Instacart+ membership automatically renews and charges your saved payment method each period unless you cancel before the renewal date at the current membership price.
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The auto-renewal provision means users will be charged the then-current membership fee each period unless they proactively cancel, and the renewal rate may change over time.
Instacart rewrote its entire Terms of Service, adding 367 new sentences including sections on AI-powered services, updated arbitration procedures, and revised data handling practices. The restructuring makes it harder to compare what changed because the entire document was reorganized.
View change record →Instacart+ members will be automatically charged at the then-current renewal rate each membership period unless they cancel before renewal. The terms authorize Instacart to charge the payment method on file without additional per-renewal confirmation.
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"Instacart+ is a paid membership program. Your Instacart+ membership will automatically renew at the end of each membership period at the then-current rate unless you cancel before the renewal date. You authorize us to charge the payment method on file for the renewal.Excerpt from Instacart's Terms of Service
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The auto-renewal provision means users will be charged the then-current membership fee each period unless they proactively cancel, and the renewal rate may change over time.
Instacart+ members will be automatically charged at the then-current renewal rate each membership period unless they cancel before renewal. The terms authorize Instacart to charge the payment method on file without additional per-renewal confirmation.
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