SubsHow to find subscriptions you forgot about
No single screen lists every subscription you pay for, because each one is billed by whoever you signed up with. Check seven places: your iPhone's Subscriptions list, your email for receipts, twelve months of card statements, PayPal's automatic payments, Google's payments center, Amazon's Memberships and Subscriptions, and your phone or TV bill. Set aside about twenty minutes.
Why forgotten subscriptions stay hidden
A subscription can be billed by Apple, by the company itself, by PayPal, by Amazon, by Google or by your phone carrier. Each keeps its own list, and none of them can see the others. The ones people forget tend to share a pattern: a free trial that converted, an annual plan that renews once a year, or a service bundled into another bill.
Work through the places below in order. The first two are quick; the card statement is the one that catches everything else.
1. Your iPhone's Subscriptions list
Open Settings › [your name] › Subscriptions. This shows everything billed through your Apple Account. If you've ever used a second Apple Account, sign in with that one and check it too. More on what this list does and doesn't include in how to see all your subscriptions on iPhone.
2. Your email
Apple's own tip for tracking down a subscription is to search your email for the words “receipt from Apple” or “invoice from Apple”; the receipt shows which Apple Account was charged.
For everything not billed by Apple, search each inbox you use for words that billing emails share: subscription, renewal, your receipt, trial, membership, payment confirmation. Sort by sender and you'll have a list of companies that have charged you.
3. Twelve months of card statements
Statements are the only complete record, because every subscription has to charge something. Look for the same merchant at a similar amount each month, and scan a full year for annual renewals. Watch for umbrella names such as APPLE.COM/BILL, PAYPAL and AMZN that can hide several services. The patterns are covered in how to find subscriptions on a bank or card statement.
4. PayPal automatic payments
Subscriptions paid through PayPal show on your card statement as PayPal, not as the service. To see them, PayPal's help says: go to Settings, click Payments, then select Subscriptions and saved businesses or Automatic Payments, and select the merchant. From that page you can cancel the automatic payment.
5. Google's payments center
Subscriptions that Google bills, such as a YouTube membership you pay Google for directly, are managed in Google's payments center. Sign in to your payments profile, click Subscriptions & services at the top, and click Manage under any product. Google notes that you can't get refunds when you cancel a subscription there.
6. Amazon Memberships and Subscriptions
Amazon lists the subscriptions tied to your Amazon account on a page called Memberships and Subscriptions. That includes services from other companies that you bought through Amazon; Disney+ is one example. Check it even if you only think you have Prime, because Prime Video add-on channels are billed separately from the membership. Our guides to Amazon Prime and Audible cover canceling each.
7. Your phone, internet and TV bills
Carriers and TV providers add streaming services to their bills or include them in packages, so the charge never touches your card statement under the service's name. Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, YouTube TV and Apple Music all document carrier or provider billing in the US. Read the itemized version of your phone and internet bills, and check a Roku account at my.roku.com if you've ever subscribed to anything on a Roku device.
Put them in one list
Finding the subscriptions is half the job; the other half is not losing track again.
- Check Apple's list. Open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions, and note everything listed.
- Search your email. Search for “receipt from Apple” and for words like subscription, renewal and trial in every inbox you use.
- Read twelve months of card statements. Mark every merchant that charges a similar amount on a regular schedule, including once-a-year charges.
- Check PayPal, Google and Amazon. Look at PayPal's automatic payments, Google's Subscriptions & services and Amazon's Memberships and Subscriptions.
- Check carrier and TV bills. Read the itemized phone, internet and TV bills for streaming services added to them.
- Write them all down in one place. List each subscription with its price, renewal date and who bills it, then cancel the ones you don't use.
Subs speeds up the statement step: tap +, choose Import from a screenshot or statement and pick a screenshot of your banking app or a PDF statement. Subs reads it on your iPhone, pulls out recurring charges, installment plans and bills, skips one-off purchases and lets you untick anything before saving. The file is never uploaded and Subs never asks for your bank login. From then on you get a reminder before each charge.
Frequently asked questions
Is there one place to see all my subscriptions?
No. Each subscription is listed only by whoever bills it: Apple, the company itself, PayPal, Google, Amazon or your carrier. Your card statements are the closest thing to a complete record.
How do I find subscriptions I don't remember signing up for?
Go through twelve months of card statements and search your email for receipts. Annual plans and converted free trials are the ones most often forgotten.
How do I find subscriptions on my iPhone that aren't in Settings?
Settings only shows subscriptions billed by Apple. For the rest, check your email receipts, card statements, PayPal automatic payments and your accounts with Google and Amazon.
Do I need to link my bank to find my subscriptions?
No. You can read the statements yourself, or import a screenshot or PDF of a statement into Subs, which reads it on your iPhone without a bank login.
How do I see subscriptions paid through PayPal?
In PayPal, go to Settings, then Payments, then Subscriptions and saved businesses or Automatic Payments, and select the merchant.
What should I do once I've found a subscription I don't want?
Cancel it with whoever bills it, and if the charge was recent, ask about a refund. For Apple-billed charges, request it at reportaproblem.apple.com.
Sources
The steps and facts on this page were last checked against the official pages below on :
- Apple Support: Cancel a subscription from Apple (finding a subscription by its receipt)
- PayPal Help: How do I cancel an automatic payment I have with a merchant?
- Google payments center Help: Manage recurring payments & subscriptions
- Amazon Customer Service: How to Cancel Amazon Prime (Memberships and Subscriptions)
Companies change their menus and policies without notice. If something here no longer matches what you see, the official page is the final word.