How to cancel LingQ

To cancel LingQ Premium bought on the website, go to Settings, Account, click Change plan and downgrade to Free; it is done when the Account tab says “Changing to Free on” a date. An email asking LingQ to cancel does not count. Bought in the App Store or Google Play? Cancel there, at least 24 hours before the period ends. LingQ's terms promise a full refund in the first 30 days of a first Premium subscription.

From LingQ's own help pages, and Apple's and Google's for purchases made in their stores, read 15 Oct 2026. Where you bought it decides where you cancel.

Where did you subscribe?

On the LingQ website (paid on lingq.com)

Sign in to LingQ in a web browser.
Click your profile picture in the top right corner, then Settings.
In the menu on the left, click Account.
Click Change plan, to the right of Current Tier.
Choose Downgrade to Free and follow the prompts until you are back on the Account tab.

It worked when the Account tab shows “Changing to Free on [date]” beside your Current Tier; Premium ends on that date. LingQ's terms say an email or phone request is not a cancellation.

Sources: LingQ help: cancelling Premium, LingQ: terms, read 15 Oct 2026.

In your iPhone's or iPad's settings (paid in the App Store)

In Settings, tap your name.
Tap Subscriptions.
Tap LingQ.
Tap Cancel Subscription. If there is no Cancel button, or an expiry message shows in red, the subscription is already cancelled.

LingQ says Apple needs you to cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends: cancel on the last day and it renews. These are Apple's current steps.

Sources: LingQ help: cancelling Premium, Apple Support: cancelling a subscription, read 15 Oct 2026.

In Google Play (paid on Android)

On your Android phone or tablet, go to your subscriptions in Google Play.
Select LingQ.
Tap Cancel subscription.
Follow the instructions.

LingQ sends Android subscribers to Google Play's subscriptions; these are Google's current steps.

Sources: LingQ help: cancelling Premium, Google Play Help: cancelling a subscription, read 15 Oct 2026.

After you cancel

The cancellation takes effect at the end of your billing period: you keep Premium until then and are not charged again.
LingQ's terms say that when you cancel Premium, your content is deleted at the end of the billing period and cannot be recovered.
Back on a Free account you can still read and listen to LingQ's own library in every language, but you can save only 20 words or phrases (LingQs) in all and import 5 lessons of your own, by LingQ's comparison of the two plans.

Sources: LingQ: terms, LingQ: Free vs Premium.

Getting money back

If you first signed up for Premium and are not satisfied, LingQ's terms promise a full refund at any time in the first 30 days.
After that, payments are non-refundable: no refunds for part of a month, unused months or a change of plan.
Bought in the App Store or Google Play: Apple and Google take refund requests for their stores.

Sources: LingQ: terms, Apple Support: asking for a refund and Google Play Help: asking for a refund. Apart from what LingQ promises above, each request is decided by whoever took the payment.

Questions people ask

How do I cancel LingQ Premium?

On the website: Settings, Account, Change plan, then Downgrade to Free, and check that the Account tab says “Changing to Free on” a date. In the App Store or Google Play, cancel in your subscriptions there, at least 24 hours before the period ends.

Does LingQ give refunds?

Only at the start: if you are not satisfied within the first 30 days of your first Premium subscription, its terms give you a full refund. After that, payments are non-refundable, with no refunds for part months or unused months.

What happens to my lessons if I cancel LingQ?

LingQ's terms say your content is deleted at the end of the billing period when you cancel Premium, and cannot be recovered. You keep Premium until that date. After it, a Free account still opens LingQ's own library, with 20 saved words or phrases and 5 imported lessons in all.