Guide
Cursor Billing and Account Management: Cancel, Refunds, Invoices, and More
Most Cursor billing tasks live at cursor.com/dashboard/billing, which opens the Stripe portal for your card, invoices, and cancellation. Refunds cover the most recent payment within 14 days if it went unused; changing your email means deleting and recreating the account; and iOS subscriptions are managed entirely through Apple, not Cursor.
On this page
- How do I cancel my Cursor subscription?
- Can I get a refund from Cursor?
- My payment failed or did not apply — what do I do?
- Where do I find and download my invoices?
- How do spend alerts work?
- How do I change the email on my account?
- How do I delete my Cursor account?
- How do I manage an iOS App Store subscription?
- What is a Cursor public profile?
- Does Cursor still offer a student discount?
How do I cancel my Cursor subscription?
Cancellation runs through the same Stripe billing portal as the rest of your payment settings. The three steps below cancel a web-billed plan; note that in-app iOS subscriptions are the exception and are covered separately further down.
- 1Go to cursor.com/dashboard/billing.
- 2Click Manage Subscription to open the Stripe billing portal.
- 3Click Cancel Subscription and confirm.
After you cancel, you keep your paid-plan features until the end of the current billing period, then the account reverts to the free Hobby plan. You are not charged again, and cancellation does not delete your account or your local project files. On an individual plan, you can schedule a downgrade instead of canceling if you only want to move to a cheaper tier.
On a Teams or Enterprise plan, only a team admin can cancel — members have no billing access. An unpaid invoice or an account-state mismatch can also block cancellation until it is resolved.
This is covered hands-on in Cursor First Hour — 4 short modules, free to read.
Can I get a refund from Cursor?
Cursor's refund policy is narrow and time-boxed: it applies only to your most recent payment, and only if you have not used the subscription in that period. The table lays out what qualifies and what does not.
- Situation
- Most recent charge, within the last 14 days, subscription unused that period
- Refundable?
- Yes
- Situation
- Charge older than 14 days
- Refundable?
- No
- Situation
- Any period where you used the subscription
- Refundable?
- No
- Situation
- On-demand or fast-request charges for usage already consumed
- Refundable?
- No
- Situation
- In-app purchases made through iOS
- Refundable?
- No — Apple handles these
| Situation | Refundable? |
|---|---|
| Most recent charge, within the last 14 days, subscription unused that period | Yes |
| Charge older than 14 days | No |
| Any period where you used the subscription | No |
| On-demand or fast-request charges for usage already consumed | No |
| In-app purchases made through iOS | No — Apple handles these |
Refunds return to your original payment method within 5-10 business days. This policy does not limit any rights you have under applicable consumer-protection laws.
To request an eligible refund, contact support while signed into your account and include the account email, the charge amount and date, an invoice ID or receipt if you have one, and a short description. Canceling on its own stops future charges but does not refund a payment that already processed.
My payment failed or did not apply — what do I do?
There are two different failures here, and they have different fixes. A declined card never charges you; a payment that succeeded but did not activate your plan usually just needs a moment to sync. Work through the matching column.
- Retry
- Reopen cursor.com/dashboard/billing → Manage Subscription and retry.
- Check the card
- Confirm card number, expiry, CVC, and billing address in the Stripe portal.
- Swap cards
- Try a different credit or debit card as the default.
- Ask your bank
- Confirm your bank allows online charges for this transaction.
- Wait and refresh
- Activation is usually a sync delay that clears within a few minutes; refresh cursor.com/dashboard.
- Re-auth
- Sign out and back in to refresh your session's plan state.
- Check the email
- Confirm you are signed in with the email address that received the charge.
- Still stuck
- Contact support with your email, the amount and date, a receipt, and a dashboard screenshot.
Where do I find and download my invoices?
Invoices live in the Stripe billing portal, and on team plans they are gated to admins. The steps below get you to the billing history; the callout covers who can see it and how billing details behave.
- 1Go to cursor.com/dashboard/billing and click Manage Subscription to open the Stripe portal.
- 2Scroll to your billing history.
- 3Select an invoice and download it — invoices are a manual download for now.
On a Teams or Enterprise plan, only team admins can open billing and invoices; members request copies from an admin. You can edit your company name, address, and tax information in the Stripe portal, but changes apply to future invoices only — issued invoices cannot be edited. If a subscription has lapsed, support can send you copies.
How do spend alerts work?
Spend alerts are an email heads-up, not a brake. They tell you when on-demand spend crosses a threshold, but they never stop usage — that is what spend limits are for. Set them up from the team spending dashboard.
- 1Go to cursor.com/dashboard/spending.
- 2Select Add Alert.
- 3Choose a team-level or member-level alert and set the spend threshold.
Alerts count on-demand spend only — included plan usage does not trigger them. When a threshold is crossed, the relevant members get an email showing the threshold and current spend, and admins choose whether member-level alerts route to admins, the member, or both. To actually cap costs, use spend limits, which are a separate, complementary control. On Enterprise pooled usage, member-level alerts can watch total spend rather than only overage.
How do I change the email on my account?
This one has a blunt answer: Cursor has no way to change the email on an existing account. The only route is to retire the old account and start a new one, which loses data — so read the warning before you begin.
- 1Cancel your subscription at cursor.com/dashboard → Manage Subscription → Cancel Subscription.
