How to cancel Costco
No easy self-serve cancel: expect a retention gauntlet or a phone call to close the account.
Steps to cancel Costco
- 1Costco does not offer online cancellation, so you cancel in person or by phone.
- 2In person: go to the membership desk at any warehouse with your membership card and photo ID (the primary member must do it).
- 3By phone: call Member Services at 1-800-774-2678 with your membership number ready.
- 4Ask for the full annual fee refund, which Costco provides at any point in the year under its satisfaction guarantee.
- 5Confirm the account shows canceled and keep the refund receipt or reference number.
Don’t get caught out next time
Track Costco and your other subscriptions here, and a reminder arrives before each renewal, so you decide to keep or cancel on your terms, never by accident.
Track a subscription freeWeighing whether to stay? See our full Costco breakdown with pricing, what’s included, and honest reviews.
Leaving Costco? Alternatives worth a look
Similar options in Memberships & Finance, with the same honest data.
Skillshare
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“Skillshare is a deep, project-first library for creative skills: design, illustration, photography, animation, and the freelance business around them, with 30,000-plus classes and hands-on projects that make the learning stick. Its app-store ratings are excellent, around 4.8 on iOS and 4.1 on Android, because people who use it to learn tend to love it. There is one thing worth knowing before you start, and it is the whole reason to track this one here. The website trial runs 7 days, and when it ends it converts to a full year billed up front, about $167.88, rather than a monthly charge you would notice and cancel. That single mechanic, a short trial turning into a year-long commitment, is behind most of the billing complaints on Trustpilot, and it is entirely avoidable with a heads-up at the right moment. Start the trial, learn what you came to learn, and let us send a reminder a couple of days before it converts, so the decision to continue is yours and nothing surprises you.”
Looking to cancel through a platform instead? App Store, Google Play, PayPal, and other cancel guides.