How to Cancel Avast in 2026
To cancel Avast, sign in at id.avast.com, open Manage subscriptions, pick your plan, and click Cancel renewal. If you bought Avast through the Apple App Store or Google Play, you cancel inside that store instead. Your Avast account cannot stop a store-billed subscription.
Short answer: Cancel the renewal before your next billing date and you keep protection until the current period ends. Where you cancel depends on who charges you: Avast directly, Apple, or Google.
Last updated: June 2026
Where is the Avast cancel button?
It is not in the Avast app on your computer. The desktop app protects your device. It does not manage billing. The cancel control lives in your online Avast Account at id.avast.com, under Manage subscriptions.
There is one big catch. If you subscribed through an app store, the cancel option in your Avast Account will not work for that plan. Apple and Google own the billing. You have to cancel where the money actually leaves your account. More on that below.
How do I cancel Avast billed directly by Avast?
This is the path if you bought Avast on the Avast website or inside the Windows or Mac app. Follow these steps.
- Go to id.avast.com/sign-in and sign in with the email you used to buy.
- On the My subscriptions tile, click Manage subscriptions.
- Find the plan you want to stop. Click Manage subscription under it.
- Click Cancel renewal (it may read Unsubscribe).
- Review the details and click Confirm & finish.
- Skip or fill in the feedback prompt, then confirm again.
- Read the confirmation and click Close.
The status flips to Expiring. Note the "Expires on" date. Your protection runs until then. You will not be charged again for that plan.
How do I cancel Avast bought through the App Store or Google Play?
If Apple or Google took your money, your Avast Account is a dead end. Cancel in the store.
iPhone or iPad (Apple App Store)
- Open the App Store and tap your profile picture, top right.
- Tap Subscriptions.
- Tap your Avast subscription.
- Tap Cancel Subscription (or Cancel Free Trial), then Confirm.
Android (Google Play)
- Open the Google Play Store and tap your profile image, top right.
- Tap Payments & subscriptions, then Subscriptions.
- Tap your Avast subscription.
- Tap Cancel subscription. Choose No thanks if it offers to pause, then confirm.
Not sure who charges you? Check the email receipt. A charge from Apple or Google is a giveaway. So is a "manage in the App Store" note when you try to cancel inside your Avast Account.
What is the deadline to avoid the next charge?
Cancel the renewal before your next billing date. Avast subscriptions auto-renew at the end of each period. Cancel a day late and the renewal charge has already gone through. The safe move is to cancel as soon as you decide, not the night before renewal. Store subscriptions can also lock in the charge in the final hours, so do not cut it close.
Do I keep Avast after I cancel?
Yes. Canceling the renewal does not shut off your protection immediately. You keep your paid Avast features until the current period ends. Canceling renewal and asking for a refund are two different actions. Canceling stops the next charge. It does not return money already paid.
Can I get a refund from Avast?
Avast advertises a 30-day money-back guarantee on subscriptions bought from its website, the Windows or Mac app, or Google Play. To ask for one, sign in at id.avast.com, open Order history, find the order, and click Request a refund. That button only shows on orders Avast treats as eligible. You pick a reason and submit. Card and PayPal refunds are stated to take up to 7 business days.
App Store purchases are refunded by Apple, not Avast. You request those through Apple's reportaproblem.apple.com page. Terms change, so confirm the current window and eligibility before you rely on any of this. If Avast or Apple says no and you believe the charge is wrong, you can look at disputing the credit card charge with your bank.
Cancel Avast: your options compared
| Method | Effort | Best for | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avast Account (id.avast.com) | Low | Bought on the Avast site or app | Stops the renewal; you keep access to the period end |
| App Store / Google Play | Low | Bought through a phone or tablet | Stops the renewal in the store; access to period end |
| Refund request to Avast | Medium | Charged recently, within the stated window | Possible refund; eligibility decided by Avast, not guaranteed |
| Put Karen on it | You send one request | You want it handled without the runaround | Karen files the cancellation and any refund request for you. Outcome is not guaranteed. |
What if the charge already hit?
First, cancel the renewal so it does not repeat. Then ask Avast for a refund within its stated window. If you were charged after you thought you cancelled, or you never signed up for what renewed, that is worth escalating. Read what to do when a company will not refund you, and if you paid by card, learn the difference between a chargeback and a refund before you call your bank. You can also browse the full cancel-anything guide to stop a similar antivirus or VPN subscription the same way.
Common questions
Why can't I cancel Avast in the desktop app?
The Avast app on your computer handles protection, not billing. Cancellation lives in your online account at id.avast.com, or in the app store if you bought it there.
Will Avast keep working after I cancel?
Yes. Canceling the renewal leaves your paid features active until the current subscription period ends. Check the "Expires on" date in your account.
I bought Avast on my iPhone. Why won't my Avast account cancel it?
Apple owns that billing. Avast cannot stop an App Store subscription. Cancel it in Settings or the App Store under Subscriptions, then confirm.
Does canceling Avast get my money back?
No. Canceling stops the next charge only. To get money back you request a refund separately, within Avast's stated money-back window, and eligibility is decided by Avast or Apple.
What is the deadline to avoid the next Avast charge?
Cancel before your next billing date. Avast auto-renews at the end of each period, and once the renewal processes, the charge is done.
Avast makes you dig through three different places to stop one charge. Karen finds where you actually bought it, cancels the renewal, and files a refund request if you are still in the window.
Put Karen on it.