }
    ],
    "team": [
      {
        "title": "Cancel a Group Plan as the admin",
        "body": "Only the admin can terminate the Group Plan from Account Information. If the admin cancels, every member keeps access until the end of the current billing period. Deleting the admin account while the plan is active ends access for the whole group."
      }
    ]
  },
  "platformNotes": {
    "web": {
      "note": "Use Account Information on babbel.com only when Babbel bills the subscription."
    },
    "ios": {
      "note": "Use Apple Settings when the App Store bills the subscription.",
      "warning": "Deleting the Babbel app or account does not cancel Apple billing."
    },
    "android": {
      "note": "Use Google Play when Play bills the subscription.",
      "warning": "Deleting the Babbel app or account does not cancel Google Play billing."
    }
  },
  "refundInfo": "Babbel End User Terms include a 14-day right of withdrawal from the day the contract is concluded, exercised by emailing support@babbel.com or via Withdraw from contract here on Account Information. During a Renewal Service Term, clause 12.3 describes a one-month notice and a pro rata refund of remaining Service Fees. Cancelling an individual plan to join a Group Plan does not refund unused time. App Store purchases follow Apple's agreement for refunds.",
  "pauseInfo": "No pause option is documented on Babbel's cancellation, subscription, pricing, Group Plan or End User Terms pages.",
  "downgradeInfo": "After you cancel auto-renewal, you keep access to your courses until the subscription expires. Changing duration on babbel.com cancels the current subscription unless it was bought from Apple or Google Play, and remaining paid time is added to the new period. Apple-billed plans must be cancelled in Apple before you change plans. After expiry, paid self-study access ends; Babbel still documents free lessons.",
  "dataRetentionInfo": "Deleting the Babbel app or the Babbel account does not cancel the subscription. Account deletion permanently removes learning progress, review items, streak and course history after you confirm a link in email. Cancel app-store billing in the store first. Group members who leave lose content access immediately but keep their account and progress.",
  "factRows": [
    {
      "k": "Cancellation fee",
      "v": "None documented"
    },
    {
      "k": "Refund window",
      "v": "14-day withdrawal in terms"
    },
    {
      "k": "Effective",
      "v": "End of paid period"
    },
    {
      "k": "Free plan after",
      "v": "Free lessons; paid courses end"
    }
  ],
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "Does cancelling Babbel end access immediately?",
      "answer": "No. Help says you keep access to your courses until the subscription expires, through the current billing cycle."
    },
    {
      "question": "Does deleting the Babbel app cancel billing?",
      "answer": "No. Deleting the app or the Babbel account does not cancel the subscription. Cancel App Store or Google Play billing in that store."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can I get a Babbel refund?",
      "answer": "End User Terms include a 14-day withdrawal right from contract conclusion. During a renewal term, clause 12.3 describes a one-month notice and a pro rata refund of remaining Service Fees. Apple handles App Store refunds."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can I pause Babbel?",
      "answer": "No pause option is documented on the checked official cancellation, billing or terms pages."
    },
    {
      "question": "How does a Group Plan cancel?",
      "answer": "Only the admin can terminate it. Members keep access until the end of the current billing period. Deleting the admin account while the plan is active ends access for the whole group."
    },
    {
      "question": "Is Babbel Lifetime cancellable?",
      "answer": "Lifetime is a one-time license with no recurring fee. Terms say a Lifetime License cannot be terminated for convenience."
    }
  ],
  "officialSources": [
    {
      "title": "Canceling a subscription - Babbel Help Center",
      "url": "https://support.babbel.com/hc/en-us/articles/205600298-Canceling-a-subscription",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Babbel prices",
      "url": "https://www.babbel.com/prices",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Pricing - Babbel Help Center",
      "url": "https://support.babbel.com/hc/en-us/articles/19650417983378-Pricing",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Timing of subscription payments - Babbel Help Center",
      "url": "https://support.babbel.com/hc/en-us/articles/205600328-Timing-of-subscription-payments",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Babbel subscriptions - Babbel Help Center",
      "url": "https://support.babbel.com/hc/en-us/articles/205600308-Babbel-subscriptions",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Changing your subscription - Babbel Help Center",
      "url": "https://support.babbel.com/hc/en-us/articles/205600368-Changing-your-subscription",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Deleting an account - Babbel Help Center",
      "url": "https://support.babbel.com/hc/en-us/articles/217762877-Deleting-an-account",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Group Plan for family and friends - Babbel Help Center",
      "url": "https://support.babbel.com/hc/en-us/articles/33214529861266-Group-Plan-for-family-and-friends",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Babbel Group Plan",
      "url": "https://www.babbel.com/babbel-group-plan",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Babbel End User Terms",
      "url": "https://www.babbel.com/legal/terms",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Subscription information - Babbel Help Center",
      "url": "https://support.babbel.com/hc/en-us/articles/205600278-Subscription-information",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "If you want to cancel a subscription from Apple",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Cancel, pause, or change a subscription on Google Play",
      "url": "https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7018481",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-31"
    }
  ],
  "verified": true,
  "manuallyVerifiedAt": "2026-08-31",
  "nextReviewAt": "2026-10-30",
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