Key facts
- Method
- Web (account settings)
- Notice period
- Effective end of current billing period
- Auto-renewal
- Yes
- Region
- UK
- Category
- Newsletters & Media
Cancellation steps
Sign in at myaccount.economist.com.
Open official cancel pageOpen 'My subscription' and choose Manage subscription.
Open official cancel pageClick Cancel subscription (digital plans) and complete the survey.
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Link status
Billed via Apple
If subscribed via iOS, cancel in iPhone Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions.
Billed via Google Play
If subscribed via Android, cancel in Play Store > Payments & subscriptions > Subscriptions.
What happens after you cancel
Your access
Access continues until the end of the current billing period.
Refunds
Monthly: no refund. Annual: possible pro-rata refund for unused time at the company's discretion.
Coming back
Resubscribe anytime; saved articles retained for 12 months.
Free trial
No standard free trial — cancel the paid plan before it renews.
About The Economist
The Economist is a Newsletters & Media service available in UK. The Economist renews automatically until you cancel. Cancellation requires a notice period of Effective end of current billing period. Refund terms: Monthly: no refund. Annual: possible pro-rata refund for unused time at the company's discretion.
Why The Economist scores 4.3/10
Before you start the cancellation steps, here is where The Economist actually makes you work — broken down across the six axes we score.
- Finding the cancel button on The Economist takes some digging — it scores 5.3/10.
- Cancellation is quick at roughly 3.7 steps.
- Refund and proration terms are opaque — this axis scores 9.1/10, so you often only learn what you get back at the final screen.
- There are few confirmation prompts (3.2/10), so the exit is relatively clean.
- No support contact is required to cancel (2.7/10).
- Everything can be done online with no phone call (0.0/10).
The net result: The Economist lands at 4.3/10 on our Friction Score — moderate. Use the verified steps on this page to cancel without hitting every wall.
What the score is made of
- Find entry
- 5.3
- Steps
- 3.7
- Refund visibility
- 9.1
- Confirmation prompts
- 3.2
- Contact support
- 2.7
- Phone
- 0.0
Fees, refunds & dark patterns
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