Turn recurring billing on or off for Microsoft 365 for home (2024)

FAQs

What happens if I don't renew Office 365 home? ›

After an Office 365 subscription expires, users can still access their Office applications but with limited functionality. They can view and print documents but won't be able to edit or create new ones. Additionally, features like cloud storage, email services, and collaboration tools may become inaccessible.

Turn recurring billing off

On the Services & subscriptions page, locate your Microsoft 365 subscription and then select Manage. Do one of the following: If you see a Turn off recurring billing link, choose it to turn recurring billing off. If you see a Cancel link, choose it to cancel the subscription.

Turning off recurring billing will stop future charges for a subscription and grant you its benefits until its expiration date.

If you explicitly delete a subscription, it skips the Expired and Disabled statuses and SharePoint Online data and content, including OneDrive, is immediately deleted.

To keep using your Microsoft 365 applications, you need to reactivate the subscription.

Recurring payments are the simplest form of a subscription billing model. The biggest difference between the two concepts is flexibility—recurring payments are straightforward, whereas subscription billing models can offer customers a range of plans with different tiers, options, and features.

Microsoft 365 is a subscription service that ensures you always have the most up-to-date Office apps from Microsoft. With Microsoft 365 Family, you can install Microsoft 365 on all your devices and sign in to five at the same time―that means you can use Office no matter where you are or what device you're on.

How to cancel a Microsoft 365 subscription. Go to the Manage subscription page and if prompted, sign in with the same Microsoft account you used to purchase your Microsoft 365 subscription. Select Cancel subscription (it might say Upgrade or cancel).

You can choose to pay for your subscription on a monthly or yearly basis, and the Microsoft 365 Family plan lets you share your subscription with your family for up to 6 people, and use your apps on multiple PCs, Macs, tablets, and phones.

Sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center with your admin credentials. Go to Billing > Bills & payments > Payment methods.

What are the disadvantages of recurring payments? ›

Recurring billing does have some drawbacks

The added complexity for merchants and the risk of billing errors for customers means automated payments aren't always suitable for every company. Recurring billing can sometimes make it more difficult for customers to correct billing problems.

Contact the company: Contact the merchant's billing or customer service department by phone and state that you no longer want your bank account to be automatically charged.

If your subscription expires, the Microsoft 365 Family software applications enter read-only mode, which means that you can view or print existing documents, but you can't edit them or create new ones.

If you decide not to buy Windows 365, you can let your trial expire or cancel it. Back up any data that you want to keep. After the 30-day Expired stage ends, your trial account information and data are permanently deleted.

If Office activation fails, you'll see Unlicensed Product or Non-commercial use / Unlicensed Product in the title bar of your Office apps, and most features of Office are disabled.

Microsoft 365 for the web is a free version of Microsoft 365 that you can use in a web browser. All you need is to sign up for a Microsoft account with a new or existing email address. Use Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more for free on the web.