API ReferenceSubscriptions

Cancel a subscription immediately with a refund

To cancel immediately and refund the latest subscription payment, send cancelatperiodend: false with refundlastpayment: true.

To cancel immediately and refund the latest subscription payment, send cancel_at_period_end: false with refund_last_payment: true.

Set pro_rated_refund: true if you want a pro-rated refund instead of a full refund.

PATCH
/v2/subscriptions/{subscription}/cancel

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer <token>

Provide your SellApp API key as a bearer token.

In: header

Path Parameters

subscription*integer

The subscription path parameter.

Header Parameters

Idempotency-Key?string

Caller-generated key for safely retrying this operation. The JSON idempotency_key field is also accepted; when both are sent, the header takes precedence.

Lengthlength <= 128
X-STORE?string

Store slug. Required for OAuth access tokens. API keys may omit it to use their current store, or the first accessible store when no current store is selected.

Request Body

application/json

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X PATCH "https://sell.app/api/v2/subscriptions/55/cancel" \  -H "X-STORE: launch-lab" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "cancel_at_period_end": true,    "idempotency_key": "design-kit-subscription-55-cancel-v1"  }'
{
  "data": {
    "id": 55,
    "invoice_id": 9001,
    "provider": "stripe",
    "subscription_id": "sub_1QwertyExample",
    "customer_id": "cus_Example123",
    "customer_email": "natya.sadella@example.com",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "current_period_start": "2026-08-30T12:05:00.000000Z",
    "current_period_end": "2026-09-30T12:05:00.000000Z",
    "cancel_at_period_end": true,
    "cancellation_in_progress": false,
    "store_id": 1,
    "product_variant_id": 4321,
    "created_at": "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-03-23T00:00:00.000000Z"
  },
  "message": "Subscription will be cancelled at the end of the current period."
}
{
  "type": "invalid_request_error",
  "code": "bad_request",
  "message": "The request could not be understood.",
  "status": 400,
  "param": null,
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#bad-request"
}
{
  "type": "authentication_error",
  "code": "unauthenticated",
  "message": "Unauthenticated.",
  "status": 401,
  "param": null,
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#unauthenticated"
}
{
  "type": "authorization_error",
  "code": "forbidden",
  "message": "This action is unauthorized.",
  "status": 403,
  "param": null,
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#forbidden"
}
{
  "type": "not_found_error",
  "code": "resource_not_found",
  "message": "Not Found.",
  "status": 404,
  "param": null,
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#resource-not-found"
}
{
  "type": "validation_error",
  "code": "validation_failed",
  "message": "The selected product variant id is invalid.",
  "status": 422,
  "param": "product_variant_id",
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#validation-failed",
  "errors": {
    "product_variant_id": [
      "The selected product variant id is invalid."
    ]
  }
}
{
  "type": "rate_limit_error",
  "code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
  "message": "Too Many Attempts.",
  "status": 429,
  "param": null,
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#rate-limit-exceeded"
}
{
  "type": "api_error",
  "code": "api_error",
  "message": "Server Error",
  "status": 500,
  "param": null,
  "request_id": "01992a65-e064-71ba-b38f-902b7966a6be",
  "docs_url": "https://sell.app/docs/api/errors#api-error"
}