How to Cancel Coursera Plus Subscription | Avoid Being Charged Again | Easily 2026

Sign in and click your profile photo in the top-right corner of any Coursera page. The dropdown that appears lists My Learning, My Purchases, Settings, and Log Out — My Purchases is the one that matters here, since that's where subscription billing and cancellation live, separately from the general Account settings page used for things like language or timezone. It's a small distinction but an important one, since looking for cancellation inside Settings instead is exactly where most people get stuck first, clicking through profile, notification, and privacy options without ever finding a billing control because it simply isn't there.

Click My Purchases and select the Subscriptions tab to see your active plan. A typical entry shows the plan name — Coursera Plus monthly subscription — along with your current billing status spelled out in plain language, such as being on a free trial until a specific date and what you'll be charged when the next billing cycle begins. Read this line carefully before canceling, since it tells you exactly what happens and when if you do nothing, which matters most if you're still inside a free trial window and want to cancel before the first real charge lands rather than after.

Directly beneath the plan details is a Cancel subscription link. Clicking it starts the cancellation flow, which on Coursera is a lightweight, self-serve process rather than one that requires contacting support — you don't need to call anyone, open a chat, or submit a ticket to stop the recurring charge, which is a meaningful difference from some subscription services that make cancellation deliberately harder to find.

Coursera will typically ask you to confirm the change before it takes effect, sometimes with a short prompt about what you'll lose access to or an offer to pause instead of fully canceling. Review these details before finalizing, particularly if you're mid-specialization and might want to pick it back up soon, since a pause or a later resubscribe may suit you better than a full cancellation if you're only stepping away temporarily rather than done with the platform entirely. If you decide to go through with it anyway, the confirmation step is also your last chance to note anything you were relying on the subscription for, like offline downloads or certificate access, so nothing catches you off guard once it lapses.

After canceling, look for a confirmation message on-screen or in your email, and revisit the Purchases page to confirm the subscription now shows as canceled rather than active. Note the date your access actually ends — canceling doesn't cut you off immediately, so you'll typically retain access through the remainder of the period you already paid for or the free trial you were on, which means there's no rush to cram in remaining coursework the same day you cancel.

As a final check, glance at your bank or card statement around the date your old billing cycle would have renewed, just to confirm no charge went through. This takes thirty seconds and closes the loop completely — if something did slip through despite a successful-looking cancellation, catching it on the next statement rather than months later makes it far easier to get resolved through your bank or Coursera support, since disputing a charge from weeks ago is a much harder conversation than flagging one the same day it posts.