# Cancel a subscription

Cancels a customer’s subscription immediately. The customer won’t be charged again for the subscription. After it’s canceled, the subscription is largely immutable. You can still update its [metadata](https://docs.stripe.com/metadata.md) and `cancellation_details`.

Any pending invoice items that you’ve created are still charged at the end of the period, unless manually [deleted](https://docs.stripe.com/api/invoiceitems/delete.md). If you’ve set the subscription to cancel at the end of the period, any pending prorations are also left in place and collected at the end of the period. But if the subscription is set to cancel immediately, pending prorations are removed if `invoice_now` and `prorate` are both set to false.

By default, upon subscription cancellation, Stripe stops automatic collection of all finalized invoices for the customer. This is intended to prevent unexpected payment attempts after the customer has canceled a subscription. However, you can resume automatic collection of the invoices manually after subscription cancellation to have us proceed. Or, you could check for unpaid invoices before allowing the customer to cancel the subscription at all.

## Prerequisites

Before you can run the following code snippet, you need to call these APIs with the provided parameters to set up the prerequisite API object(s).

1. Create a payment method
POST /v1/payment_methods {"type":"card","card":{"token":"tok_visa"}}
2. Create a customer and attach the payment method
POST /v1/customers {"name":"Jenny Rosen","email":"jennyrosen@example.com","payment_method":"${node.prerequisites.createPaymentMethod.createPaymentMethod:id}","invoice_settings":{"default_payment_method":"${node.prerequisites.createPaymentMethod.createPaymentMethod:id}"}}
3. Create a product
POST /v1/products {"name":"Gold Plan"}
4. Create a price
POST /v1/prices {"product":"${node.prerequisites.createProduct.createProduct:id}","unit_amount":2000,"currency":"usd","recurring":{"interval":"month"}}
5. Create a subscription
POST /v1/subscriptions {"customer":"${node.prerequisites.createCustomer.createCustomer:id}","items":[{"price":"${node.prerequisites.createPrice.createPrice:id}"}]}

## Request

```curl
curl -X DELETE https://api.stripe.com/v1/subscriptions/{{SUBSCRIPTION_ID}} \
  -u "<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>"
```

### Response

```json
{
  "id": "sub_1MlPf9LkdIwHu7ixB6VIYRyX",
  "object": "subscription",
  "application": null,
  "application_fee_percent": null,
  "automatic_tax": {
    "enabled": false,
    "liability": null
  },
  "billing_cycle_anchor": 1678768838,
  "cancel_at": null,
  "cancel_at_period_end": false,
  "canceled_at": 1678768842,
  "cancellation_details": {
    "comment": null,
    "feedback": null,
    "reason": "cancellation_requested"
  },
  "collection_method": "charge_automatically",
  "created": 1678768838,
  "currency": "usd",
  "customer": "cus_NWSaVkvdacCUi4",
  "days_until_due": null,
  "default_payment_method": null,
  "default_source": null,
  "default_tax_rates": [],
  "description": null,
  "discounts": null,
  "ended_at": 1678768842,
  "invoice_settings": {
    "issuer": {
      "type": "self"
    }
  },
  "items": {
    "object": "list",
    "data": [
      {
        "id": "si_NWSaWTp80M123q",
        "object": "subscription_item",
        "created": 1678768839,
        "current_period_end": 1681447238,
        "current_period_start": 1678768838,
        "metadata": {},
        "plan": {
          "id": "price_1MlPf7LkdIwHu7ixgcbP7cwE",
          "object": "plan",
          "active": true,
          "amount": 1099,
          "amount_decimal": "1099",
          "billing_scheme": "per_unit",
          "created": 1678768837,
          "currency": "usd",
          "interval": "month",
          "interval_count": 1,
          "livemode": false,
          "metadata": {},
          "nickname": null,
          "product": "prod_NWSaMgipulx8IQ",
          "tiers_mode": null,
          "transform_usage": null,
          "trial_period_days": null,
          "usage_type": "licensed"
        },
        "price": {
          "id": "price_1MlPf7LkdIwHu7ixgcbP7cwE",
          "object": "price",
          "active": true,
          "billing_scheme": "per_unit",
          "created": 1678768837,
          "currency": "usd",
          "custom_unit_amount": null,
          "livemode": false,
          "lookup_key": null,
          "metadata": {},
          "nickname": null,
          "product": "prod_NWSaMgipulx8IQ",
          "recurring": {
            "interval": "month",
            "interval_count": 1,
            "trial_period_days": null,
            "usage_type": "licensed"
          },
          "tax_behavior": "unspecified",
          "tiers_mode": null,
          "transform_quantity": null,
          "type": "recurring",
          "unit_amount": 1099,
          "unit_amount_decimal": "1099"
        },
        "quantity": 1,
        "subscription": "sub_1MlPf9LkdIwHu7ixB6VIYRyX",
        "tax_rates": []
      }
    ],
    "has_more": false,
    "total_count": 1,
    "url": "/v1/subscription_items?subscription=sub_1MlPf9LkdIwHu7ixB6VIYRyX"
  },
  "latest_invoice": "in_1MlPf9LkdIwHu7ixEo6hdgCw",
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {},
  "next_pending_invoice_item_invoice": null,
  "on_behalf_of": null,
  "pause_collection": null,
  "payment_settings": {
    "payment_method_options": null,
    "payment_method_types": null,
    "save_default_payment_method": "off"
  },
  "pending_invoice_item_interval": null,
  "pending_setup_intent": null,
  "pending_update": null,
  "plan": {
    "id": "price_1MlPf7LkdIwHu7ixgcbP7cwE",
    "object": "plan",
    "active": true,
    "amount": 1099,
    "amount_decimal": "1099",
    "billing_scheme": "per_unit",
    "created": 1678768837,
    "currency": "usd",
    "interval": "month",
    "interval_count": 1,
    "livemode": false,
    "metadata": {},
    "nickname": null,
    "product": "prod_NWSaMgipulx8IQ",
    "tiers_mode": null,
    "transform_usage": null,
    "trial_period_days": null,
    "usage_type": "licensed"
  },
  "quantity": 1,
  "schedule": null,
  "start_date": 1678768838,
  "status": "canceled",
  "test_clock": null,
  "transfer_data": null,
  "trial_end": null,
  "trial_settings": {
    "end_behavior": {
      "missing_payment_method": "create_invoice"
    }
  },
  "trial_start": null
}
```

## Returns

The canceled `Subscription` object. Its subscription status will be set to `canceled`.

## Parameters

- [`cancellation_details`](https://docs.stripe.com/api/subscriptions/cancel.md?query=cancellation_details) (object, optional)
  Details about why this subscription was cancelled

- `invoice_now` (boolean, optional)
  Will generate a final invoice that invoices for any un-invoiced metered usage and new/pending proration invoice items. Defaults to `false`.

- `prorate` (boolean, optional)
  Will generate a proration invoice item that credits remaining unused time until the subscription period end. Defaults to `false`.