Claude Pro and other paid subscriptions automatically renew and charge your payment method every billing cycle until you cancel, and you must cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal date to avoid being charged for the next period.
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Automatic renewal means your credit card or payment method will be charged repeatedly without action on your part, and the 24-hour cancellation deadline means last-minute cancellations may not prevent the next charge.
If you subscribe to Claude Pro and forget to cancel at least 24 hours before renewal, you will be charged for another full subscription period with no refund available except in limited circumstances.
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The Subscription Service will begin on the Subscription Billing Date and continue for the subscription period that you select on your account (such period, the "Initial Subscription Period"), and will automatically renew for successive periods of the same duration as the Initial Subscription Period....
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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. If your Subscription has a minimum term (the "Initial Term"), we will let you know during the order process. 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.— Excerpt from Anthropic's Claude.ai Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Auto-renewal practices are regulated under the FTC's Negative Option Rule and various state laws including California's Automatic Renewal Law, which requires clear disclosure of auto-renewal terms and a simple cancellation mechanism. The provision's 24-hour pre-renewal cancellation deadline and disclosure of renewal terms during the order process appear designed to comply with these requirements, though specific compliance depends on how the disclosure is implemented at checkout. FTC authority is the primary federal enforcement mechanism. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Auto-renewal clauses are standard in subscription services but carry regulatory and reputational risk if cancellation mechanisms are not clearly accessible. The agreement provides for cancellation via customer portal or support email, which appears to satisfy minimum accessibility requirements. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California's Automatic Renewal Law imposes specific disclosure and cancellation requirements that may go beyond what is described in this provision. The agreement acknowledges specific cancellation rights for residents of Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, and Taiwan. EU users may have additional statutory cooling-off rights under the Consumer Rights Directive. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: If purchased through an App Distributor such as Apple App Store or Google Play, the App Distributor's billing and refund terms apply instead of Anthropic's, which creates a bifurcated billing relationship that procurement teams and individual users should note. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should confirm that auto-renewal disclosures at checkout are sufficiently prominent to satisfy California's Automatic Renewal Law and the FTC Negative Option Rule. Cancellation confirmation processes should be documented to evidence compliance with applicable state requirements.
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Automatic renewal means your credit card or payment method will be charged repeatedly without action on your part, and the 24-hour cancellation deadline means last-minute cancellations may not prevent the next charge.
If you subscribe to Claude Pro and forget to cancel at least 24 hours before renewal, you will be charged for another full subscription period with no refund available except in limited circumstances.
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