{
  "slug": "ipvanish",
  "name": "IPVanish",
  "domain": "ipvanish.com",
  "category": "security-protection",
  "categoryName": "Security & protection",
  "description": "VPN service with Essential and Advanced subscriptions for unlimited devices.",
  "directAnswer": "Cancel IPVanish in My Account under Subscriptions, Change Plan and Cancel Subscription, or use the app store that bills you. Allow about three minutes. Eligible first-time website customers on annual or longer plans receive an automatic refund when cancelling within 30 days.",
  "price": "$12.99 / month",
  "priceMonthlyUsd": 12.99,
  "planName": "Essential",
  "subscriptionPlans": [
    {
      "id": "essential",
      "name": "Essential",
      "billingOptions": [
        {
          "cycle": "month",
          "priceUsd": 12.99
        },
        {
          "cycle": "year",
          "priceUsd": 89.99
        }
      ],
      "priceNote": "Monthly renews at $12.99. Current promotions are $39.99 for the first year or $52.56 for the first 2 years, then $89.99 yearly.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ipvanish.com/pricing/?currency=USD&lang=EN"
    },
    {
      "id": "advanced",
      "name": "Advanced",
      "billingOptions": [
        {
          "cycle": "month",
          "priceUsd": 14.99
        },
        {
          "cycle": "year",
          "priceUsd": 109.99
        }
      ],
      "priceNote": "Monthly renews at $14.99. Current promotions are $53.88 for the first year or $78.96 for the first 2 years, then $109.99 yearly.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ipvanish.com/pricing/?currency=USD&lang=EN"
    }
  ],
  "difficulty": "Medium",
  "difficultyScore": 5.7,
  "billingMethods": [
    "web",
    "ios",
    "android"
  ],
  "accountTypes": [
    "personal"
  ],
  "cancellationUrl": "https://my.ipvanish.com/",
  "cancellationTime": "~3 minutes",
  "cancellationTimeSeconds": 180,
  "steps": {
    "web": [
      {
        "title": "Open Subscriptions",
        "body": "Sign in to My Account and select Subscriptions from the left menu."
      },
      {
        "title": "Choose Change Plan",
        "body": "Select Change Plan, scroll to the bottom and choose Cancel Subscription."
      },
      {
        "title": "Submit cancellation",
        "body": "Choose a reason, proceed, select the subscription and effective timing, then choose Submit Cancellation and confirm the success notice."
      }
    ],
    "ios": [
      {
        "title": "Open Apple Subscriptions",
        "body": "Open Settings, select your name, then Subscriptions."
      },
      {
        "title": "Choose IPVanish",
        "body": "Select the IPVanish subscription."
      },
      {
        "title": "Cancel",
        "body": "Select Cancel Subscription and confirm. Apple controls the store subscription."
      }
    ],
    "android": [
      {
        "title": "Open Google Play subscriptions",
        "body": "Open Google Play, select the profile icon, Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions."
      },
      {
        "title": "Choose IPVanish",
        "body": "Select the IPVanish subscription."
      },
      {
        "title": "Cancel",
        "body": "Select Cancel subscription and complete the confirmation."
      }
    ],
    "team": []
  },
  "platformNotes": {
    "web": {
      "note": "The IPVanish portal asks you to select when cancellation should occur.",
      "warning": "Cancelling IPVanish also permanently cancels linked services and may delete linked cloud-storage files."
    },
    "ios": {
      "note": "IPVanish support cannot cancel an Apple-billed subscription."
    },
    "android": {
      "note": "IPVanish support cannot cancel a Google-billed subscription."
    }
  },
  "refundInfo": "The 30-day guarantee applies to first-time website customers on annual or longer plans. Monthly plans, renewals and app-store purchases are excluded; an eligible portal cancellation automatically processes the refund.",
  "pauseInfo": "No subscription pause option is documented in IPVanish's official pricing, cancellation, auto-renewal or terms pages.",
  "downgradeInfo": "No free plan is published. Annual cancellations during the first 30 days take effect immediately; annual cancellations after 31 days and monthly cancellations remain active through the billing cycle.",
  "dataRetentionInfo": "Cancellation also permanently cancels linked services. IPVanish warns that linked cloud-storage files can be permanently deleted and unrecoverable.",
  "factRows": [
    {
      "k": "Guarantee",
      "v": "30 days for eligible plans"
    },
    {
      "k": "Monthly refund",
      "v": "No"
    },
    {
      "k": "Effective",
      "v": "Immediate or cycle end"
    },
    {
      "k": "Pause",
      "v": "Not documented"
    }
  ],
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "Where do I cancel IPVanish?",
      "answer": "In My Account, open Subscriptions, Change Plan and Cancel Subscription, then complete every confirmation step."
    },
    {
      "question": "When does IPVanish cancellation take effect?",
      "answer": "Annual cancellations during the first 30 days are immediate. Annual cancellations after 31 days and monthly cancellations remain active through the current billing cycle."
    },
    {
      "question": "Who gets the IPVanish 30-day guarantee?",
      "answer": "It covers first-time website customers with annual or longer subscriptions. Monthly plans, renewals and app-store purchases are excluded."
    },
    {
      "question": "Does cancelling IPVanish affect linked storage?",
      "answer": "Yes. IPVanish warns that linked services are permanently cancelled and linked cloud-storage files may be deleted and unrecoverable."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can IPVanish be paused?",
      "answer": "No subscription pause option is documented in the official pages checked."
    }
  ],
  "officialSources": [
    {
      "title": "IPVanish plans and pricing",
      "url": "https://www.ipvanish.com/pricing/?currency=USD&lang=EN",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "title": "Cancelling your IPVanish account",
      "url": "https://support.ipvanish.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002074814-Cancelling-your-IPVanish-account",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "title": "IPVanish Auto-renew",
      "url": "https://support.ipvanish.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002074834-Auto-renew",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "title": "IPVanish 30-day money back guarantee",
      "url": "https://support.ipvanish.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002074794-30-day-money-back-guarantee",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "title": "IPVanish Terms of Service",
      "url": "https://www.ipvanish.com/tos/",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "title": "Cancel an Apple subscription",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-13"
    },
    {
      "title": "Cancel a Google Play subscription",
      "url": "https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/7018481",
      "lastCheckedAt": "2026-08-13"
    }
  ],
  "verified": true,
  "manuallyVerifiedAt": "2026-08-13",
  "nextReviewAt": "2026-10-12",
  "urls": {
    "guide": "https://canicancelit.com/cancel/ipvanish",
    "json": "https://canicancelit.com/cancel/ipvanish.json",
    "markdown": "https://canicancelit.com/cancel/ipvanish.md"
  }
}