Cancel Descript from App Settings: select the Drive, open the Plan tab, click Change plan, choose Downgrade to Free; only the Drive owner can do this. It takes about 3 minutes, and the Drive moves to Free at the end of the current billing cycle. A plan refund can be requested within 48 hours of the invoice, with no prorated refund for unused time.
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Cancellation is a downgrade to Free at the end of the current billing cycle.
Sign in on the web or desktop app and open App Settings with Command or Control plus comma.
Choose the Drive whose subscription you want to cancel. Only its owner can make subscription changes.
Select the Plan tab, then click Change plan.
Select Downgrade to Free for the paid subscription.
Select a required cancellation reason and click Cancel subscription.
Continue until Descript confirms that the subscription is scheduled to end.
A legacy plan cannot be restored after you leave it.
Only the Drive owner can change the subscription or request support-assisted cancellation.
Subscription changes and support-assisted requests must come from the Drive owner's email address.
Enterprise customers should contact their account representative and follow their custom agreement.
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Descript allows a subscription-plan refund request within 48 hours of the invoice and an editor-seat refund request within 7 days. Top-ups are non-refundable. It does not give prorated refunds for unused time after a cancellation or downgrade.
A cancellation is a downgrade to Free at the end of the current billing cycle. Projects remain accessible, but Free-plan limits apply. A legacy plan cannot be restored after leaving it.
No pause option is documented in Descript's current live accounts and billing section or its cancellation guide.
Cancellation keeps projects accessible on Free. Account deletion is separate and permanent: projects, Drives, transcripts, history, invoices, and receipts become unavailable; an active subscription is cancelled immediately and unused time is forfeited. Deletion does not create a refund.
Only the Drive owner can change the subscription. A support request must come from the Drive owner's email address.
At the end of the current billing cycle, when the Drive moves to Free.
A plan refund can be requested within 48 hours of its invoice, but Descript gives no prorated refund for unused time after cancellation.
Projects remain accessible under the Free plan after cancellation, subject to Free limits.
No pause option is documented in the current cancellation guide or live billing section.
Manually verified on 8 Aug 2026, based on official documentation. If Descript changed something, telling us takes one click - a human re-checks every report.