- 2Wait for the billing cycle to finish.
- 3Delete the account at cursor.com/dashboard → Advanced Account Settings → Delete Account.
- 4Register a fresh account at cursor.com with the new email, then subscribe to the plan you want.
Deleting the old account permanently removes your chat history, settings and preferences, and indexed codebases. Your local project files are untouched, but there is no SSOSingle Sign-On. One company login (usually via SAML or OIDC) instead of a separate password per tool. or verification shortcut and no way to transfer history to the new email.
How do I delete my Cursor account?
Account deletion is permanent and expects you to cancel any active subscription first. The steps and the data-handling detail are below.
- 1If you have an active plan, cancel it first at Billing → Manage Subscription → Cancel Subscription.
- 2Go to cursor.com/dashboard and scroll to Advanced Account Settings.
- 3Select Delete Account and confirm.
Deletion removes your account and all associated data — chat history, settings, and indexed codebases — and completes within 30 days. It cannot be undone. Local project files on your computer, and any code you created with Cursor, stay on your machine.
How do I manage an iOS App Store subscription?
If you subscribed inside the iOS app rather than on the web, Apple owns that subscription end to end. Cursor cannot cancel it or refund it for you. The pairs below cover what is different about in-app billing.
- What you can buy
- A monthly Pro, Pro+, or Ultra plan from the app, only if you don't already have a cursor.com plan. Yearly, Teams, and Enterprise need a web purchase.
- Cancel / refund / invoices
- All handled by Apple — use Apple's subscription settings and support. Cursor can't cancel or refund an in-app plan.
- No on-demand spend
- Cursor stores no payment method for in-app subscribers, so on-demand spend can't be turned on.
- Switching to web billing
- Cancel through Apple, wait for it to expire, then subscribe on cursor.com.
- Restoring
- Tap Restore Purchases in the app to re-download subscription state. The plan ties to one Cursor email and the Apple ID that bought it.
In-app plans are available everywhere Cursor is on the App Store — everywhere except mainland China.
What is a Cursor public profile?
Separate from billing, your account can carry a public profile at cursor.com/@yourhandle showing your name, picture, join date, up to four links, and usage activity. Here is how to claim a handle and control who sees the profile.
- Claim a handle
- At cursor.com/profile: lowercase letters, numbers, and single hyphens, at least three characters. You can't change a handle after claiming it.
- Default visibility
- Public by default for non-team members; visible to teammates by default for team members.
- Admin policy
- Team admins can enforce Private, Team, or Public. Across multiple teams, the most restrictive policy wins.
- The toggle
- The Public profile switch turns the page on or off; you keep your handle either way.
Does Cursor still offer a student discount?
The short answer is no for new sign-ups. The framing below explains what changed and what is available instead.
Cursor discontinued new sign-ups for the legacy student discount on June 25, 2026, citing fraud on the program. Undergraduates can claim credits and discounts at on-campus and online events starting this fall, and Master's students, PhD candidates, academic researchers, and educators can request credits through a form. If you already redeemed the discount, you keep your current rate until the plan expires, after which Pro continues at the regular $20/month rate unless you cancel. Confirm current offers at cursor.com/help before assuming a rate.
Frequently asked questions
How do I cancel my Cursor subscription?
Go to cursor.com/dashboard/billing, click Manage Subscription to open the Stripe billing portal, then click Cancel Subscription and confirm. You keep paid features until the end of the current billing period, after which the account reverts to the free Hobby plan. Cancellation does not delete your account or local files. On Teams or Enterprise plans, only an admin can cancel.
What is Cursor's refund policy?
You may qualify for a refund on your most recent payment if it was charged within the last 14 days and you did not use the subscription during that period. Refunds return to your original payment method in 5-10 business days. Charges outside 14 days, used periods, consumed on-demand usage, and iOS in-app purchases are not refundable. Request a refund through support with your account email, charge amount and date, and an invoice ID.
How do I change the email address on my Cursor account?
Cursor has no way to change the email on an existing account. The workaround is to cancel your subscription, wait for the billing cycle to end, delete the account under Advanced Account Settings, then create a new account with the new email and resubscribe. This permanently loses chat history, settings, and indexed codebases; local files are unaffected.
Why did my payment go through but my plan still shows free?
This is usually a short sync delay between payment confirmation and plan activation that clears within a few minutes. Refresh cursor.com/dashboard, sign out and back in, and confirm you are signed in with the email that received the charge. If it still shows free, contact support with your email, the payment amount and date, a receipt, and a dashboard screenshot.
How do I cancel a Cursor subscription bought in the iOS app?
In-app subscriptions are managed by Apple, not Cursor, so you cancel, refund, and get invoices through Apple's subscription settings and support. Cursor cannot cancel or refund an in-app plan for you. To move to web billing, cancel through Apple, wait for the plan to expire, then subscribe on cursor.com.
Sources & last verified
- Cursor - Cancel your subscription
- Cursor - Refunds
- Cursor - Invoices
- Cursor - Payment issues
- Cursor - Payment made but plan not applied
- Cursor - Spend alerts
- Cursor - Change email
- Cursor - Delete account
- Cursor - App Store subscription
- Cursor - Profiles
- Cursor - Student discount
Cursor ships frequently. Facts verified against primary sources on July 15, 2026.