How to Cancel an Instacart+ Membership

A short account-menu flow, and the benefits run to the end of your billing period.

  • Cancel online
  • Benefits run to the end of the billing period
  • Annual refund only within 5 days and with no orders

Cancellation steps

Instacart bills you directly, and cancels from the account menu.

  1. Open the menu

    Select the three horizontal lines in the upper left on the website, or the Account icon in the upper right in the app.

  2. Your Instacart+ membership → Cancel membership

    On the membership page, choose Cancel membership under Manage your membership. The same page shows when the membership expires.

  3. Continue to cancel → Confirm cancellation

    Confirm, then select Done. At this point you may be offered the seven-day renewal reminder instead.

Instacart states an annual refund applies only within the first five calendar days and only if you have not placed any orders with the membership. Monthly fees are not refunded.

Open Instacart's official membership help(opens an external site)

Done when: A confirmation message appears and a confirmation email arrives. The Instacart+ page shows when the membership expires.

QuitMySub cannot verify your cancellation. These are the signals the official documentation describes.

How hard is this to cancel?

Difficulty 2/5 · Billing routes 1 · Food & Delivery

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More details

Refunds and fees+

Refund conditions

Annual membership — when a refund applies
Instacart states you may cancel within the first five calendar days of the paid membership and get the fee refunded, but only if you have not placed any orders using the membership. Both conditions must hold.
Any other time
If you cancel at any other time you do not get a refund, but Instacart states you keep the delivery fee benefit through the end of your billing period.
Trial auto-enrolment
Instacart states that at the end of a trial you are charged a membership fee if the membership auto-enrols into a paid plan; the details and cancellation live in your account.

How and when a refund lands can vary by region and payment method. Instacart points PayPal and Klarna users to its own separate payment article.

Important exceptions+

Before you cancel

  • Check whether your plan is monthly or annual — the refund rule differs.
  • If annual, check whether five calendar days have passed and whether you have placed any orders with the membership — both conditions matter.
  • Instacart says the Instacart+ page shows when your membership expires.
  • If you only want to avoid the next renewal, Instacart offers a reminder sent seven days before it renews.

After you cancel

  • Check for the confirmation email — Instacart says to look in spam if it is not there.
  • Note the expiry date on the Instacart+ page — benefits run until then.
  • To come back, Instacart says you can select Renew membership on the same page at any time.
Frequently asked questions+

Frequently asked questions

Can I get a monthly fee refunded?

Instacart states the five-day refund applies to annual members. Cancelling at any other time carries no refund — you keep the benefits until the billing period ends.

I cancelled within five days but placed an order — do I get a refund?

Instacart states the refund applies only if you have not placed any orders using the membership. Both conditions have to be met.

Can I just avoid the next renewal?

Instacart offers a reminder sent seven days before renewal during the cancellation flow, and the Instacart+ page shows the expiry date.

Official sources+

· Screens, button labels, and billing partner policies can change. Always confirm the final steps in the official help centre and in your own account.

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