Home / Cancel / ZipBooks

How do I cancel ZipBooks?

$15 / month Productivity Smarter · billed via web
1 min Self-serve
Short answer

Cancel a paid ZipBooks accounting plan by selecting More, Subscription, Cancel Accounting Plan and Confirm. It takes about one minute and reverts the account to free Starter. Existing records stay intact, but paid features become unavailable. Contact support separately if the data must also be deleted.

Cancel ZipBooks

Opens help.zipbooks.com. We are not affiliated with ZipBooks and never handle your login.

What you are cancelling

Online invoicing and accounting software with free and paid small-business 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.

Checked against ZipBooks's own documentation · Last verified 13 Aug 2026

Step-by-step instructions

1
Open Subscription

Select More at the top, then Subscription under Account.

2
Cancel the plan

In Accounting Plan, select Cancel Accounting Plan.

3
Confirm

Select Confirm to revert the account to Starter.

Cheaper swaps

Keep up to $108 a year of that $180

ZipBooks Smarter costs $180 a year. The saving shown is what stays in your account over the next twelve months. On a different ZipBooks plan? Pick it below.

Prices checked 13 Aug 2026
3 options verified by us
Biggest saving waveapps.com
Wave Accounting Wave Accounting Receipts plan $8 / month
$108 stays with you
every year
$180 $72 a year
$72 you pay $108 you keep
Cancels in about 2 minutes Rated Easy to cancel
Switch to Wave Accounting Or read our Wave Accounting guide
Cheaper than ZipBooks hellobonsai.com
Bonsai Bonsai Basic plan $15 / month or $108 / year
$72 stays with you
every year
$180 $108 a year
$108 you pay $72 you keep
Cancels in about 2 minutes Rated Easy to cancel
Switch to Bonsai Or read our Bonsai guide
Same price zoho.com
ZB Zoho Books Zoho Books Standard plan $20 / month or $180 / year
Same listed entry price
Cancels in about 3 minutes Rated Easy to cancel
Switch to Zoho Books Or read our Zoho Books guide

Compare all 7 verified alternatives to ZipBooks

No one pays for a spot here - the cheapest option simply goes first, the Switch button goes straight to the provider, and every card links to our own verified guide.

Biggest saving · Wave Accounting Keep $108 a year Switch

ZipBooks Smarter costs you $180 a year

Add it to your subscriptions and see what the whole stack costs - and what walks away if you cancel.

ZB ZipBooks Smarter · $15/month, billed monthly

$180
a year if you keep it · $15/mo

Not cancelling today? Put it in your calendar.

Tell us when ZipBooks renews and download a calendar reminder that lands two days before, with this guide and the direct cancellation page inside. Nothing is stored - the file is yours.

Works with Apple, Google and Outlook calendars. Your renewal date shows in ZipBooks's billing settings.

Refunds, downgrades, pausing and your data

Four questions people ask before they cancel
Can I get my money back?

The checked official plan-change guide does not promise a cancellation refund.

Case by case
Is there a cheaper way to stay?

Cancellation reverts Smarter or Sophisticated to the free Starter plan.

Read this
Can I pause instead of cancel?

No subscription pause is documented in the checked guide.

Not available
What happens to my account data?

Records remain intact on Starter, while paid features become inaccessible. Contact ZipBooks support to delete the data.

Read this first
Official sources
Everything above is checked against these pages · last verified 13 Aug 2026

Frequently asked questions

Answers checked with the steps above
What happens when ZipBooks is cancelled?

The account reverts to free Starter.

Does ZipBooks delete records after downgrade?

No. Records remain, but paid features become unavailable.

How do I delete ZipBooks data too?

Contact ZipBooks support after or alongside the plan cancellation.

Can I pause ZipBooks?

No pause option is documented in the checked guide.