Step-by-step guide

Pause, Resume, or Cancel a Subscription

Change a customer's subscription state while making the timing and billing consequences explicit.

Purpose

Change a customer’s subscription state while making the timing and billing consequences explicit.

Before you begin

  • Confirm the customer’s request and effective date.
  • Review the next billing date and current status.
  • Explain whether the action is immediate, scheduled, reversible, or permanent.

Procedure

  1. Open Customers or Subscriptions, then open the subscription profile. Step 1: Open the subscription
  2. Review the plan, status, next billing date, payment method, and recent transactions. Step 2: Review status and billing
  3. Select Pause, Resume, or Cancel as authorized. Step 3: Select the authorized action
  4. Enter the effective date, reason, or cancellation details when prompted. Step 4: Enter the effective date
  5. Review the warning and resulting billing behavior before confirming. Step 5: Review billing impact

Confirm the result

Verify the subscription status, effective date, next billing date, and customer communication requirement.

Troubleshooting

If an action is unavailable, check the current status, scheduled changes, permissions, and whether a payment is processing.