Your Claude Pro subscription automatically renews and your card is charged each period until you cancel — and you must cancel at least 24 hours before your renewal date or you will be charged for the next full period with no refund.
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The provision creates a recurring billing structure with affirmative cancellation requirements and establishes that the entity retains all fees paid regardless of cancellation timing, which shapes the financial obligations and administrative procedures governing the subscription relationship.
If you miss the 24-hour cancellation window before your Claude Pro renewal date, you will be automatically charged for another full subscription period and Anthropic will not refund you, even if you cancel immediately after being charged.
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"If you sign up for a paid Subscription, we or the App Distributor will automatically charge your Payment Method on each agreed-upon periodic renewal date until you cancel. Your Subscription will last for the Initial Term and will automatically renew, and your Payment Method will be charged, at the end of the Initial Term for an additional term equal in duration to the Initial Term and will continue to renew and incur charges for additional terms equal in duration to the Initial Term (each such additional term, a "Renewal Term") until you cancel. To avoid renewal and charges for the next Renewal Term, cancel your subscription at least 24 hours before the last day of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term. In the event of a cancellation, your fees will not be refunded, but your access to the Services will continue through the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term for which you previously paid fees.Excerpt from Anthropic's Claude.ai Terms of Service
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The provision creates a recurring billing structure with affirmative cancellation requirements and establishes that the entity retains all fees paid regardless of cancellation timing, which shapes the financial obligations and administrative procedures governing the subscription relationship.
If you miss the 24-hour cancellation window before your Claude Pro renewal date, you will be automatically charged for another full subscription period and Anthropic will not refund you, even if you cancel immediately after being charged.
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