Cancel HBO Max at HBOMax.com/subscription: check the billing provider shown, and when it is WarnerMedia Direct choose Cancel Your Subscription. It takes about 90 seconds, and access continues until the end of the billing period; direct-billed members should cancel at least 24 hours before the next billing date. WarnerMedia Direct applies a no-refund policy for directly billed subscriptions; other providers use their own policies.
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Streaming service formerly named Max, with HBO, Warner Bros., DC, Discovery and other programming. This guide covers every place the subscription can live - the website, the iPhone and iPad app, and Google Play - plus what happens to refunds, pausing and your data afterwards.
The subscription page identifies whether WarnerMedia Direct or another provider controls billing.
Open HBOMax.com/subscription, sign in if needed and check the billing provider shown at the top.
When WarnerMedia Direct is the provider, choose Cancel Your Subscription. Otherwise follow the instructions for the provider shown.
Complete the confirmation and save the expiration date. Access continues until that date.
Direct-billed members should cancel at least 24 hours before the next billing date.
Apple billing is an existing provider route and is unavailable for many new or returning subscriptions.
For an existing Apple-billed plan, open iPhone Settings, tap your name and tap Subscriptions.
Choose HBO Max from the subscriptions associated with the paying Apple Account.
Confirm cancellation and use HBO Max until the subscription expiration date.
Google Play billing is an existing provider route and is unavailable for many new or returning subscriptions.
For an existing Google-billed plan, open subscriptions in Google Play with the paying Google Account.
Select Manage for HBO Max and choose Cancel subscription.
Choose a reason, select Continue and complete the confirmation.
Tick a step to keep your place - nothing is stored. Tap a step to tick it off - nothing is stored.
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WarnerMedia Direct has a no-refund policy for directly billed subscriptions. Apple, Google Play and other billing providers apply their own refund policies.
A lower-priced plan selected from Profile > Subscription > Change Your Plan starts on the next billing date. A higher-priced plan starts immediately and charges the difference.
No elective subscription pause option is documented for current direct WarnerMedia billing.
Account deletion is separate from cancellation and requires the subscription to expire first. After email confirmation, HBO Max says deletion usually takes four to five weeks and removes prior settings, downloads and watch history.
These verified routes also apply to HBO Max.
Yes. The current service name is HBO Max.
At the end of the current billing period. The subscription page shows the expiration date.
WarnerMedia Direct applies a no-refund policy. Other providers use their own policies.
No elective pause option is documented for current direct billing.
HBO Max says confirmed deletion usually takes four to five weeks.
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