How to Cancel Ancestry

A few things to note and do before cancelling:

1. The developer of Ancestry is Ancestry.com and all inquiries must go to them.
2. Check the Terms of Services and/or Privacy policy of Ancestry.com to know if they support self-serve subscription cancellation:
   • https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/termsandconditions
     
   • https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement
     
   • https://www.ancestry.com/cs/legal/privacystatement#personal-info-categories
     
3. Cancelling a subscription during a free trial may result in losing a free trial account.
4. You must always cancel a subscription at least 24 hours before the trial period ends.

How easy is it to cancel or delete Ancestry?

It is Very Easy to Cancel a Ancestry subscription. (**Crowdsourced from Ancestry and Justuseapp users)
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How to Cancel Ancestry: Family History & DNA Subscription on iPhone or iPad:

1. Open Settings » ~Your name~ » and click "Subscriptions".
2. Click the Ancestry (subscription) you want to review.
3. Click Cancel.

How to Cancel Ancestry: Family History & DNA Subscription on Android Device:

1. Open your Google Play Store app.
2. Click on Menu » "Subscriptions".
3. Tap on Ancestry: Family History & DNA (subscription you wish to cancel)
4. Click "Cancel Subscription".

How do I remove my Card from Ancestry?

Removing card details from Ancestry if you subscribed directly is very tricky. Very few websites allow you to remove your card details. So you will have to make do with some few tricks before and after subscribing on websites in the future.

Before Signing up or Subscribing:

1. Create an account on Justuseapp. signup here →
2. Create upto 4 Virtual Debit Cards - this will act as a VPN for you bank account and prevent apps like Ancestry from billing you to eternity.
3. Fund your Justuseapp Cards using your real card.
4. Signup on Ancestry: Family History & DNA or any other website using your Justuseapp card.
5. Cancel the Ancestry subscription directly from your Justuseapp dashboard.
6. To learn more how this all works, Visit here →.

How to Cancel Ancestry: Family History & DNA Subscription on a Mac computer:

1. Goto your Mac AppStore, Click ~Your name~ (bottom sidebar).
2. Click "View Information" and sign in if asked to.
3. Scroll down on the next page shown to you until you see the "Subscriptions" tab then click on "Manage".
4. Click "Edit" beside the Ancestry: Family History & DNA app and then click on "Cancel Subscription".

What to do if you Subscribed directly on Ancestry's Website:

1. Reach out to Ancestry.com here »»


2. Visit Ancestry website: Click to visit .


3. Login to your account.
4. In the menu section, look for any of the following: "Billing", "Subscription", "Payment", "Manage account", "Settings".
5. Click the link, then follow the prompts to cancel your subscription.

How to Cancel Ancestry: Family History & DNA Subscription on Paypal:

To cancel your Ancestry subscription on PayPal, do the following:

1. Login to www.paypal.com .
2. Click "Settings" » "Payments".
3. Next, click on "Manage Automatic Payments" in the Automatic Payments dashboard.
4. You'll see a list of merchants you've subscribed to. Click on "Ancestry: Family History & DNA" or "Ancestry.com" to cancel.

How to delete Ancestry account:

1. Reach out directly to Ancestry via Justuseapp. Get all Contact details →


2. Send an email to [email protected] Click to email requesting that they delete your account.

Delete Ancestry: Family History & DNA from iPhone:

1. On your homescreen, Tap and hold Ancestry: Family History & DNA until it starts shaking.
2. Once it starts to shake, you'll see an X Mark at the top of the app icon.
3. Click on that X to delete the Ancestry: Family History & DNA app.

Delete Ancestry: Family History & DNA from Android:

1. Open your GooglePlay app and goto the menu.
2. Click "My Apps and Games" » then "Installed".
3. Choose Ancestry: Family History & DNA, » then click "Uninstall".