Method: purchases.subscriptions.cancel
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Cancels a user's subscription purchase. The subscription remains valid until its expiration time.
HTTP request
POST https://androidpublisher.googleapis.com/androidpublisher/v3/applications/{packageName}/purchases/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/tokens/{token}:cancel
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
packageName |
string
The package name of the application for which this subscription was purchased (for example, 'com.some.thing').
|
subscriptionId |
string
Note: Since May 21, 2025, subscriptionId is not required, and not recommended for subscription with add-ons. The purchased subscription ID (for example, 'monthly001').
|
token |
string
The token provided to the user's device when the subscription was purchased.
|
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| Fields |
cancellationType |
enum (CancellationType)
Optional. The type of cancellation for the purchased subscription. Note that this field is only supported in the HTTP request. It is not available in client libraries.
|
Response body
If successful, the response body is empty.
Sample
The following is a sample request:
curl -X POST \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
"https://androidpublisher.googleapis.com/androidpublisher/v3/applications/com.example.app/purchases/subscriptions/monthly.premium.plan/tokens/EXAMPLE_TOKEN_STRING_12345:cancel"
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/androidpublisher
CancellationType
The type of cancellation requested by the developer.
| Enums |
CANCELLATION_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED |
Cancellation type unspecified. |
USER_REQUESTED_STOP_RENEWALS |
Cancellation requested by the user, and the subscription can be restored. It only stops subscription's next renewal. For an installment subscription, users still need to finish the commitment period. For more details on renewals and payments, see https://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/subscriptions#installments |
DEVELOPER_REQUESTED_STOP_PAYMENTS |
Cancellation requested by the developer, and the subscription cannot be restored. It stops the subscription's next payment. For an installment subscription, users will not need to pay the next payment and finish the commitment period. For more details on renewals and payments, see https://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/subscriptions#installments This is the default behavior when no cancellation type is specified. |
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Last updated 2025-06-04 UTC.
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The request requires three path parameters: `packageName`, `subscriptionId`, and `token`. The request body optionally includes the `cancellationType`, which can be `USER_REQUESTED_STOP_RENEWALS` or `DEVELOPER_REQUESTED_STOP_PAYMENTS`; default behavior is `DEVELOPER_REQUESTED_STOP_PAYMENTS`. A successful request returns an empty response body and requires the `androidpublisher` OAuth scope. It details various cancellation types.\n"],null,["# Method: purchases.subscriptions.cancel\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n - [JSON representation](#body.request_body.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [CancellationType](#CancellationType)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nCancels a user's subscription purchase. The subscription remains valid until its expiration time.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`POST https://androidpublisher.googleapis.com/androidpublisher/v3/applications/{packageName}/purchases/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/tokens/{token}:cancel`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `packageName` | `string` The package name of the application for which this subscription was purchased (for example, 'com.some.thing'). |\n| `subscriptionId` | `string` Note: Since May 21, 2025, subscriptionId is not required, and not recommended for subscription with add-ons. The purchased subscription ID (for example, 'monthly001'). |\n| `token` | `string` The token provided to the user's device when the subscription was purchased. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains data with the following structure:\n\n| JSON representation |\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"cancellationType\": enum (/android-publisher/api-ref/rest/v3/purchases.subscriptions/cancel#CancellationType) } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `cancellationType` | `enum (`[CancellationType](/android-publisher/api-ref/rest/v3/purchases.subscriptions/cancel#CancellationType)`)` Optional. The type of cancellation for the purchased subscription. Note that this field is only supported in the HTTP request. It is not available in client libraries. |\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body is empty.\n\n### Sample\n\nThe following is a sample request: \n\n```json\ncurl -X POST \\\n -H \"Accept: application/json\" \\\n \"https://androidpublisher.googleapis.com/androidpublisher/v3/applications/com.example.app/purchases/subscriptions/monthly.premium.plan/tokens/EXAMPLE_TOKEN_STRING_12345:cancel\"\n```\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/androidpublisher`\n\nCancellationType\n----------------\n\nThe type of cancellation requested by the developer.\n\n| Enums ||\n|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `CANCELLATION_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED` | Cancellation type unspecified. |\n| `USER_REQUESTED_STOP_RENEWALS` | Cancellation requested by the user, and the subscription can be restored. It only stops subscription's next renewal. For an installment subscription, users still need to finish the commitment period. For more details on renewals and payments, see \u003chttps://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/subscriptions#installments\u003e |\n| `DEVELOPER_REQUESTED_STOP_PAYMENTS` | Cancellation requested by the developer, and the subscription cannot be restored. It stops the subscription's next payment. For an installment subscription, users will not need to pay the next payment and finish the commitment period. For more details on renewals and payments, see \u003chttps://developer.android.com/google/play/billing/subscriptions#installments\u003e This is the default behavior when no cancellation type is specified. |"]]