How to cancel a ringtone app subscription on iPhone (and stop weekly charges)

1. 1Open Settings and tap your name at the top.
2. 2Tap Subscriptions. If you do not see it, the subscription may sit on another Apple Account.
3. 3Tap the ringtone app in the list.
4. 4Tap Cancel Subscription and confirm.

Menu names can differ a little between iOS versions. You can also open the App Store, tap your profile picture and choose Subscriptions.

If there is no Cancel Subscription button and the page shows an expiry date instead, the subscription is already cancelled and will end on that date.

No. The subscription belongs to your Apple Account, not to the app on your Home Screen. Deleting the app only removes the icon and its data; Apple keeps billing the subscription until you cancel it in Subscriptions. This is the most common reason people are charged for an app they no longer use.

Cancelling stops the next charge. It normally does not refund the period you have already paid for, and the app keeps working until that period ends. If the subscription started with a free trial, cancel before the trial ends: after it ends, the first charge has usually been taken.

A weekly subscription renews every seven days, so a cancellation made the day after a renewal still leaves you with a paid week.

• Check every Apple Account you use. A subscription made with a different Apple Account, or one shared through Family Sharing, shows up there and not in yours.
• Search your email for “Receipt from Apple” or “Your subscription confirmation”. The receipt names the app and the Apple Account it was billed to.
• Look at the charge on your bank statement. Apple charges usually appear as “APPLE.COM/BILL”, and the receipt tells you which app is behind them.
• Ended subscriptions are listed under Expired in the same Subscriptions screen, which helps you confirm that one is really over.

You can ask. Apple handles refunds for App Store purchases, not the app’s developer: go to reportaproblem.apple.com, sign in with the Apple Account that was charged, choose the purchase and say what went wrong. Apple decides each request, so a refund is not guaranteed, and the reason you give matters. Ask promptly, because the longer you wait the harder it is to explain.

You never need a subscription to make a ringtone. These routes are free or one-time:

• iOS 26 and later: trim the sound to under 30 seconds in any editor, then use Share › Use as Ringtone.
• GarageBand, Apple’s free app: import the file, trim it, then export it as a ringtone. Our comparison of Ringsy and GarageBand covers how it goes.
• A Mac or a Windows PC: convert the file to .m4r and add it with Finder or Apple Devices.

Before you install any ringtone app, read the price on its App Store page and the first screen it shows. “Free trial” followed by a weekly price means a subscription.

Ringsy, our ringtone maker for iPhone, has no subscription. The first two exported ringtones are free; after that Ringsy Unlimited is a one-time purchase, with no trial that turns into a charge and nothing that renews. Opening a file, trimming it, adding a fade and hearing it are free, and you only meet the question when you export.

If you reinstall Ringsy or change iPhone, open Settings and tap Restore purchase to get Unlimited back on the same Apple Account. Sounds are edited on your iPhone and are not uploaded.

• Cancel in Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Deleting an app does not cancel it.
• Cancelling stops the next charge; you keep access until the paid period ends.
• Refunds are requested from Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com and are not guaranteed.
• Making a ringtone never requires a subscription: iOS 26’s Use as Ringtone and GarageBand are free.
• Ringsy’s Unlimited is a one-time purchase with no subscription, after two free exports.